Patent ID: 8141598
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A contrast media injector system comprising: an injector head having a syringe mounted thereto; a support to which said injector head is connected and relative to which said injector head may be tilted upward for a syringe filling procedure and downward for an injection procedure, wherein a discharge tip of said syringe is above a remainder of said syringe when said injector head is tilted upward; a contrast container holder connected with the injector head and comprising an open end; a contrast container positioned within said contrast container holder, extending through said open end of said contrast container holder, and comprising a discharge end; a fill tube coupling said syringe to said contrast container, said contrast container holder being configured to hold said contrast container in a substantially fixed position relative to said injector head and with said open end of said contrast container holder and said discharge end of said contrast container each protecting upwardly, all while said injector head is tilted upward and as said injector system operates to fill said syringe with contrast media from said contrast container.