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Infusion pump with battery operation capability

US8696632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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212References

26Claims

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Assignee

Baxter International Inc. · US

Inventors

John Gillespie, Jr. · Libertyville, US
Ralph H. LaBedz · McHenry, US
Michael Kenneth Platt · Rantoul, US
Ronald H. Spang, Jr. · Kenosha, US
James Frei Berrill · Cary, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel · Round Lake, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney · Grayslake, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2009
Grant date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2209/086
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An infusion pump includes a housing; a user interface carried by the housing; a pump actuator positioned by the housing so as to be able to actuate a medical fluid pump member; and wherein the user interface and the pump actuator are powered interchangeably by a first, rechargeable battery unit and a second battery unit, both the first and second battery units configured to power the user interface and the pump actuator at a place for which outside power is unavailable, and such that the user interface and the pump actuator can be powered by the second battery unit while the first battery unit is being recharged.

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