Patent ID: 6746427
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A61B,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A syringe for use in a medical fluid delivery device of a type having a syringe holder; the syringe comprising:(a) a syringe body having a distal end and a proximal end; the syringe body defining a pumping chamber and an inlet port; (b) a syringe end wall located at the distal end of said syringe body having a flat face for mating engagement with the syringe holder; said end wall defining an outlet port, an interior portion and an exterior portion; said exterior portion defining said flat face; (c) said exterior portion being reinforced with a plurality of ribs; the ribs each having end portions terminating in a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the syringe body; said end portions of said ribs defining said flat face; and (d) a syringe plunger located in said pumping chamber adapted for reciprocal motion between a position proximate to said proximal end and said distal end.