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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079836 | Method of operating a peristaltic pump A method for operating a peristaltic pump having a molded flow channel contained on an elastomeric sheet that is bonded or mechanically attached to a rigid substrate. The pump head rollers are mounted radially from the axis of rotation of the pump motor and compress... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8062008 | Peristaltic pump and removable cassette therefor A removable cassette for a peristaltic pump includes a cassette body and an occluder disposed at least partially in the cassette body and configured to be movable between an occluding position and a non-occluding position. The occluder includes an occluder body and ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8011905 | Surgical cassette A surgical system and cassette, the cassette having an identification method that is specific to the cassette. Suitable methods include bar coding or Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”). Cassette information that may be encoded include features such as lot n... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7934912 | Peristaltic pump assembly with cassette and mounting pin arrangement A peristaltic pump assembly includes a pump body including a mounting pin coupled thereto. A removable cassette is slidably received on the mounting pin and is secured to the pump body via a retaining feature. The mounting pin is also configured to allow the removab... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7775780 | Surgical cassette A cassette having an elastomeric sheet that is bonded or mechanically attached to a rigid substrate. A flow channel is molded into the rigid substrate that corresponds to a flow channel molded into the elastomeric sheet. The cassette is used in combination with a pe... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766630 | Fluid delivery device identification and loading system A medical pump includes a chassis having a fixed seat, and a main carriage having a carriage footing for receiving a fluid delivery device and restricting its movement. An actuator automatically moves the main carriage between open and closed positions to engage the... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758324 | Roller pump A roller pump includes a stator with a pump bed formed therein, and a rotor for acting on a hose inserted into the pump bed in arcuate form. The ends of the hose are guided out of the pump bed in a crossed configuration. ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7632079 | Tube set for use with a surgical irrigation pump and tool system A tube set for use with a surgical pump and tool system to supply irrigation fluid to the system is provided. The tube set includes a cassette for insertion into the surgical pump to engage a peristaltic pump of the system that is concealed within the surgical pump.... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7632078 | Pump cassette bank A plurality of pump cassettes are connected through distribution tubing to a single inlet tube such that the inlet tube is shared by the pump cassettes through the distribution tubing. The plurality of pump cassettes may be symmetrically attached to the distribution... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7547200 | Self-loading peristaltic pump for extracorporeal blood circuit A peristaltic pump is disclosed having pump motor with a rotating motor shaft and a shaft axis; a peristaltic pump head rotatably mounted on the motor shaft; a raceway having a semi-circular track arranged around the pump head and coaxial with the shaft axis, wherei... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7513757 | Peristaltic pump head and tube holder A tube holder (105) for use with a peristaltic pump includes a housing having a recess (165) for receipt of a pump rotor and a tube race around the recess. The tube race has a first race part and a second race part, a first tube inlet (167a | 04/07/2009 |
| 7393189 | Surgical cassette having an aspiration pressure sensor A cassette having a molded flow channel contained on an elastomeric sheet that is bonded or mechanically attached to a rigid substrate. The flow channel projects outwardly from the exterior of the cassette so that a peristaltic pump having pump head rollers mounted ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392144 | Method for data compression and encoding A system and method for generating a calibration data curve, including communicating known calibration data for a microsurgical cassette to a surgical console with which the cassette will be used. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7314554 | Extracorporeal blood treatment machine The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit (3) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit (2) and with an outlet line (3b) from the filtration unit; a fluid circuit compris... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7278981 | Disposable cartridge for a blood perfusion system A disposable cartridge for use in extracorporeal blood perfusions systems that have a control unit for controlling the flow of fluids. The cartridge has a housing defining a plurality of internal passageways that connect to a cardiopulmonary circuit, a cardioplegia ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263501 | Point-of-care inventory management system and method A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample analysis. Each device has a usa... