Abstract:
A hypodermic injection device comprising a cartridge holder having a cylindrical body open at one end and closed at the other end, the closed end being provided with an aperture, a cartridge including an ampoule with attached cannula within the holder, the cannula being directed toward the holder''s closed end, the ampoule including a cylindrical sleeve slidably carrying a piston, the sleeve being open at one end and having a necked portion at the other end to receive a hub mounting the cannula, fluid medicament in the sleeve between the piston and cannula, a spring power assembly for moving the cartridge forward and for injecting the fluid medicament carried in the ampoule, a safety assembly for controlling actuation of the spring power assembly, and a resilient sheath covering the cannula to maintain the cannula in sterile condition.
Abstract:
A syringe adapted to inject substantial amounts of medicament, said syringe comprising a syringe barrel having a necked portion at one end with a central through-bore while the other end is open and provided with a peripheral flange. A cannula assembly is fixedly fitted into the necked end of the syringe barrel, said cannula assembly including a body portion fixedly fitting into the necked portion of the syringe barrel with a cannula extending outwardly therefrom. A cylindrical needle support extends rearwardly from the body and mounts a needle within the syringe barrel. A cartridge assembly is slidably carried within the syringe barrel and includes a cylindrical cartridge body having a necked end closed by a stopper. The open end of the cylindrical body is closed off by a plunger whereby the medicament is held between the stopper and the plunger. The necked end of the cartridge body mounts a cap having an outwardly extending sleeve sized to fit over the needle support. Interengaging positioning portions are provided on the sleeve and needle support to lock the cartridge assembly in inactivated and actuated position. A retaining clip fits over the open end of the syringe barrel to retain the cartridge assembly within said barrel.
Abstract:
A tip assembly for a syringe wherein the assembly includes a cylindrical main body having an open forward end and a partially closed back end. The inner surface of the main body adjacent the back end has an annular seal. An inner cylindrical body is positioned within and coaxial with the main body forwardly of the annular seal. A flange-like member connects the inner body to the main body to retain the inner body in spaced relation within the main body. A cap is provided for closing the open end of the main body. A needle assembly is supported by the inner body within the main body. This needle assembly has a hub with a hole extending therethrough. A needle is held in the forward portion of the hub and a portion of the hub rearwardly of the needle is sized to fit in the inner body to position the needle assembly within the main body.
Abstract:
A method of treating coronary prone individuals between the time that heart attack symptoms occur and qualified direct contact personal care can be administered which comprises providing each of a multiplicity of coronary prone individuals with (1) a plurality of separate medicaments, such as atropine and lidocaine, in self-administering form, such as automatic injectors, and (2) a portable battery operated device having a pair of electrodes shaped to fit within the armpits and means to provide auditory signals indicative of the existing heart beat conditions including signals corresponding to the electrical activity of the heart, establishing communication by telephone between any of the individuals experiencing heart attack symptoms and a source including a plurality of individuals available at all times at specific telephones having medical records of each of the individuals immediately available, including standing orders of each individual''s doctor, and outgoing telephones for notifying the individual''s doctor and next-of-kin and for dispatching an ambulance to the individual, positioning the electrodes within the armpits of the individual and communicating the signals thus provided to the qualified source by means of the established telephone communication, including transmitting thereover the electrical heart activity signals, receiving the signals and converting them to wave form oscilloscope pictures and electrocardiograms, communicating by means of the established telephone communication a qualified response determined from the information obtained at the source and administering responsive medicament to the individual at a time prior to the establishment of qualified direct contact personal care.
Abstract:
Method for self-administering prehospital phase treatment of coronary prone individuals during the early minutes or hours after the onset of heart attack symptoms and apparatus for use therein. The apparatus comprises the combination of a portable battery-operated device having circuitry operable when operatively connected with an individual to produce audible signals capable of telephone transmission in the form of a beep corresponding with each heart beat of the individual and rate range signal in the form of different colored lights each corresponding to a predetermined rate range and a plurality of different automatic injectors each color-coded to the signal lights and containing different medicaments which are effective within the corresponding rate range and may be adversely effective outside the corresponding rate range. The method includes performing the following steps within the early minutes or hours after the onset of heart attack symptoms: (1) obtaining access to the apparatus, (2) establishing an operative connection between the device and the individual, (3) producing the signals, (4) utilizing the signals to determine the injector containing the medicament effective under the existing heart beat conditions, (5) identifying the applicable injector and (6) selfadministering the injector to inject the medicament therefrom into the individual.
Abstract:
A pneumatically actuated pressure bandage adaptable for use as a compression bandage, tourniquet or cuff wherein the pressure is applied by a manually operated pump and further wherein regulating means are provided to selectively bleed off the pressure.
Abstract:
PROTEIN ABSORPTION ENHANCING AGENTS The absorption rate of proteins with medicinal properties in the blood is enhanced by administering the protein intramuscularly together with an absorption enhancing agent, e.g. hydroxylamine or a salt thereof.
Abstract:
INITIATING REPERFUSION TREATMENT WHEN HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT A device for initiating reperfusion treatment of a coronary prone individual prior to the establishment of qualified direct contact personal care at a time during the early minutes or hours after the onset of heart attack symptoms and after qualified personnel have participated by telephone in the decision to initiate such treatment. The device comprises an automatic injector assembly (12) including a releasable force applying assembly, (32 and 34) a safety (128,130 and 132) normally disposed in a release preventing position movable therefrom into a release permitting position, a container or containers (44 and 96) for separately containing a plurality of separate medicament dosages including a first dosage (52) containing a clot selective coronary thrombolytic agent and a separate second dosage (98) containing a cardiac antiarrhythmic agent and one or more hypodermic needles (48 and 102). The automatic injector is operable in response to a predetermined manual actuating procedure including the movement of the safety into its release permitting position for effecting release of the releasable force applying assembly and causing the released force to be applied so as to effect (1) the movement of the hypodermic needle or needles into the muscle tissue of the individual and (2) the flow of the separate medicament dosages outwardly from the container or containers through the hypodermic needle or needles into the muscle tissue of the individual.
Abstract:
1453868 Apparatus for diagnosing the condition of the heart of an individual SURVIVAL TECHNOLOGY Inc 4 Dec 1973 [4 Dec 1972] 21903/76 Divided out of 1453866 Heading G1N(E) This Application is a divisional of Specification 1453866. The particular description is the same, but the claims deal with the combination of an electrocardioscope and an electrocardiograph in a central receiving station.