Patent ID: 7632249

Claim:
A syringe assist system for preventing vacuum stall within an infusion pump cooperating with a tube assembly which forms a fluid connection between a syringe and a patient, said syringe defined by a barrel portion filled with fluid medication and a syringe plunger with a handle attached thereto inserted within said barrel portion, wherein the infusion pump operates to suction the fluid medication from the syringe barrel, comprising: a lock box for housing said infusion pump; a plunger housed within said lock box which imparts a compressive force urging the syringe plunger into the syringe barrel to overcome said vacuum stall resulting from said infusion pump suctioning fluid from said syringe barrel; a handle mating groove formed on an interior wall of said lock box for securing said handle of said syringe relative to said lock box; wherein said plunger includes a cocker, a cradle, and a base member; and wherein said cocker further includes a cocker locking member attached thereto cooperating with a wedge locking member extruded from said lock box to selectively prevent movement thereof along said base member.