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Infusion pumping apparatus

US4472117A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1982
Grant dateSep 18, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B43/1253
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Infusion pumping apparatus having means for releasing back pressures which can develop in an infusion tube (18) through which fluid is being driven. When an excessive back pressure is developed, the infusion tube expands into a peripheral groove (43) on a drive roller (38) carried at the periphery of a rotor body (20).

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