Apparatus for infusing fluid

US9675756B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DEKA Products Limited Parternship · US

Inventors

• Dean Kamen · Bedford, US
• John M. Kerwin · Manchester, US
• Colin H. Murphy · Cambridge, US
• Jonathan Parker · Henniker, US
• Daniel F. Pawlowski · Raymond, US
• Dirk A. van der Merwe · Canterbury, US
• Larry B. Gray · Merrimack, US
• Christopher C. Langenfeld · Nashua, US
• Michael S. Place · Manchester, US
• Michael J. Slate · Merrimack, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/67
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A pump for pumping fluid includes a tube platen, a plunger, a bias member, inlet and outlet valves, an actuator mechanism, a position sensor, and a processor. The plunger is configured for actuation toward and away from the infusion-tube when the tube platen is disposed opposite to the plunger. The tube platen can hold an intravenous infusion tube. The bias member is configured to urge the plunger toward the tube platen.