Patent · US Expired

I. V. Pump cassette

US4557725A · kind A · utility

69Cited by
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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 1984
Grant dateDec 10, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/12
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An I.V. pump cassette includes an enclosed pumping chamber with an inlet and outlet adapted to be connected to I.V. tubing. A reciprocable plunger extends from the top of the pumping chamber. The cassette is arranged to be received in a semi-cylindrical chamber in a driver mechanism wherein a horizontally extending support portion of the cassette can be supported in a semi-circular recess and clamped thereon by overlying clamp members of the driver mechanism. An upstanding semi-circular fence is provided at the front end of the cassette to activate a laterally pivotable switch in the appropriate driver mechanism and to create an interference with the wall of the semi-cylindrical chamber in an inappropriate driver mechanism.

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