NOVELTY - The assembly has a barrel including a side wall having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, and an elongate plunger rod placed within the barrel, where the rod includes a distal end with a stopper (240) having a distal face and a proximal end (231). One or more pulsing elements are placed on one of the plunger rod or the inside surface of the barrel to provide increased mechanical interference between the plunger rod and barrel, where the pulsing elements are rotatable to create pulsatile movement or continuous and unimpeded movement of the plunger rod within the barrel.
USE - Flush syringe assembly for use in a flush procedure for a vascular access device (VAD).
ADVANTAGE - The pulsing elements are rotatable to create pulsatile movement or continuous and unimpeded movement of the plunger rod within the barrel, thus allowing a user to achieve the effects of push-pulse flushing techniques that impart turbulence to the flow of flush solution into a catheter or other medical device connected to a flush syringe, and allowing the user to utilize smooth flushing techniques that do not actively change or increase turbulence in the flow of the flush solution into the catheter or other medical device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for flushing a catheter.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a perspective view of the plunger rod.
Proximal end (231)
Intersecting beams (236, 237)
Stopper (240)
Thumb press (244)
Protrusions (245)