Injection and monitoring system
First Claim
1. A system for injecting fluid into a patient and monitoring the blood pressure of the patient comprising:
- injector means carrying the fluid to be injected, said injector defining a fluid outlet therefrom and including expelling means for alternatively and successively discharging fluid for injection out of said fluid outlet for a first prescribed period of time and stopping the discharge of fluid out of said fluid outlet for a second prescribed period of time, display means, and rate indicator means operatively associated with said expelling means for generating an output indicative of the rate of fluid injection connected to said display means for visually displaying the rate at which the fluid is being injected;
delivery tube means connected to said fluid outlet and adapted to be connected to the vascular system of the patient so that the fluid discharged from said fluid outlet will be injected into the vascular system of the patient;
a blood pressure monitor including transducer means having an inlet connected to said delivery tube means between said fluid outlet on said injector means and the patient so that said transducer means is in communication both with the vascular system of the patient through said delivery tube means and with said fluid outlet from said injector means for providing an output indicative of the pressure in said delivery tube means, said monitor further including pressure detector means responsive to the output of said transducer means to generate outputs indicative of the maximum and minimum pressures within said delivery tube means over a prescribed period of time; and
mounting means for selectively and removably mounting said blood pressure monitor on said injector means, said mounting means including connector means constructed and arranged so that, as an incident to the mounting of said monitor on said injector means, said connector means operatively connects the output of said pressure detector means in said blood pressure monitor to said display means in said injector means whereby said display means in said injector means automatically visually displays the output of said pressure detector means which is indicative of the maximum and minimum pressures in said delivery tube means so that, while the discharge of fluid from said fluid outlet in said injector means is stopped, the pressures in said delivery tube means and displayed on said display means is the patient'"'"'s systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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Abstract
A system for injecting fluid into a patient and monitoring the blood pressure of the patient comprising an injector for incrementally injecting the fluid through a delivery tube into the vascular system of the patient at selected prescribed rates with display means and rate indicator means generating an output indicative of the rate of fluid injection connected to the display means for visually displaying the rate at which the fluid is being injected; a blood pressure monitor including transducer means communicating with the vascular system of the patient through the delivery tube on the injector for providing an output indicative of the patient'"'"'s blood pressure and pressure detector means responsive to the output of the transducer means to generate an output indicative of the systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the patient; and mounting means for selectively mounting the blood pressure monitor on the injector and including connector means connecting the output of the pressure detector means in the blood pressure monitor to the display means in the injector when the blood pressure is mounted on the injector for visually displaying the patient'"'"'s systolic and diastolic blood pressure on the display means. Disabling means is provided for disabling the pressure detector means when the fluid is incrementally injected by the injector to prevent errors in the indicated blood pressure. The connector means also connects a battery in the injector to the monitor to power same.
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9 Claims
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1. A system for injecting fluid into a patient and monitoring the blood pressure of the patient comprising:
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injector means carrying the fluid to be injected, said injector defining a fluid outlet therefrom and including expelling means for alternatively and successively discharging fluid for injection out of said fluid outlet for a first prescribed period of time and stopping the discharge of fluid out of said fluid outlet for a second prescribed period of time, display means, and rate indicator means operatively associated with said expelling means for generating an output indicative of the rate of fluid injection connected to said display means for visually displaying the rate at which the fluid is being injected; delivery tube means connected to said fluid outlet and adapted to be connected to the vascular system of the patient so that the fluid discharged from said fluid outlet will be injected into the vascular system of the patient; a blood pressure monitor including transducer means having an inlet connected to said delivery tube means between said fluid outlet on said injector means and the patient so that said transducer means is in communication both with the vascular system of the patient through said delivery tube means and with said fluid outlet from said injector means for providing an output indicative of the pressure in said delivery tube means, said monitor further including pressure detector means responsive to the output of said transducer means to generate outputs indicative of the maximum and minimum pressures within said delivery tube means over a prescribed period of time; and mounting means for selectively and removably mounting said blood pressure monitor on said injector means, said mounting means including connector means constructed and arranged so that, as an incident to the mounting of said monitor on said injector means, said connector means operatively connects the output of said pressure detector means in said blood pressure monitor to said display means in said injector means whereby said display means in said injector means automatically visually displays the output of said pressure detector means which is indicative of the maximum and minimum pressures in said delivery tube means so that, while the discharge of fluid from said fluid outlet in said injector means is stopped, the pressures in said delivery tube means and displayed on said display means is the patient'"'"'s systolic and diastolic blood pressure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
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7. A system for injecting fluid into a patient and monitoring the blood pressure of the patient comprising:
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injector means carrying the fluid to be injected, said injector defining a fluid outlet therefrom and including expelling means for alternatively and successively discharging fluid for injection out of said fluid outlet for a first prescribed period of time and stopping the discharge of fluid out of said fluid outlet for a second prescribed period of time; display means; delivery tube means connected to said fluid outlet and adapted to be connected to the vascular system of the patient so that the fluid discharged from said fluid outlet will be injected into the vascular system of the patient; a blood pressure monitor including transducer means having an inlet connected to said delivery tube means between said fluid outlet on said injector means and the patient so that said transducer means is in communication both with the vascular system of the patient through said delivery tube means and with said fluid outlet from said injector means for providing an output indicative of the pressure in said delivery tube means, said monitor further including pressure detector means responsive to the output of said transducer means to generate outputs indicative of the maximum and minimum pressures within said delivery tube means over a prescribed period of time, said outputs of said pressure detector means operatively connected to said display means to cause said display means to visually indicate the maximum and minimum pressures in said delivery tube means; and disabling means operatively connected to said expelling means in said injector means and said pressure detector means in said monitor for disabling said pressure detector means while said expelling means is discharging fluid out of said fluid outlet so that the pressures displayed on said display means are the systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the patient.
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