Patent ID: 7892202

Claim:
An inflation syringe configured to allow a medical practitioner to selectively provide a desired amount of inflation pressurization during a medical procedure to inflate a medical instrument, the inflation syringe comprising: a barrel defining an inner lumen and being configured to hold a desired inflation pressure; a plunger configured to be received within the inner lumen of the barrel to increase pressurization within the barrel; a sensor apparatus for sensing inflation pressurization within the barrel; and a display mounted to the exterior of the barrel and configured to link to the sensor apparatus when the display is mounted to the barrel to display the inflation pressurization detected by the sensor apparatus within the barrel, wherein the display includes a numeric indicator which provide a numeric indication of a current inflation pressurization within the barrel and a plurality of discrete non-numeric indicia which are actuated to provide a non-numeric representation of the current inflation pressurization, wherein the non-numeric indicia are actuated in a progressive manner such that non-numeric indicia representing values less than the current inflation pressurization value remain actuated as the pressurization increases and decreases, and wherein the non-numeric indicia simultaneously provide a non-numeric representation of a value that is different from the current inflation pressurization.