ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING CONSTITUENTS WITHIN A FLUID

• US 20120222468A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Original Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Inventors: Peterson, Bart D., Feygin, David, Harding, Weston F., Nelson, Elizabeth, Ranganathan, Karthik, Marshall, William R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,067,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/61.41
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/168 Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters ; Monitoring media flow to the body flow control in general G05D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices

Abstract

An attachment device for identifying one or more constituents within a fluid includes a first end configured to selectively attach to an opening of a container of holding a fluid, and a sensor coupled to the attachment body. The sensor further includes one or more sensor elements positioned to detect and analyze a fluid within the container. The sensor is further configured to perform one or more tests on the fluid, wherein the one or more tests are useful in identifying one or more constituents within the fluid.

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