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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052403 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump includes a support section and a rotor mounted for rotation on the support section. There are a pair of spaced apart cam elements attached to and extending from the rotor. A drive mechanism rotatably operates the rotor such that the cam elements a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7273359 | Peristaltic irrigation pump system A peristaltic pump tubing system for use with a peristaltic pump roller assembly in a surgical procedure. The system comprises a uniquely shaped disposable cassette for retaining tubing to be used during the procedure and a uniquely shaped cassette receiving station... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7238010 | Surgical irrigation pump and tool system An irrigation surgical tool system comprises a motorized handpiece, a tool for insertion in the handpiece, a console including a mounting plate and peristaltic pump rotor and a tube set including a cassette installable on the console for peristaltic pumping of irrig... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7059840 | Energy-saving, anti-free flow portable pump for use with standard PVC IV tubing An apparatus for pumping fluid through tubing comprising a stop platen is disclosed. The stop platen is operatively arranged to depress a wall of the tubing along a section of a longitudinal axis of the tubing. The stop platen is narrower than the tubing along a tra... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6964352 | Valve for a refrigerator water dispenser A water dispenser valve assembly with a tube connected to a water supply providing a passageway for the fluid. The water dispenser assembly has a spring assembly including a pivot member operably connected to a leaf spring. A pinch member is connected to the leaf sp... | 11/15/2005 |
| 5927956 | Peristaltic pump tubing system with latching cassette A peristaltic pump tubing system for use with a peristaltic pump roller assembly in a surgical procedure. The system comprises a uniquely shaped disposable tubing cassette for retaining the tubing to be used during the surgical procedure and a uniquely sh... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5486099 | Peristaltic pump with occlusive inlet A peristaltic pump having a pump conduit with an occlusive inlet segment. The pump includes a frame with rollers carried by rotor and rotated by a motor. A flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end is positioned around the rollers and include... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5470212 | Humidity control system including a peristaltic pump and incubators containing the same There is disclosed a peristaltic pump which comprises a flexible tube for the passage of a fluid having an inlet and an outlet and a roller assembly comprising a number of rollers and a rotatable support, the rollers being mounted on and extending substan... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5222880 | Self-regulating blood pump A self-regulating peristaltic pump having a pumping chamber of enhanced operating life. The operating life of the tubing is improved by a combination of features including providing the tubing with a naturally collapsed passageway. The tubing is collapsed... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5190448 | Tube placement and retention member A pump assembly used in conjunction with a fluid delivery set is disclosed which includes a tube slot into which the outlet tube of the fluid delivery set is intended to be mounted. The invention includes a retention member which is pivotally attached to ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5041096 | Fluid handling method and system and fluid interface apparatus usable therewith A fluid handling system is disclosed for use with a surgical handpiece in microsurgery. Included is a fluid interface block apparatus which is structurally adapted to be removably and firmly secured to a control unit of the type which controls the fluidic... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4995432 | Dosage equipment Dosage equipment, which includes a peristaltic pump for the dosage of liquid. The set of hoses (17) of the peristaltic pump includes an upper piece (18) and a lower piece (19). The body of the pump includes an attaching piece (13), to which the upper piec... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4397639 | Device for the intermittent pulsatory application of fluid medicaments A device for the intermittent pulsatory application of fluid medicaments, particular for the application of LH-RH for initiating ovulation in women having hypothalamic and hyperprolactinamic amenorrhea. Said device has a reservoir for the medicament and a... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4229299 | Peristaltic dialysate solution pump Peristaltic pump means for pumping dialysate solution through a dialysate solution flow circuit in a hemodialysis system. The pump comprises four rollers mounted on a rotatable base member with a relatively long segment of flow circuit tubing tensionally ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4181476 | Peristaltic pump and a tube for said pump The peristaltic pump has a rotor which is placed around a drive shaft and made up of planet-wheels supported by a planet-wheel carrier. The planet-wheels are maintained in contact with the drive shaft by means of a flexible tube forming a pump body which ... | 01/01/1980 |
