US 12,201,806 B2
Self-adjusting IV stand
Tomas Frausto, Walnut, CA (US); and Jason Andrew Wine, Placentia, CA (US)
Assigned to CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,360.
Application 18/497,360 is a continuation of application No. 17/714,894, filed on Apr. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,839,737.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,024, filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058522 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1415 (2013.01) [A61M 2205/10 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3393 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intravenous (IV) stand assembly, comprising:
a base;
a stand coupled to the base, the stand comprising an internal channel and a retainer channel;
a pulley/belt assembly disposed within the internal channel of the stand, the pulley/belt assembly comprising a pulley and a belt;
a retainer coupled to the belt, the retainer movably disposed within the retainer channel; and
a drive coupled to the belt, the drive configured to move the belt relative to the pulley to cause the retainer to move along the retainer channel, wherein the drive is disposed within the base.