Syringe Driver Monitoring Means
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Abstract
A mechanism for receiving a thumbplate of a syringe within a syringe driver, the mechanism comprising a first fixed jaw (6) and a second moveable jaw (8) for receiving the thumbplate therebetween, the moveable jaw being coupled to a marker (16) in contact with a position-defining component (18).
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
- 30. A syringe driver assembly comprising driver means for imparting controlled translational movement to a syringe plunger to drive the plunger through a syringe barrel, the driver means including a motor that causes rotation of a shaft that is linked to an actuator for contacting the plunger characterised in that the actuator includes a mechanism for receiving a thumbplate of the plunger, the mechanism comprising a first fixed jaw and a second moveable jaw for receiving the thumbplate therebetween, the moveable jaw being coupled to a marker in contact with a position-defining component or monitoring the position of the thumbplate in two perpendicular directions wherein movement of the marker along a y axis or vertical plane of the syringe driver assembly is by means of the marker being coupled to the moveable jaw and movement of the marker in an x axis or horizontal plane of the syringe driver assembly is by means of the marker being coupled to the jaws of the actuator moveable by means of the shaft.
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