US 12,251,089 B2
Automated fluid dispenser with driver and disposable probe
Raj M R Aporva, Shivamogga (IN)
Assigned to Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US); and Baxter Healthcare SA, Glattpark (CH)
Appl. No. 18/693,700
Filed by BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., Deerfield, IL (US); and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA, Glattpark (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/043675
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 20, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/043934, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202141042483 (IN), filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0325009 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00491 (2013.01) [A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing device comprising:
a probe unit that includes:
a housing configured to receive and store a sealant in a fluid state,
a cannula extending from a distal end of the housing, the cannula in fluid communication with the sealant stored inside the housing,
an identification tag configured to wirelessly transmit an identifier that identifies the probe unit, and
a magnet configured to provide a magnetic field; and
a driver unit, wherein the probe unit is detachably mounted on the driver unit, the driver unit including:
at least one rail positioned on a top side of the driver unit and configured to provide a track for receiving and retaining the probe unit when the probe unit is mounted on the driver unit,
a hall sensor arranged to detect the magnet in response to the probe unit being mounted on the driver unit,
a controller configured to obtain the identifier from the identification tag of the probe unit in response to the hall sensor detecting the magnet, and
a display configured to display an indication of the identifier of the probe unit.