Constant flow medication infusion pump
US6280416A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/12
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medication infusion pump includes a housing, a medication chamber defined within the housing, a medication delivery device in fluid communication with the medication chamber, a propellant chamber defined within the housing and adapted to apply a predetermined positive pressure to a medication in the medication chamber, and a non-ozone depleting, non-toxic propellant within the propellant chamber. The propellant preferably has a vapor pressure between about 11 psig and about 50 psig at 37.degree. C.
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