Portable pump for the administration of a therapeutic
First Claim
1. A portable pump for the administration of a therapeutic liquid substance comprising the following features:
- a supply reservoir for the said substance;
pumping means permitting provision of the said therapeutic substance from the supply reservoir up to the exit of said pumping means;
motor means for setting into operation the said pump means;
control means for the said motor means;
said features being disposed in a plurality of assembled modules wherein two of the said modules include mating electrical contact means for setting said pump into operation upon assembly of the modules; and
means actuable by the disassembly of said two modules for permanently and irreparably disabling said pump.
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Abstract
A portable pump for the administration of a therapeutic liquid substance having at least one integral supply reservoir is disclosed. The object of the invention is to present a pump having at least two modules in which the sterilizable elements are divided from the non-sterilizable elements, the operation of the pump being started when the various modules are assembled and being permanently disrupted when the modules are separated. The object of the invention is achieved with the aid of a pump comprising a reservoir module having a supply reservoir of medicaments and at least one tube connected to the reservoir at the end of the pump, and a motor module comprising means for pumping motor means and control means. This pump is particularly useful for the treatment of patients in continuous low doses.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable pump for the administration of a therapeutic liquid substance comprising the following features:
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a supply reservoir for the said substance; pumping means permitting provision of the said therapeutic substance from the supply reservoir up to the exit of said pumping means; motor means for setting into operation the said pump means; control means for the said motor means; said features being disposed in a plurality of assembled modules wherein two of the said modules include mating electrical contact means for setting said pump into operation upon assembly of the modules; and means actuable by the disassembly of said two modules for permanently and irreparably disabling said pump. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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