Infusion pump for large animals
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1. A method of treating a large animal comprising:
- providing an infusion pump having an electric pump unit and a catheter in fluid communication with the pump unit;
providing a supply of fluid;
inserting the catheter into a fluid passageway of the animal;
operating the pump unit in a manner to infuse the fluid into the fluid passageway of the animal at a rate of greater than five hundred milliliters per minute.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for infusing fluid into a large animal. The infusion pump comprises an electric pump unit and a catheter. The catheter is in fluid communication with the pump unit and adapted for insertion into a fluid passageway of the animal. The pump unit is adapted to pump at least five hundred milliliters of fluid through the catheter and into the animal in one minute at a flow rate of at least five hundred milliliters per minute. The infusion pump can be packaged with a manual to make a kit. The manual provides instructions for use of the infusion pump to infuse fluid into an animal.
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1. A method of treating a large animal comprising:
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providing an infusion pump having an electric pump unit and a catheter in fluid communication with the pump unit;
providing a supply of fluid;
inserting the catheter into a fluid passageway of the animal;
operating the pump unit in a manner to infuse the fluid into the fluid passageway of the animal at a rate of greater than five hundred milliliters per minute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A kit comprising an electric pump unit capable of pumping at least five hundred milliliters of fluid per minute packaged with a manual providing instructions for use of the pump unit to infuse fluid into an animal by fluidly connecting the pump unit to a catheter inserted into a fluid passageway of the animal and operating the pump unit in a manner to infuse fluid into the fluid passageway of the animal at a rate of greater than five hundred milliliters per minute.
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13. An infusion pump for use with a large animal such as a horse or a cow, the infusion pump comprising:
an electric pump unit and a catheter, the catheter being in fluid communication with the pump unit, the catheter being adapted for insertion into a venous passageway of the animal, the pump unit being adapted to pump at least five hundred milliliters of an intravenous physiologically appropriate crystalloid solution through the catheter and into the animal in one minute at a flow rate of at least five hundred milliliters per minute. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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