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258534 | Fluid delivery device identification and loading system A medical pump includes a chassis having a fixed seat, and a main carriage having a carriage footing for receiving a fluid delivery device and restricting its movement. An actuator automatically moves the main carriage between open and closed positions to engage the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246734 | Rotary hydraulic pump actuated multi-stroke surgical instrument A surgical instrument (e.g., endocutter, grasper, cutter, staplers, clip applier, access device, drug/gene therapy delivery device, and energy device using ultrasound, RF, laser, etc.) may benefit from having a plurality of hydraulically actuated subsystems (e.g., s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247146 | Support element for an integrated blood treatment module, integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus equipped with said integrated module The invention relates to support element (4) comprising a main body (6) having a front wall (25) and a peripheral wall (32) projecting away from the front wall. The front wall and the peripheral wall define a housing compartment (33 | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239941 | Device for programming a pump used to inject medicaments The invention relates to a device for programming a pump used to inject medicaments. Said pump comprises two connectable units, namely: (i) a cartridge unit (12) which contains the liquid to be injected and which comprises an electronic memory unit (36... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238164 | Systems, methods and apparatuses for pumping cassette-based therapies The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatuses for medical fluid delivery systems that employ a pumping cassette. In particular, the present invention provides systems, methods and apparatuses for cassette-based dialysis therapies including hemodial... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7232418 | Support element, an integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising the support element, an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment equipped with the integrated module, and an assembly process for an integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment An integrated module for extracorporeal blood treatment has a flat-shaped support element which exhibits on an internal face thereof a complex of fluid distribution lines and on an external face thereof a high-flow dialyzer. The support element has a base body which... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223336 | Integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus The invention relates to an integrated blood treatment module (1) comprising a support element (4) and a fluid distribution circuitry associated thereto; the distribution circuitry comprises at least a blood line (44), a portion of which is secu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214038 | Hose cartridge for a peristaltic pump A hose cartridge for a peristaltic pump comprises a cartridge housing provided with a lateral recess. The recess is delimited at least partially by an element having essentially the shape of a segment of a circle. A roller wheel of the peristaltic pump can engage th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160087 | Pump tube set handling system A medical pump for use with a tube set having a slack portion includes a pump housing and a pumping mechanism to meter fluid into the outlet line from the inlet line. A tube snap or a tube snap set is located on the pump housing remote from the pumping mechanism to ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150607 | Uniform flow displacement pump A displacement pump comprising a pump assembly and a cassette assembly. The pump assembly includes upper and lower housing portions that define a cavity, an arm disposed in the cavity, a roller attached to the distal end of the arm, and a motor attached to the proxi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121815 | Tube coupling for a peristaltic pump An infusion pump has a housing (10) accommodating a pump finger mechanism (12). The pump finger mechanism (12) acts on a pump hose (13) fastened at holders (16, 21) of the housing. The pump hose (13) is supported by a door (... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7074021 | Cartridge to be used with a peristaltic pump A cartridge used with a peristaltic pumping apparatus, the cartridge comprising a housing and a retainer. The housing having a front and back portion along with a peripheral surface, where the front side is selectively engageable with the pumping apparatus and has a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7018182 | Self-loading peristaltic pump for extracorporeal blood circuit A peristaltic pump is disclosed having pump motor with a rotating motor shaft and a shaft axis; a peristaltic pump head rotatably mounted on the motor shaft; a raceway having a semi-circular track arranged around the pump head and coaxial with the shaft axis, wherei... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004727 | Blood component processing systems and methods using fluid-actuated pumping elements that are integrity tested prior to use Blood component processing systems and methods are coupled to a blood component processing device. The systems and methods include a fluid circuit that comprises at least one fluid pressure actuated pump station, at least one fluid flow path communicating with the p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997942 | Disposable cassette for intravascular heat exchange catheter A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger, and which is configured to operate in combination with a reusable mast... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6962488 | Surgical cassette having an aspiration pressure sensor A cassette having a molded flow channel contained on an elastomeric sheet that is bonded or mechanically attached to a rigid substrate. The flow channel projects outwardly from the exterior of the cassette so that a peristaltic pump having pump head rollers mounted ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
