Infusion pump with disposable tubing and size indicating means
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a tubing set comprising flexible pump tubing of a size adapted for a specific flow rate, a housing having a fluid channel therethrough and comprising size identification means, the size identification means adapted to identify the flexible pump tubing size, and the housing permanently connected to the flexible pump tubing; and
(b) a pump adapted to receive the housing and the flexible pump tubing portion of the tubing set, the pump comprising means for reading the identification means on the housing when the housing and the flexible tubing are received within the pump.
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Abstract
A peristaltic infusion pump. According to one embodiment, the pump comprises a tubing set and a pump adapted to receive the tubing set. The tubing set includes an elbow with indicating tabs for indicating the size of the tubing set. The pump determines the size of the tubing set from the indicating tabs on the tubing set.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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(a) a tubing set comprising flexible pump tubing of a size adapted for a specific flow rate, a housing having a fluid channel therethrough and comprising size identification means, the size identification means adapted to identify the flexible pump tubing size, and the housing permanently connected to the flexible pump tubing; and (b) a pump adapted to receive the housing and the flexible pump tubing portion of the tubing set, the pump comprising means for reading the identification means on the housing when the housing and the flexible tubing are received within the pump. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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(a) providing a tubing set comprising flexible pump tubing of a size adapted for a specific flow rate, a housing having a fluid channel therethrough and comprising size identification means, the size identification means adapted to identify the flexible pump tubing size, and the housing permanently connected to the flexible pump tubing; (b) providing a pump adapted to receive the tubing set; (c) indicating with indicating means of the housing the size of the flexible pump tubing; and (d) determining with size determining means of the pump the size of the flexible pump tubing from the indicating means on the housing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. An apparatus comprising a tubing set for use with a pump adapted to receive the tubing set, wherein the tubing set comprises flexible pump tubing of a size adapted for a specific flow rate, a housing having a fluid channel therethrough and comprising size identification means, the size identification means adapted to identify the flexible pump tubing size, and the housing permanently connected to the flexible pump tubing the tubing set adapted for use with a pump which comprises size determining means for determining the size of the tubing set from the indicating means on the housing.
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