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Medical fluid pump

US5578012A · kind A · utility

163Cited by
18References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 1995
Grant dateNov 26, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D29/20
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical pump apparatus including an internally sterile pumping chamber having a flexible diaphragm forming a wall portion and a drive rod extending through the diaphragm in a rotating vane disposed within the pumping chamber. A motor rotates a revolving hook which engages the drive rod to drive the vane within the pumping unit. The pumping chamber is isolated from the motor by the fluidtight attachment of the drive rod through the flexible diaphragm. Fluid is pumped into the inlet of pumping chamber through the hollow shaft of the vane and out through a fluid conduit of the vane, subsequently out the outlet of the pumping chamber.

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