US 12,280,238 B2
IV administration system configured to prevent self-inflicted injury
Nathan J. Skoller, Atlanta, GA (US); Rush Austin Leigh, Atlanta, GA (US); Tamera Tyra Mason, Atlanta, GA (US); Rachael Elizabeth Price, Atlanta, GA (US); and Ian Smith, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/953,697.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,361, filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0154400 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/162 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/162 (2013.01) [A61M 5/1411 (2013.01); A61M 5/145 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14506 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intravenous administration system, comprising:
a fluid connection device having a first end, a second end, and a length, the fluid connection device including:
an internal conduit configured to deliver a medical fluid and disposed along the length; and
a housing disposed along the length and having a channel in which the internal conduit is disposed, wherein the housing includes:
more than one rigid segments, each rigid segment being an elongated segment, the more than one rigid segments including a first rigid segment and a second rigid segment spaced from the first rigid segment;
one or more joint segments, each joint segment being an elongated segment configured to bend to a predetermined bending angle with respect to at least one rigid segment, the one or more joint segments including a first joint segment disposed between the first rigid segment and the second rigid segment and configured to bend to the predetermined bending angle with respect to the first rigid segment; and
a casing that surrounds the more than one rigid segments;
wherein the casing includes the one or more joint segments; and
wherein the casing is less rigid than the more than one rigid segments.