Lock out member with different cross sections
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a lock out spring configured to be implemented into a medical device, in particular a dispense interface, attachable to a second medical device, in particular a main body,wherein said lock out spring comprises a first spring arm and a second spring arm and is configured to prevent a second attachment of said medical device to said second medical device by the first spring arm and the second spring arm flexing inwardly towards one another at a first and second pivot points of the lock out spring,wherein said lock out spring has a first end, a second end, and at least a first area with a first cross-sectional area between said first end and said second end through which an electric current is configured to flow, andwherein said lock out spring has at least a second area between said first end and said second end having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area through which said electric current is configured to flow,such that an electric resistance is defined between said first end and said second end of the lock out spring, andwherein said lock out spring, at least in the at least one second area and at least one first area, is made of a conductive material,wherein the apparatus is configured to measure the resistance between the first and second end of the lockout spring, to determine a temperature using the measured resistance, and to inform a user of the temperature or to prohibit use of the apparatus if the temperature is or was outside of a predefined temperature interval.
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Abstract
An apparatus is presented comprising a lock out member configured to be implemented into a medical device, in particular a dispense interface, attachable to a second medical device, in particular a main body, wherein said lock out member is configured to prevent a second attachment of said medical device to said second medical device, wherein said lock out member has at least a first area with a first cross-sectional area, wherein said lock out member has at least a second area having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area, such that an electric resistance is defined between opposite ends of the lockout member and wherein said lock out member, at least in the second area, is made of a conductive material.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a lock out spring configured to be implemented into a medical device, in particular a dispense interface, attachable to a second medical device, in particular a main body, wherein said lock out spring comprises a first spring arm and a second spring arm and is configured to prevent a second attachment of said medical device to said second medical device by the first spring arm and the second spring arm flexing inwardly towards one another at a first and second pivot points of the lock out spring, wherein said lock out spring has a first end, a second end, and at least a first area with a first cross-sectional area between said first end and said second end through which an electric current is configured to flow, and wherein said lock out spring has at least a second area between said first end and said second end having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area through which said electric current is configured to flow, such that an electric resistance is defined between said first end and said second end of the lock out spring, and wherein said lock out spring, at least in the at least one second area and at least one first area, is made of a conductive material, wherein the apparatus is configured to measure the resistance between the first and second end of the lockout spring, to determine a temperature using the measured resistance, and to inform a user of the temperature or to prohibit use of the apparatus if the temperature is or was outside of a predefined temperature interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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