Method of resupplying new replacement tubing in a medical cassette for ambulatory medical infusion pumps
First Claim
1. A method of resupplying a used remote cassette for an ambulatory medical pump with a new supply tube, said cassette having an inlet and an outlet end with a pump plate therebetween, and a spent supply tube extending through said inlet end and outlet end and engaged on said pump plate, said spent supply tube having a first lock fastener located at a first end of said tube and a second lock fastener at a second end of said tube, said used tube passing through an aperture on said cassette that forms a tube retainer with said first and second lock fasteners being larger than said aperture of said tube retainer, said method characterized by;
- removing said first lock fastener located at one end of said spent tube that has been previously install to said cassette;
removing said spent tube from said cassette by sliding it through said tube retainer on said cassette;
inserting a new replacement tube through said tube retainer on said cassette;
connecting a first replacement lock fastener on said first end of said new tube; and
connecting a second lock fastener on a distal end of said tube after inserting said tube through said tube retainer aperture.
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Abstract
A method for resupplying a remote cassette assembly (14) for an ambulatory medical infusion pump (10) with a new replacement tube (22a) includes the steps of disassembling a used tube assembly (22) from the cassette assembly (14) by removing a luer lock (34) located at the end of microbore tubing (32) by severing the tubing (22), removing the tubing (22) by passing it through apertures (30), (25) and (47) in the cassette assembly (14), inserting a new unused tubing (22a) into the access slot (40) to the interior of said cassette, and by inserting tubing (22a) such that the tubing (22a) is pulled through the apertures (47), (25) and (30).
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1. A method of resupplying a used remote cassette for an ambulatory medical pump with a new supply tube, said cassette having an inlet and an outlet end with a pump plate therebetween, and a spent supply tube extending through said inlet end and outlet end and engaged on said pump plate, said spent supply tube having a first lock fastener located at a first end of said tube and a second lock fastener at a second end of said tube, said used tube passing through an aperture on said cassette that forms a tube retainer with said first and second lock fasteners being larger than said aperture of said tube retainer, said method characterized by;
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removing said first lock fastener located at one end of said spent tube that has been previously install to said cassette; removing said spent tube from said cassette by sliding it through said tube retainer on said cassette; inserting a new replacement tube through said tube retainer on said cassette; connecting a first replacement lock fastener on said first end of said new tube; and connecting a second lock fastener on a distal end of said tube after inserting said tube through said tube retainer aperture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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