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Transfusion pump

US5152680A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 9, 1992
Grant dateOct 6, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B43/082
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transfusion pump includes a housing disposed to oppose a tube filled with a liquid to be supplied, a plurality of fingers mounted on the housing along a liquid supply direction to urge the tube, a drive shaft for pivotally reciprocally supporting the tube in a direction to urging the tube, cams engaged with the fingers rotatably supported by the drive shaft, a drive motor for sequentially driving the cams so that the fingers which are engaged with the corresponding cams sequentially urge the tube in the liquid supply direction, and a biasing member, arranged to be engaged with the fingers, for biasing the fingers to be in contact with the corresponding cams.

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