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Apparatus and method for preventing free flow in an infusion line

  • US 6,979,311 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2001
  • Issued: 12/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for controlling free flow in an infusion set mounted in an infusion pump, the method comprising:

  • selecting an infusion set having a proximal piece of tubing, a distal piece of tubing and a connector connecting the piece of tubing, the connector having an occluder attached thereto; and

    engaging the tubing of the infusion set with a pumping mechanism of the pump so that the connector is disposed downstream from the pumping mechanism; and

    pressing against one side of the tubing adjacent the occluder without pressing against an opposing side of the tubing to thereby allow flow past the occluder.

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