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Motor unit for a fluid pump and method of operation

US4884013A · kind A · utility

110Cited by
46References
8Claims
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Filing dateJan 15, 1988
Grant dateNov 28, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/01
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An enternal nutrition pump system operates in a cyclical manner with a period between cycles being selected in accordance with the desired fluid delivery rate. Each pump cycle may correspond to a single rotation of the rotor or a fractional rotation of the rotor. Rotor rotation may alternatively be sensed by utilization of magnetic sensors or by monitoring of the AC componment of current supplied to a DC motor driving the rotor.

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