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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7491039 | Compressor An air compressor formed of a plurality of collapsible members engaged between opposing rotating side members. The collapsible members alternate between a collapsed state and enlarged state during rotation around the side members which are engaged to polygonal segme... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7371223 | Electroactive polymer actuated heart-lung bypass pumps A pump apparatus, which comprises: (a) a tubular portion comprising an electroactive polymer actuator that expands and contracts an inner volume of the tubular portion based upon received control signals; and (b) a control unit electrically coupled to the electroact... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347849 | Modular medical treatment replaceable component A first flow path is defined within a first panel that forms a part of an extracorporeal fluid circuit. A second flow path is defined within a second panel that also forms a part of the extracorporeal fluid circuit. The first and second panels are oriented in a flui... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7287968 | Peristalic pump having hinged backing plate A peristaltic hose pump comprising a roller wheel, which can rotate about a roller wheel axis and which has rollers that are mounted on the roller wheel. The rollers roll along a circular path having a certain radius with respect to the roller wheel axis. The perist... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273465 | Device and methods for body fluid flow control in extracorporeal fluid treatments Disclosed are devices and methods for the control of body fluid flow in the extracorporeal treatment of body fluid. Body fluid flow through on of a body fluid flow circuit (10, 50, 60, 100 or 250) is controlled by alternating applying vacuum pressure a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261008 | Air sampler An air sampler having a fan; an air inlet tube; a main body having a cyclonic cup, a stripping column and a demister; and fluidic circuitry for inputting fluids to the main body and the air inlet tube, and for outputting fluids from the main body. Air flow through t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7241119 | Tube pump and liquid injection apparatus A flexible tube has a first portion and a second portion located close to each other in the vicinity of an opening of an accommodating case. A pressing member moves from the first portion to the second portion along the tube while pressing a portion of the tube. An ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223079 | Quick loading peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump for transporting a fluid within a flexible tube having a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The peristaltic pump may include a roller assembly positioned for rotation, a first door positioned adjacent to the roller assembly and pivotab... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217108 | Peristaltic hose pump The hose pump comprises an eccentric drive with numerous eccentric discs (21) fastened to a shaft (20). Each eccentric disc (21) drives a crank drive (24) having a connecting rod (25). At the end of the connecting rod (25), ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195607 | Programmable, fluid pressure actuated blood processing systems and methods Programmable, fluid pressure actuated blood processing systems and methods are used in association a blood separation device. The systems and methods employ a cassette, which contains several preformed, pneumatically actuated pump stations, several preformed fluid f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168930 | Peristaltic pump with air venting via the movement of a pump head or a backing plate during surgery A peristaltic pump 10 for use in ophthalmic surgery includes a housing 12, a pump head 14 having plurality of rollers 16, a backing plate 18 attached to the housing 12, and a length of surgical tubing 50. The rollers ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144231 | Peristaltic pump with ganged tubes A pump having a rotary portion which compels the movement of a fluid by peristaltic compression of resilient tubing containing the fluid includes a tube component having a plurality of adjacent resilient tubes, with a web interconnecting the adjacent resilient tubes... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7118203 | Peristaltic pump An occlusion for use in a peristaltic pump includes independently movable occlusion fingers. The fingers are integrally formed as a single unitary body. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7077634 | Remedies to prevent cracking in a liquid system A liquid cooling system utilizing minimal size and volume enclosures, air pockets, compressible objects, and flexible objects is provided to protect against expansion of water-based solutions when frozen. In such a system, pipes, pumps, and heat exchangers are desig... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070578 | Surgical cassette latching mechanism A surgical system having a cassette latching mechanism having two pivoting latching rails. The rails are connected to a rotating latching wheel by spring-loaded latching arms. The latching wheel is connected to a motor by a latching pushbar. The cassette is pressed ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045934 | Method for jet formation and the apparatus for the same The method of and the apparatus for the formation of a high-speed fluid or slurry jets of a desired geometry are invented. According to the present invention a fluid or slurry jet is formed by the expelling of a compressed fluid via a slot formed by two attached pla... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6949079 | Programmable, fluid pressure actuated blood processing systems and methods Programmable, fluid pressure actuated blood processing systems and methods are used in association a blood separation device. The systems and methods employ a cassette, which contains several preformed, pneumatically actuated pump stations, several preformed fluid f... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6905319 | Stator for down hole drilling motor An improved down hole drilling motor suitable for drilling applications. The down hole drilling motor comprising a stator disposed in the tubular housing. The stator includes an internal cavity having one or more lobes. A rotor operatively positioned in the cavity o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6419466 | Pump A peristaltic pump for pumping a liquid, such as a juice concentrate, includes a rotor assembly attached to a housing, a band attached to the housing and surrounding at least a portion of the rotor assembly A tube is positionable between the band and the ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6413059 | Linearized peristaltic pump A linearized peristaltic pump has a substantially circular elastomeric tube (30) clamped within a pump housing (1) and a plurality of tube-engaging rollers (40) adapted to compress the tube (30) to pump fluid from an inlet end (33) to an outlet end (34). ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6296460 | Rotary cavity pump A pump housing supports a plurality of pump segments each having a raised pump cavity enclosed by a resilient diaphragm sealed to the pump cavity. A compression plate supports a plurality of rollers against the pump segments. The compression plate is rota... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6186752 | Peristaltic pumping apparatus with tubing organizer A pump module includes a peristaltic pump having a pump rotor, a drive mechanism to rotate the rotor, and a tubing clamp adjacent to and separate from the peristaltic pump. A cover is movable between a closed position on the pump module, enclosing both th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6041709 | Peristaltic pump for pumping ink or cleaning fluids in a printing machine A peristaltic type pump for pumping ink to a printing section of a corrugated paperboard finishing machine capable of both pumping ink to the printing section and pumping excess ink from the printing section back to an ink supply as well as pumping a clea... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5941696 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump for precision metering of small quantities of fluid through a plurality of flow lines has a plurality of flexible liquid transfer tubes disposed between a set of tube rollers and an arcuate backing plate. The tube rollers are mounted on... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5879142 | Fluid transfer system and blood cell counter including the same system A fluid transfer system employing a roller pump for squeezing an elastically deformable tube by a roller to allow fluid to be transferred from a transfer source to a transfer destination, said fluid transfer system being characterized by comprising: a sho... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5846061 | Peristaltic metering pump A multiple channel peristaltic metering pump includes a base having a pair of spaced apart bearings, a rotor supported on the base and an occlusion member. The rotor includes a rotation shaft in the bearings and a plurality of rollers mounted thereon. A p... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5620313 | Worm pump for flowable media A worm pump has an eccentric worm rotor rotatable in a stator to compress tubes which thus carry respective flowable media so that these media are forced through the tubes. The tubes are received in recesses in the stator wall which preferably is composed... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5460493 | Organizer frame for holding an array of flexible tubing in alignment with one or more peristaltic pump rotors A disposable set for a blood processing device comprises an array of flexible tubing and a frame that holds the flexible tubing array with at least two linear segments of the flexible tubing array presented for alignment with at least two axially aligned ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5443451 | Peristaltic pumping assembly A compact pump assembly includes a plurality of axially aligned peristaltic pumps for activating the flow of liquids through the conduits. A housing containing the pumps, is provided with a removable cover for retaining the pumps in the housing when the c... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5431307 | Dispensing plural components A pumping apparatus 10 for dispensing multiple component fluid material. The apparatus 10 includes at least first and second flexible tubes. The tubes each have an inlet and an outlet, and each of the inlets is supplied with a different component of the f... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5401139 | Pumping system To draw samples from a source of liquid, a pumping system measures the amount of liquid being pumped by detecting pump cycles and calculating the pumped liquid from this measurement and stored data including conduit size, pressure head and statistical dat... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5324180 | Surgical instrument with drawer loading cassette system A drawer loading cassette system for a surgical instrument includes a control cabinet and an assembly head disposed therein which includes a plurality of rollers mounted in circular pattern with each roller having a rotation axis generally parallel to an ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5318413 | Peristaltic pump and method for adjustable flow regulation A peristaltic pump is provided having an adjustable flow regulation provided by an adjustable axial elongation means for the variable elongation of resilient tubing disposed between the associated rotors of a rotary peristaltic pump or the plurality of re... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5261793 | Miniature mechanical vacuum pump A miniature mechanical vacuum pump capable of producing intermediate vacuums on the order of about 10-1 to 10-2 Torr is provided by a peristaltic pump. In order to dissipate heat in the pump tubing, a cooling fan provides direct a co... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5257917 | Peristaltic pump having means for reducing flow pulsation A peristaltic pump comprising a rotor and a plurality of removable cartridges associated with the rotor, wherein the occlusion beds of the cartridges are configured to enable the outflow characteristics of the pump to be varied by manipulation or intercha... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5249937 | Peristaltic pump with three lockingly sealed modules A medical peristaltic pump having improved pumping and sealing qualities, as well as providing increased flexibility of use and a high level of security. The pump is assembled from at least three modules, a pump rotor (22) being housed in a first module (... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5140747 | Method for assembling a peristaltic pump A method of assembling a peristaltic pump having a motor housing having a driveshaft extending therefrom and a pump housing containing a pump including a rotor mounted on a stub shaft extending through the pump housing wherein the motor housing and the pu... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5098387 | Device for irrigation of and aspiration from body cavities The present invention pertains to a device for irrigation of and aspiration from body cavities, especially during surgical laparoscopy, comprising a delivery pump and a suction pump and tubing lines, which are connected to these and lead to the body cavit... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5098261 | Peristaltic pump and method for adjustable flow regulation A peristaltic pump is provided having an adjustable flow regulation provided by an adjustable axial elongation apparatus for the variable elongation of resilient tubing disposed between the associated rotors of a rotary peristaltic pump or the plurality o... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5096393 | Peristaltic pump with hinged rotor support housing and adjustable tube rack The invention provides a peristaltic metering pump for dosing metered quantitites of fluids along a plurality of flow lines. The pump comprises a set of rollers and a plurality of flexible liquid transfer tubes, the tubes being mounted on a tube mounting ... | 03/17/1992 |
