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IV apparatus

  • US 5,059,173 A
  • Filed: 07/28/1990
  • Issued: 10/22/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gravity flow fluid path for administering fluids intravenously to a patient that includesa main flow line having a penetrating means at the top end of said line for coupling said line to a fluid container, and an injection means at the bottom end of said line for intravenously introducing fluid to a patient,a mini-drip chamber mounted in said main flow line for administering fluids passing through said mini-drip chamber at a medically low flow rate,a shunt flow line connected into the main flow line by an upper connector located above said first regulating means and by a lower connector located below said first regulating means,An adult drip chamber mounted in said shunt flow line for administering fluids passing through said adult drip chamber at a medically high flow rate, anda first control means associated with said lines that is operable to selectively route fluid in transit through said mini-drip chamber and said adult drip chamber, a second control means associated with said lines that is operable to selectively route one fluid or two fluids concurrently through said lines.

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