Patent ID: 6511457
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A syringe with air removal capability comprisinga barrel having a front wall with an opening at said barrel and front wall juncture; a barrel extension located forward of said opening; a fluid chamber defined by said barrel and said front wall; a slidingly fitted plunger mounted within said barrel fluid chamber; a hollow needle in open communication with said fluid chamber; and an air release assembly, said air release assembly having a lower portion containing a slider valve insert adjacent to a barrel surface and adjacent to a barrel extension surface and an upper portion having a rearward opening chamber, said upper portion and said lower portion defining an opening beginning at said slider valve insert and terminating in said upper portion chamber, said opening alignable with said barrel and front wall juncture opening and said air release assembly slidingly engaged by a clamp, said clamp residing on a track, said track terminating with front and rear stops.