Patent ID: 8496617
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A balloon inflation device comprising a syringe ( 2 ) having a syringe barrel ( 4 ) and a syringe piston ( 6 ) slidably and rotatably movable in said syringe barrel ( 4 ), the piston ( 6 ) having exterior threading ( 28 ) on at least a section of its length, the syringe barrel further comprising a retractable mechanism ( 30 ) for the retention of the piston ( 6 ) in the syringe barrel, which mechanism ( 30 ) is switchable between a retracted state in which the piston ( 6 ) is free to slide in the syringe barrel and an active state in which the free sliding of the piston ( 6 ) is impossible and in which the piston ( 6 ) can be screwed or unscrewed in the syringe barrel ( 4 ), the device further comprising a pressure gauge ( wherein the pressure gauge ( wherein the device comprises a cap (