Medication infusion pump

• US 4,445,535 A
• Filed: 08/02/1982
• Issued: 05/01/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Strato/Infusaid, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
• Inventors: Mayfield, William B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schwadron, Martin P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Novack, Sheri
• Application Number:
  US06/404,020
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 137/843, 137/852, 137/DIG. 4, 137/543.17, 137/535, 137/540
• US Class Current: 137/535
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 137/903 Rubber valve springs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7879 Resilient material valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7922 Spring biased

Abstract

An extracorporeal medication infusion device provides a precise infusion rate of a liquid medication into a human or animal body. The infusion device includes a permanent portion which has a case, a battery, a programmable electronic controller, and an electromagnetic solenoid core and solenoid coil for providing an actuation force. The infusion device also includes a disposable portion which includes a reservoir filled with a liquid medication that is to be dispensed and a pump for pumping the medication from the reservoir into the user'"'"'s body. The pump includes a pump chamber and a piston connected to an electromagnetic armature for altering the volume of the pump chamber in response to the actuation force.

Claims

1. An integral one-piece check valve for use with a cooperating valve surface, said check valve comprising:

a generally disk shaped base;

an annular valve seat on one side of said base;

a plurality of spring fingers that extend radially from a central hub disposed on the other side of said base; and

a plurality of axially extending stop members disposed on said other side of said base, said stop members extending axially between adjacent ones of said radially extending spring fingers.

2. An integral one-piece check valve comprising:

an annular valve surface facing in one direction;

a plurality of spring fingers that extend radially from a central hub; and

a plurality of stop members extending axially in a direction opposite said one direction between adjacent ones of said radially extending spring fingers.