Infusion pump with multiple orientation display

US8888738B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: Aug 10, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2209/086
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An infusion pump including a drive mechanism; an assembly operable with the drive mechanism, the assembly configured to deliver a flowable material to a patient; a mountable housing holding the drive mechanism and configured at its front side to receive the assembly and at its backside to mount in either a first orientation or a second orientation to an external support, wherein the housing supports the drive mechanism and the assembly in each of the orientations; a controller operably connected to the housing; and a display operably connected to the controller and supported by the front side of the housing, the display configured to be rotatably responsive so that information displayed by the display is oriented right-side-up regardless of whether the assembly is in the first orientation or the second orientation.