Title:
PROGRAMMABLE INFUSION PUMP
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1993/010830
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An infusion pump system comprises disposable tubing having an elastic segment and one-way check valves at each end of the segment for conveying intravenous fluid from a source to a patient, a compact, portable housing having an open receptacle for removably receiving the elastic segment of the disposable tubing, a reciprocating ram mounted in the housing for periodically engaging and compressing the segment of the disposable tubing for pumping fluid therethrough, a motor mounted in the housing for driving the ram upon energization thereof, a control system mounted in the housing for receiving input signals and energizing the motor so that the fluid is pumped through the disposable tubing in accordance with pre-selected delivery rate parameters.
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Inventors:
CORDNER EDWARD T JR (US)
WALKER GEORGE T III (US)
BARR HOWARD S (US)
KHADEM FARID (US)
WALKER GEORGE T III (US)
BARR HOWARD S (US)
KHADEM FARID (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1992/009901
Publication Date:
June 10, 1993
Filing Date:
November 19, 1992
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BLOCK MEDICAL INC (US)
International Classes:
A61M5/142; (IPC1-7): A61M5/142; A61M5/172
Foreign References:
| EP0018649A1 | 1980-11-12 | |||
| EP0063727A2 | 1982-11-03 | |||
| EP0450736A1 | 1991-10-09 |
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