Adjustably controllable accuracy-enhancing pump arrangement and method
First Claim
1. The method of reducing inaccuracy in total quantity of fluid pumped by a pump comprising:
- actuating a pump through a first given amount of pump activity which is estimated will yield a first selected output quantity of a given fluid pumped through a given conduit based on assumed calibration factor of a selected amount of pump activity per unit volume dispensed,measuring the amount of the actual output quantity of said fluid which is pumped through said conduit by said first given amount of pump activity,and applying an adjustment factor to the amount of pump activity which would be calculated to be required based on said assumed calibration factor, for further pumping activity to effect selected further pumped output quantity production, said adjustment factor when applied as a multiplier being equal to the ratio of said first selected output quantity of fluid pumped relative to said measured actual output quantity of fluid pumped, for further pumping of a said selected further output quantity.
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Abstract
An adjustably controllable accuracy-enhancing pump arrangement and method is disclosed, as embodied in a digitally pulse-driven rotary peristaltic pump having a rotor which acts on a fluid pumping conduit to effect pumped output of fluid. Inaccuracies in volume pumped for a given quantity of pulses applied to the pump intended to effect a selected desired volume are minimized by adjusting the total quantity of pulses applied to the pump for a given desired volume, and/or for subsequent selected volumes, if desired, as a function of an adjustment factor formed by the ratio of the given desired volume relative to actual volume pumped by the application to the pump of the quantity of pulses estimated or calculated to be required for pumping the given desired volume through a given sized tube set conduit.
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31 Claims
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1. The method of reducing inaccuracy in total quantity of fluid pumped by a pump comprising:
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actuating a pump through a first given amount of pump activity which is estimated will yield a first selected output quantity of a given fluid pumped through a given conduit based on assumed calibration factor of a selected amount of pump activity per unit volume dispensed, measuring the amount of the actual output quantity of said fluid which is pumped through said conduit by said first given amount of pump activity, and applying an adjustment factor to the amount of pump activity which would be calculated to be required based on said assumed calibration factor, for further pumping activity to effect selected further pumped output quantity production, said adjustment factor when applied as a multiplier being equal to the ratio of said first selected output quantity of fluid pumped relative to said measured actual output quantity of fluid pumped, for further pumping of a said selected further output quantity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. The method of reducing inaccuracy in the amount of output fluid pumped through a conduit by a digitally incrementally operable pump, comprising
actuating a digitally incrementally operable pump through a first given amount of pump activity represented by a first quantity of digital increments, which is estimated will yield a first selected output quantity of a given fluid pumped through a given conduit based on an assumed calibration factor of a selected amount of pump activity per unit volume dispensed, measuring the amount of the actual output quantity of said fluid which is pumped through said conduit by said first given amount of pump activity represented by said first quantity of digital increments, applying an adjustment factor to the amount of pump activity which would be calculated to be required based on said assumed calibration factor, for further pumping activity to effect selected further pumped output quantity production, said adjustment factor when applied as a multiplier being equal to the ratio of said first selected output quantity of fluid pumped relative to said measured actual output quantity of fluid pumped as a result of said estimated number of increments of actuation of said pump, for further pumping of a said selected further pumped output quantity, and subsequently a selected output quantity of said given fluid through said conduit by actuating said pump a number of increments equal to the product of said estimated quantity of increments corresponding to said selected output quantity multiplied by said adjustment factor.
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14. The method of reducing inaccuracy in the output amount of a given fluid pumped through a selected conduit by a stepping motor-driven pump, comprising
pulsing a stepping motor-actuated pump a given number of actuating pulses estimated as corresponding to a first desired output quantity of selected fluid output of a given fluid through a selected conduit based on a first ratio of n estimated pulses/unit volume pumped, and said number of pulses being equal to the product of said desired quantity of selected fluid multiplied by said first ratio, measuring the actual first output quantity of said given fluid pumped through said conduit as a result of pulse-actuating said pump said given number of actuating pulses, and subsequently pulsing said stepping motor-actuated pump for outputting any selected user quantity of said given fluid through said conduit by pulsing said stepping motor-actuated pump a number of pulses equal to the product of said selected user quantity of fluid multiplied by said first ratio and by a further second corrective adjustment factor which is the ratio formed by said first desired output quantity divided by said measured actual first output quantity.
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17. A pump arrangement enabling reduction of inaccuracy in the amount of output fluid pumped through a conduit by
a digitally incrementally operable pump, comprising a digitally incrementally operable pump, means for actuating said pump through a first given amount of pump activity represented by a first quantity of digital increments, which is estimated will yield a first selected output quantity of a given fluid pumped through a given conduit based on an assumed calibration factor of a selected amount of pump activity per unit volume dispensed, means for applying an adjustment factor to the amount of pump activity which would be calculated to be required based on said assumed calibration factor, for further pumping activity to effect selected further pumped output quantity production, said adjustment being applied as a multiplier which is equal to the ratio of said first selected output quantity of fluid pumped relative to an actual measured output quantity of fluid pumped through a given said conduit as a result of said estimated number of increments of actuation of said pump, and means for subsequently pumping a selected output quantity of said given fluid through said conduit by actuating said pump a number of increments equal to the product of said adjustment factor and said estimated quantity of increments corresponding to said selected output quantity.
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19. A pump arrangement which enables reduction of inaccuracy in the output amount of a given fluid pumped through a selected conduit by a pulse-actuated pump, comprising
a digital pulse-actuated pump, means for pulsing said pump a given number of actuating pulses estimated as corresponding to a first desired output quantity of a selected fluid output by said pump of a given fluid through a selected conduit based on a first ratio of n estimated pulses/unit volume pumped, and said number of pulses being equal to the product of said desired quantity of selected fluid multiplied by said first ratio, and means for subsequently pulsing said digital pulse-actuated pump for outputting any selected user quantity of said given fluid through said conduit by pulsing said stepping motor-actuated pump a number of pulses equal to the product of said selected user quantity of fluid multiplied by said first ratio and by a further second corrective adjustment factor which is the ratio formed by said first desired output quantity divided by an actual first output quantity from said pump when said pump is actuated a number of pulses equal to said product of said desired quantity multiplied by said first ratio,.
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22. A pump arrangement enabling reduction of inaccuracy in total quantity of fluid pumped by a pump, comprising:
- a pump,
means for actuating said pump through a first given amount of pump activity which is estimated will yield a first selected output quantity of a given fluid pumped through a given conduit based on an assumed calibration factor of a selected amount of pump activity per unit volume dispensed, and means for applying an adjustment factor to the amount of pump activity which would be calculated to be required based on said assumed calibration factor, said adjustment factor being a multiplier which is equal to the ratio of said first selected output quantity of fluid pumped relative to an actual measured output quantity of fluid pumped through a said given conduit by said pump when said pump is actuated by said first given amount of pump activity, for further pumping of said selected further output quantity. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
- a pump,
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