ILLUMINATING MEDICAL INFUSION MANIFOLD

• US 20170340815A1
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Published: 11/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CHS Healthcare Ventures, Inc.
• Original Assignee: CHS Healthcare Ventures, Inc.
• Inventors: Utz, Hans
• Application Number:
  US15/067,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20170340815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/14 Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/587 Lighting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/02 Access sites
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/22 Valves or arrangement of valves A61M39/02, A61M39/0247, A61M39/16 take precedence; regulating valves in infusion systems A61M5/16881; in devices worn by the patient for the reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge, or in colostomy devices A61F5/4405
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1415 Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1418 Clips, separators or the like for supporting tubes or leads
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 2/00 Non-electric light sources using luminescence using excitation by radioactivity G21H3/02, H01J65/06, H01J65/08; using excitation by an external electromagnetic field or by external corpuscular radiation H01J65/04; Light sources using electrochemiluminescence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 2/06 using chemiluminescence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/088 Clips; Clamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0068 Medical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/20 Lighting for medical use
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/001 the light being emitted along at least a portion of the lateral surface of the fibre

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for illuminated medical infusion including, for example, a medical infusion system which a medical infusion manifold that includes an integrated source of illumination for illuminating an illuminating medical infusion line.

Claims

1. A medical infusion manifold comprising an integrated source of illumination for illuminating an illuminating medical infusion line.

2. The infusion manifold of claim 1 wherein the source of illumination is internal to the infusion manifold.

3. The infusion manifold of claim 1 wherein the source of illumination is external to the infusion manifold.

4. The infusion manifold of claim 1 wherein the source of the illumination comprises a laser.

5. The infusion manifold of claim 1 wherein the source of the illumination comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

6. The infusion manifold of claim 1 wherein the source of illumination comprises a source of current.

7. A medical infusion system comprising;

an illuminating infusion line; and

a medical infusion manifold having a source of illumination capable of illuminating the illuminating infusion line.

8. The medical infusion system of claim 7 wherein the illuminating infusion line further comprises an integrated fluid transmission channel and light transmission channel.

9. The medical infusion system of claim 8 wherein the light transmission channel comprises an optical fiber integrated with the fluid transmission line.

10. The medical infusion system of claim 7 wherein the light transmission channel comprises the structure of the fluid transmission line.

11. The medical infusion system of claim 10 wherein the structure of the fluid transmission line comprises a photoluminescent material.

12. The medical infusion system of claim 7 wherein the light transmission channel includes a chemiluminescent material.

13. The medical infusion system of claim 7 wherein the light transmission channel includes an electroluminescent material.

14. A medical infusion manifold comprising an integrated source of illumination for illuminating an illuminating medical infusion line wherein the source of illumination is internal to the infusion manifold.

15. The medical infusion manifold of claim 14 wherein the source of illumination comprises a source of laser light.

16. A medical infusion manifold comprising an integrated source of illumination for illuminating an illuminating medical infusion line wherein the source of illumination is external to the infusion manifold.

17. The medical infusion manifold of claim 16 wherein the source of illumination comprises a source of laser light.

18. An illuminating in-line component comprising:

at least two attachment means for at least two illuminating medical infusion lines; and

a light transmission channel for transmitting light from the first illuminating medical infusion line to the second illuminating medical infusion line.

19. The illuminating in-line component of claim 18 wherein the light transmission channel is illuminating.

20. The illuminating in-line component of claim 18 wherein the in-line component comprises a filter.