Multiple fluid delivery system with multi-use disposable set and features thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023166095-A1
Application number	US-202218051950-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 2, 2022
Priority date	Jan 9, 2015
Publication date	Jun 1, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A multi-fluid injector system having a powered injector having a housing enclosing at least one reciprocally operable piston is described. The injector system includes a multi-use disposable set (MUDS) connectable to the powered fluid injector. The MUDS has at least one syringe having a proximal end and a distal end and a plunger reciprocally movable by the at least one piston element within a syringe interior between the proximal end and the distal end; a manifold in fluid communication with the distal end of the at least one syringe; at least one valve in fluid communication with the syringe interior, the at least one valve operable between a filling position for filling the syringe interior with fluid and a delivery position for delivering the fluid from the syringe interior; and at least one connection port in fluid communication with the manifold and the syringe interior when the at least one valve is in the delivery position. The injector system further includes a coupling mechanism for operating the at least one valve between the filling position and the delivery position. Various features of the MUDS assembly and methods of interaction between the injector system and the MUDS assembly are also described.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A multi-fluid injector system, comprising:
a powered injector comprising a housing enclosing at least one reciprocally operable piston element; a multi-use disposable set (MUDS) connectable to the powered fluid injector, the MUDS comprising:
at least one syringe having a proximal end and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal end along a longitudinal axis, and a plunger reciprocally movable by the at least one piston element within a syringe interior between the proximal end and the distal end;
a manifold in fluid communication with the distal end of the at least one syringe;
at least one valve in fluid communication with the syringe interior, the at least one valve operable between a filling position for filling the syringe interior with fluid and a delivery position for delivering the fluid from the syringe interior; and
at least one connection port in fluid communication with the manifold and the syringe interior when the at least one valve is in the delivery position; and
a coupling mechanism for operating the at least one valve between the filling position and the delivery position.

2 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling mechanism comprises a blade and wherein the at least one valve has a slot shaped to receive the blade of the coupling mechanism.

3 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 2 , wherein, when the blade of the coupling mechanism is received within the slot of the at least one valve, rotation of the coupling mechanism causes the at least one valve to rotate.

4 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 2 , wherein the coupling mechanism self-aligns with the at least one valve to receive the blade of the coupling mechanism within the slot of the at least one valve.

5 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 4 , wherein the coupling mechanism is spring-loaded to maintain contact with the at least one valve as the blade of the coupling mechanism rotates into alignment with the slot of the at least one valve.

6 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 4 , wherein, when the blade of the coupling mechanism is aligned with the slot of the at least one valve, the blade is urged into the slot under a restoring action of an elastically resilient member.

7 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 1 , further comprising a drive mechanism for operating the coupling mechanism.

8 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 7 , wherein the drive mechanism rotates the coupling mechanism.

9 . The multi-fluid injector system of claim 1 , wherein the blade has at least one inclined surface that is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the at least one valve.

10 . A syringe comprising:
a proximal end and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal end along a longitudinal axis to define a syringe interior; and a rotatable valve in fluid communication with the syringe interior, the rotatable valve rotatably operable between a filling position for filling the syringe interior with fluid and a delivery position for delivering the fluid from the syringe interior, wherein the rotatable valve has a valve head with a recessed slot shaped to receive a coupling mechanism of a powered fluid injector to operate the rotatable valve between the filling position and the delivery position.

11 . The syringe of claim 10 , wherein the recessed slot receives a blade of the coupling mechanism.

12 . The syringe of claim 11 , wherein, when the blade of the coupling mechanism is received within the recessed slot, rotation of the coupling mechanism rotates the rotatable valve.

13 . The syringe of claim 10 , wherein the coupling mechanism is spring-loaded to maintain contact with the rotatable valve as the coupling mechanism rotates into alignment with the recessed slot.

14 . The syringe of claim 10 , wherein, when the coupling mechanism is aligned with the recessed slot, the coupling mechanism is urged into the recessed slot under a restoring action of an elastically resilient member.

15 . A method of aligning a rotatable valve at a distal end of a syringe with a coupling mechanism of a fluid injector, the method comprising;
inserting the syringe into a receiving space of the fluid injector; forcing a blade of the coupling mechanism in a vertically upward direction to ride over an outer sidewall and along a top surface of a valve head of the rotatable valve; rotating the coupling mechanism around a longitudinal axis until the blade is self-aligned with a recessed slot in the valve head; and when the blade of the coupling mechanism is self-aligned with the recessed slot of the valve head, urging the blade into the recessed slot under a restoring force of an elastically resilient member associated with the blade.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein forcing the blade of the coupling mechanism in a vertically upward direction comprises:
contacting an inclined surface of the blade of the coupling mechanism with an outer sidewall of the valve head, wherein the inclined surface of the blade slides along the outer sidewall as the syringe is moved into the receiving space of the fluid injector; and compressing the elastically resilient member associated with the blade as the blade is forced in a vertically upward direction such that the restoring force is stored in the elastically resilient member.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein contacting the inclined surface of the blade with the outer sidewall of the valve head comprises:
contacting the inclined surface of the blade with a beveled, chamfered, or rounded edge of a distal perimeter of the outer sidewall of the valve head to facilitate engagement between the inclined surface and the valve head.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein rotating the coupling mechanism around the longitudinal axis until the blade is self-aligned with the recessed slot in the valve head comprises:
rotating the coupling mechanism until an end of the blade having the inclined surface is adjacent to a lip at one end of the recessed slot.

19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
communicating a position of the valve head relative to a filling position and a delivery position of the rotatable valve to an operating system of the fluid injector; and determining by the operating system an orientation of the rotatable valve and a correct rotation of the rotatable valve to operatively rotate the rotatable valve between a filling position, a delivery position, and a closed position.

Assignees

• Bayer Healthcare Llc

Inventors

• Haury John
• Swantner Michael
• Sokolov Richard
• Cullen Benjamin James
• Von Moger Alison Ruth
• Hueso Monis Ernesto
• Law Kamman
• Profaca Mark Silivio
• Spence Patrick
• Spohn Michael
• Angert Justin
• Cain Brian

Classifications

• A61M39/10 Primary

  Tube connectors; Tube couplings {(A61M39/02 takes precedence; connecting needles to syringes or hubs A61M5/34; connecting catheter tubes to hubs A61M25/0014)} · CPC title

• A61M5/1452 Primary

  pressurised by means of pistons · CPC title

• A61M5/16881

  Regulating valves (on-off valves, e.g. clamps A61M39/28) · CPC title

• A61M5/19

  having more than one chamber {, e.g. including a manifold coupling two parallelly aligned syringes through separate channels to a common discharge assembly (surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491)} · CPC title

• A61M5/14212

  Pumping with an aspiration and an expulsion action · CPC title