Cartridge holder

• US 3,144,178 A
• Filed: 03/12/1962
• Issued: 08/11/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Stanley J. Sarnoff
• Original Assignee: Stanley J. Sarnoff
• Inventors: Sarnoff, Stanley J.
• Application Number:
  US04/179,084
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• US Class Current: 222/327
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2411 from the front
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/535 with separate force-applying means

Claims

1. A MEDICAL HOLDER COMPRISING:

A BODY PORTION HAVING A BORE THERETHROUGH, A PLUNGER HAVING NORMALLY DIVERGENT ARMS SLIDABLE IN SAID BORE, THE BORE BEING OF A DIAMETER TO SNUGLY EMBRACE THE ARMS WHEN THEY ARE PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER AND FUNCTIONING TO DRAW THE ARMS TOGETHER WHEN THEY ARE DRAWN INTO SAID BORE, SAID PLUNGER HAVING COUPLING MEANS AT THE FREE ENDS OF THE ARMS FOR COUPLING WITH A PISTON LOCATED WITHIN ONE END OF A CARTRIDGE AND WHICH CARTRIDGE AT ITS OTHER END HAS A HUB PORTION, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING SPACED APART RESILIENT LEGS EXTENDING THEREFROM, EACH LEG TERMINATING IN A JAW DIRECTED TOWARD THE JAW ON THE OTHER LEG, EACH JAW HAVING A BEVELLED OUTER FACE, SAID BEVELLED FACES FACILITATING THE POSITIONING OF THE CARTRIDGE IN THE HOLDER BETWEEN THE LEGS AND ENGAGING THE HUB PORTION OF THE CARTRIDGE WHEN THE RESILIENT LEGS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, AND A SLEEVE SLIDABLE ALONG THE LEGS ADAPTED WHEN MOVED TOWARD THE JAWS TO CAUSE THE JAWS TO FIRMLY ENGAGE THE HUB PORTION OF THE CARTRIDGE, THE PLUNGER COUPLING MEANS AUTOMATICALLY COUPLING WITH THE PISTON.