US 12,083,321 B2
Syringe retention feature for fluid injector system
Michael Spohn, Fenelton, PA (US); Kevin Cowan, Allison Park, PA (US); David Berry, Kittanning, PA (US); Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US); Jonathan Reed, Baltimore, MD (US); Patrick Campbell, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Christopher Capone, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, Whippany, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/272,401
Filed by BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, Whippany, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/050293
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/055785, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,642, filed on Sep. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0220561 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14546 (2013.01); A61M 5/14593 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injector system for delivering a medical fluid, the injector system comprising:
an injector configured to receive at least one syringe, the injector comprising at least one piston for releasably engaging and reciprocally driving a plunger or an end wall of the at least one syringe; and
a syringe retaining interface comprising a bracket that houses one or more retaining elements configured to engage at least a portion of a distal end portion of the at least one syringe to limit movement of the at least one syringe in a distal direction relative to the injector as the medical fluid is delivered from a reservoir via distal movement of the at least one piston,
wherein the one or more retaining elements comprises slidable arms configured to be movable in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the at least one syringe.