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Electronic infusion device and novel roller clamp holden therefor

  • US 5,567,120 A
  • Filed: 10/13/1994
  • Issued: 10/22/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for infusing IV fluids into a patient through an IV set of the type including an IV tube and associated clamp having mounted thereon a manually operable crimping element movable on the clamp selectively between an open positioning which it permits the flow of fluid through the tube and a closed position in which it compresses the tube and blocks the flow of fluid therethrough, comprisinga housing having therein an IV tube channel and a mechanism for infusing fluid through an IV tube seated in said channel and operatively connected to said mechanism,a clamp holder removably secured in said housing, and having therein a recess opening on the exterior of said housing, and configured removably to support therein the clamp of an IV set with the IV tube thereof seated in said channel and operatively connected to said infusing mechanism, and with said crimping element facing outwardly of said opening to permit manual operation thereof,first seeing means on said holder for detecting the presence of said clamp when the latter is supported in said holder,second sensing means on said holder operative, when said clamp is supported in said recess, to detect when said crimping element of the clamp is in its closed position, andsafety means on said housing controlled by said sensing means and operable to enable said IV tube to be disconnected from said mechanism only when said crimping element is in its closed position.

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