Leland A Short

US Patent:

53420110, Aug 30, 1994

Filed:

Jan 19, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/006300

Inventors:

Leland H. Short - Morrow OH

Assignee:

Sherwood Medical Company - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

A47H 110

US Classification:

248318

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a fluid container attachment adaptor for an ambulatory fluid delivery system which includes a support device for attachment of a fluid delivery set and a pump. The fluid container attachment adaptor allows simple attachment to the support device of fluid containers which have been designed for attachment to commonly used IV poles. The fluid container attachment adaptor preferably includes a disk-shaped body portion and a hook-shaped attachment member which is positioned centrally thereon, and extends away from the body portion. The disk-shaped body portion is designed to be accepted within the clamping members of the support device and the hook-shaped attachment member is designed to receive a fluid container for suspension from the adaptor in substantially the same manner as the fluid container may have been attached to a standard IV pole. The invention therefore adapts the support device so that it may be usable with several types of fluid containers which have been primarily designed for use with IV poles.