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Reusable cassette housings and methods

  • US 5,788,671 A
  • Filed: 08/14/1996
  • Issued: 08/04/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cassette mountable to a pumping mechanism for positioning a tube adjacent to a plurality of tube engaging members of a pumping mechanism, the cassette comprising:

  • a tubing support surface having a pump anchor at one end and two hooks at an opposite end;

    a housing having a bottom face, a front face, a back face and two side faces, wherein the housing is permanently affixed to the tubing support surface and is sized for housing a fluid reservoir, wherein the tubing support surface defines a top of the cassette, the front, back, and side faces are adjacent to the tubing support surface, and the bottom face defines a bottom of the cassette, wherein one of the side faces is adjacent to the one end of the tubing support surface, and the other side face is adjacent to the opposite end of the tubing support surface; and

    a hinge to reversibly rotate one rotatable face of the housing relative to the remainder of the housing, wherein rotation of the one rotatable face of the housing provides access to an interior of the housing, the hinge defining an axis of rotation extending generally transverse to the one rotatable face.

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