Drive mechanism for disposable fluid infusion pumping cassette
First Claim
1. A mechanism for actuating a plunger-type slideable valve on a valving device, comprisinga moveable support associated with said mechanism for holding said valving device;
- a moveable gripping means on said mechanism for gripping said valve; and
a linking means between said moveable support and said gripping means to transmit the movement of said support to said gripping meanswhereby a valving device can be placed in said moveable support, said gripping means can engage said valve and slide said valve as said moveable support is moved, said linking means transmitting the movement of said moveable support to said gripping means to slide said valve.
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Abstract
A disposable fluid infusion pumping chamber cassette comprises a sandwich type construction which lends itself to a multiplicity of control and monitoring functions including pressure monitoring, air bubble detection monitoring, adaption to multiple inputs, and leak detection monitoring, the cassette includes a rigid face member and a rigid back member having an elastomeric diaphragm positioned therebetween, provides for the transmission of fluid from one end of the cassette to the other, and includes an enlarged recess portion forming the pumping chamber, with exposed openings in the face member opposite the pumping chamber to permit the passage of a plunger and opposed openings adjacent the fluid passage to permit the selective actuation of valving members therein, with a flow control member mounted upon the face member adjacent the passage between the pumping chamber and fluid outlet thereof, which is utilized to either open the passage to free flow of fluid or to block it off completely.
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13 Claims
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1. A mechanism for actuating a plunger-type slideable valve on a valving device, comprising
a moveable support associated with said mechanism for holding said valving device; -
a moveable gripping means on said mechanism for gripping said valve; and a linking means between said moveable support and said gripping means to transmit the movement of said support to said gripping means whereby a valving device can be placed in said moveable support, said gripping means can engage said valve and slide said valve as said moveable support is moved, said linking means transmitting the movement of said moveable support to said gripping means to slide said valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A driver for driving a disposable fluid-pumping cassette with a slideable valve, comprising:
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a door moveably mounted on said driver between first and second positions for receiving said cassette; a valve gripping mechanism mounted on said driver moveable between first and second positions; linking means between said door and said valve gripping means to move said valve gripping means between its two positions as said door is moved between its two positions, whereby as said door is moved, said valve gripping means will move said slideable valve between open and closed positions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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