×

Fluid transfer system incorporating disposable cassette

  • US 5,282,787 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1992
  • Issued: 02/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system for use in a cassette receiving surface of a console having a flow control mechanism for controlling the flow of sterile fluid to an operative site from a source and pump means for controlling the flow of non-sterile fluid from the operative site to a waste collection means, comprising:

  • a receiver configured to seat against the cassette receiving surface and including means for holding a cassette adapter defining an interior volume open to the side opposite the console and a slider disposed to engage a flow control mechanism extending from the console;

    a cassette adapter in the form of a panel slidably fixed to the receiver and having a cassette receiving volume open to the side opposite the console, the adapter being aligned with the slider and having an adjacent open-tapped tubing pathway including backup surface means in alignment with the pump means of the console; and

    a disposable cassette configured to mate within the interior volume in the cassette adapter, the cassette including external fitting means for coupling sterile fluid flows into and out of the cassette, and an external tubing section positioned to be insertable into the tubing pathway when the cassette is inserted within the adapter.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×