Push to install syringe mount for powered injector systems
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1. A front-loading, contrast media injector comprising:
- an injector housing having an opening defined therein;
a drive ram, at least a portion of which is movable into and out of the injector housing along a longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram through the opening in the injector housing; and
a syringe mount coupled to the injector housing and comprising a plurality of retainer components, wherein the plurality of retainer components collectively define a syringe-receiving aperture that is aligned with the opening in the injector housing, wherein each the plurality of retainer components are disposed about an exterior of a syringe and are in position to restrain movement of a syringe away from the injector housing when the syringe is installed on the contrast media injector and as the drive ram is advanced in the direction of the syringe, wherein each of the retainer components comprises a sloped surface that defines a perimeter portion of the syringe-receiving aperture, wherein the sloped surface of each of the retainer components projects in a direction of the longitudinal reference axis and projects toward the exterior of the syringe when installed on the contrast media injector using the syringe mount, wherein the sloped surface of each of the retainer components slopes toward the longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram progressing along the longitudinal reference axis in the direction of the injector housing, wherein each of the retainer components translates linearly toward the longitudinal reference axis, wherein each of the retainer components translates linearly away from the longitudinal reference axis, wherein each of the retainer components is biased toward the longitudinal reference axis, wherein the plurality of retainer components comprises first and second retainer components, wherein the first and second retainer components each translate linearly toward the longitudinal reference axis to both reduce a spacing between the first and second retainer components and to reduce a size of the syringe-receiving aperture, wherein the first and second retainer components each translate linearly away from the longitudinal reference axis to both increase the spacing between the first and second retainer components and to increase the size of the syringe-receiving aperture, and wherein the size of the syringe-receiving aperture is taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal reference axis.
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments provide for a syringe mount of a power injector. The syringe mount may include a plurality of syringe retainer components that translate (e.g., move linearly without rotation) toward and away from a longitudinal axis of the injector drive ram. These retainer components may be biased (e.g., via a spring) toward one another and/or the longitudinal axis of the injector drive ram.
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1. A front-loading, contrast media injector comprising:
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an injector housing having an opening defined therein; a drive ram, at least a portion of which is movable into and out of the injector housing along a longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram through the opening in the injector housing; and a syringe mount coupled to the injector housing and comprising a plurality of retainer components, wherein the plurality of retainer components collectively define a syringe-receiving aperture that is aligned with the opening in the injector housing, wherein each the plurality of retainer components are disposed about an exterior of a syringe and are in position to restrain movement of a syringe away from the injector housing when the syringe is installed on the contrast media injector and as the drive ram is advanced in the direction of the syringe, wherein each of the retainer components comprises a sloped surface that defines a perimeter portion of the syringe-receiving aperture, wherein the sloped surface of each of the retainer components projects in a direction of the longitudinal reference axis and projects toward the exterior of the syringe when installed on the contrast media injector using the syringe mount, wherein the sloped surface of each of the retainer components slopes toward the longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram progressing along the longitudinal reference axis in the direction of the injector housing, wherein each of the retainer components translates linearly toward the longitudinal reference axis, wherein each of the retainer components translates linearly away from the longitudinal reference axis, wherein each of the retainer components is biased toward the longitudinal reference axis, wherein the plurality of retainer components comprises first and second retainer components, wherein the first and second retainer components each translate linearly toward the longitudinal reference axis to both reduce a spacing between the first and second retainer components and to reduce a size of the syringe-receiving aperture, wherein the first and second retainer components each translate linearly away from the longitudinal reference axis to both increase the spacing between the first and second retainer components and to increase the size of the syringe-receiving aperture, and wherein the size of the syringe-receiving aperture is taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal reference axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of using a contrast media injector having a drive ram, at least a portion of which is movable into and out of an injector housing along a longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram, the method comprising:
installing a syringe on the injector, wherein the installing comprises; contacting a sloping surface of each of first and second components of the injector with a syringe; moving the syringe along the longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram, wherein the moving comprises moving the syringe along the sloping surface of the first component during the contacting and moving the syringe along the sloping surface of the second component during the contacting; linearly translating an entirety of each of the first and second components of the injector both away from one another and away from the longitudinal reference axis, all due to the moving of the syringe along the longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram and the contacting of the syringe with the sloping surface of each of the first and second components; and automatically moving the first and second components in opposite linear directions so that the first and second components both move toward one another and toward the longitudinal reference axis, wherein the automatically moving occurs after the translating, due to continued moving of the syringe along the longitudinal reference axis of the drive ram, and disposes the first and second components about an exterior of the syringe in a position for the first and second components to restrain movement of the syringe away from the injector housing during movement of the drive ram in the direction of the syringe. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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