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Transfusion apparatus

US4820268A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1987
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M5/1689
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transfusion apparatus including a pump section for sequentially pressing and blocking a transfusion tube to feed a liquid, a detecting section for detecting a given cycle of pump operation in the pump section, and a drive-control for driving and controlling the pump section is disclosed, in which the transfusion tube on an upstream side above the pump section is provided with a dropping cylinder on which is arranged a detector for counting the number of droplets and that the apparatus is further provided with a comparator for comparing the number of droplets in the given cycle of the pump operation with a predetermined value to judge a type of a transfusion set.

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