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Reusable cassette housings and methods

  • US 6,059,753 A
  • Filed: 05/28/1998
  • Issued: 05/09/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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 the pumping mechanism, the cassette comprising:

  • a housing sized to hold a fluid reservoir, the housing having a bottom face, a front face, a back face and two side faces;

    a pressure plate mountable to the housing and having an anchor and two hooks, the pressure plate having a tubing support surface;

    a hinge extending along the bottom face of the housing to separate the housing into a front half and a back half to reversibly open and close the housing to access an interior of the housing;

    a snap to hold the front half to the back half in a closed position; and

    means for retaining the pressure plate with the front half and the back half of the housing in the closed position.

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