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METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CAPACITY OF A PERISTALTIC PUMP AND PERISTALTIC PUMP

  • US 20100021315A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Published: 01/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for controlling the flow rate in a peristaltic pump comprising occlusion means for compressing a flexible tube, creating at least one zone of occlusion moving cyclically from an upstream part to a downstream part of the pump, the occlusion means comprising mobile compression means that compress the tube toward a counter surface, the occlusion means being actuated by control means placed on a rotation shaft, characterized in that wherein the occlusion means in the furthest downstream part of the pump remain in the occlusive position for a greater portion of the cycle than the occlusion means in a further upstream part of the pump.

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