IV Set System with Coded Components
First Claim
1. A primary intravenous (IV) set, comprising:
- a proximal terminus;
a distal terminus;
an intermediate tubular length extending between the proximal and distal termini, the intermediate tubular length defining a primary flow line;
a plurality of access points located about at least one of the proximal and distal termini and the intermediate tubular length, the access points facilitating access to one or more fluid pathways of the primary IV set; and
top-level marking indicia that functions to distinguish the primary IV set, wherein the top-level marking indicia are associated with one or more of the access points.
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Abstract
An intravenous (IV) set system comprising a primary IV set defining a primary flow line of the IV set system. The primary flow line can include multiple access points along its length and feeds to a merging fluid pathway proximate to the distal terminus of the primary IV set. At least one secondary IV set with corresponding flow lines can be separably joined to the primary IV set to cause the secondary flow lines to be in fluid communication with the primary flow line. At least one of the IV sets can have a unique set of uniform marking indicia to facilitate rapid identification of the IV sets from other IV sets within the IV set system. Such marked and identified primary and/or secondary IV sets can be allocated to specific medical functions and/or can be for use by specific medical personnel to thereby minimize risk of error in administration of an IV to a patient. The IV set system can further comprise a merging fluid pathway about a primary IV set.
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32 Claims
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1. A primary intravenous (IV) set, comprising:
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a proximal terminus; a distal terminus; an intermediate tubular length extending between the proximal and distal termini, the intermediate tubular length defining a primary flow line; a plurality of access points located about at least one of the proximal and distal termini and the intermediate tubular length, the access points facilitating access to one or more fluid pathways of the primary IV set; and top-level marking indicia that functions to distinguish the primary IV set, wherein the top-level marking indicia are associated with one or more of the access points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16)
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10. An intravenous (IV) set system, comprising:
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a primary IV set having a plurality of access points facilitating access to one or more fluid pathways of the primary IV set, and top-level marking indicia; a secondary IV set removably coupleable with the primary IV set via one of the access points of the primary IV set, the secondary IV set comprising a plurality of access points facilitating access to one or more fluid pathways of the secondary IV set, and marking indicia that differs from the top-level marking indicia of the primary IV set, wherein the primary and secondary IV sets are distinguishable from one another. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An intravenous (IV) set system comprising:
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a primary IV set having a plurality of access points facilitating access to one or more fluid pathways of the primary IV set, and top-level marking indicia; a secondary IV set removably coupleable with the primary IV set via one of the access points of the primary IV set, the secondary IV set comprising a plurality of access points facilitating access to one or more fluid pathways of the secondary IV set, and marking indicia that differs from the top-level marking indicia of the primary IV set, wherein the primary and secondary IV sets are distinguishable from one another, wherein the secondary IV set is further separably joined to the primary IV set in at least a semi-continuous manner substantially along its length to inhibit entanglement with the primary IV set, and wherein the secondary IV set is at least partially strippable from the primary IV set; a manifold operable to externally and removably couple to the primary IV set via the plurality of access points, the manifold comprising a bypass flow line forming an alternate primary flow path to a fluid pathway of the primary IV set; and a merging fluid pathway located about the primary IV set and comprising one or more access ports, wherein the at least one secondary IV set is fluidly coupleable to one of the access ports of the merging fluid pathway, such that a fluid flow path of the secondary IV set merges with a fluid flow path of the primary IV set.
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24. A method for providing selective identification of at least one flow line within an intravenous (IV) set system having (i) a primary IV set having a proximal terminus, a distal terminus, and an intermediate tubular length defining a primary flow line of the IV set system, and (ii) at least one secondary IV set defining at least one secondary flow line configured to feed to the primary flow line, the at least one secondary line having a proximal terminus, a distal terminus, and an intermediate tubular length, the method comprising:
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providing top-level marking indicia on the primary IV set; and providing marking indicia on the secondary IV set different from the top-level marking indicia on the primary IV set. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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