Patent ID: 9474857
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. An automatic refill procedure for a fluid injector system comprising a fluid injector and an operably engaged syringe, the procedure comprising: providing at least one hand controller configured to operate at least a portion of the fluid injector system; providing at least one sensor disposed in the at least one hand controller, the at least one sensor comprising at least one of the following: an accelerometer, a position sensor, an orientation sensor, a capacitance touch sensor, a thermal sensor, or any combination thereof; providing at least one processor in communication with the fluid injector system; determining, with the at least one processor, if a fluid injection procedure involving the syringe is impending based at least partially on inactivity of the at least one hand controller of the fluid injector system for a certain period of time, wherein the inactivity of the at least one hand controller for the certain period of time is determined based at least partially on the at least one sensor in the at least one hand controller, and indicates that the fluid injection procedure involving the syringe is not impending; and initiating, with the at least one processor, an automatic refill of the syringe in response to determining that the fluid injection procedure involving the syringe is not impending, such that the automatic refill does not interfere with an impending fluid injection procedure.