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5244461 Infusion pump with occlusion sensitive shutoff  
An infusion pump, suitable for medical applications, has a movable carriage which is arranged gradually to depress the plunger of a syringe. The carriage moves along a fixed rod at a rate...
5211626 Medical infusion apparatus  
Medical infusion apparatus comprises a housing in which a standard flexible liquid reservoir is disposed. A constant-force spring applies pressure to the reservoir to force liquid out of the...
5211631 Patient warming apparatus  
Patient warming apparatus includes a catheter which mixes relatively hot intravenous fluids with the patient's blood without excessive tissue damage, by monitoring the temperature of the mixed...
5207642 Closed multi-fluid delivery system and method  
An improved multiple fluid delivery system usable for the delivery of intravenous fluids to a patient from a plurality of fluid sources includes flexible tubing members for coupling the sources to...
5190522 Device for monitoring the operation of a delivery system and the method of use thereof  
A device for monitoring a delivery system comprising a volumetric micropump, a measuring element or sensor located in the infusion line, a matching system and an analyzing system. The devices are...
5181910 Method and apparatus for a fluid infusion system with linearized flow rate change  
A programmable infusion pump and controller for automatically determining the interval between pump activations necessary to produce a substantially linear rate of increase or decrease in fluid...
5178603 Blood extraction and reinfusion flow control system and method  
A method and system for adaptively controlled withdrawal/infusion of a fluid, such as blood, to or from a fluid source, such as a blood vessel. An adaptive flow rate limit is established and...
5178179 Pressure equalizing vessel for a hemodialysis concentrate  
This invention relates to a pressure equalizing vessel for a hemodialysis concentrate. To ensure the supply of concentrate at a constant pressure to the concentrate pump for preparing dialysis...
5176631 Ultrasonic air-in-line detector for detecting entrained air in a medication infusion system  
An ultrasonic air-in-line detection system for use in detecting entrained air bubbles in the fluid line of a disposable cassette mounted on a main pump unit is disclosed which can accurately detect...
5171029 Seal construction for pump apparatus  
An endless path calibration system comprising a sensor cassette having a flow-through passage and at least one sensor to be calibrated, a chamber coupled to the sensor cassette to define an endless...
5154704 IV clamp with tube clip  
An apparatus clamps an intravenous (IV) tube used in an infusion device to control flow rate of IV fluid in the IV tube. A tube clip has first and second pinching members biased for exerting a...
5139484 Ambulatory syringe-pusher device for parenteral injections with output servo-controlled by the contents of the syringe  
This invention relates to a syringe-pusher device for ambulatory treatment, automatically delivering in a constant time compatible with the circadian rhythms, a fixed number of elementary volumes...
5135485 Capacitance-type fluid level sensor for i.v. and catheter bags  
A capacitance-type fluid level sensing system, method, and device is disclosed for determining the amount of fluid in a container, for example, a disposable plastic bag used for intravenous (i.v.)...
5131816 Cartridge fed programmable ambulatory infusion pumps powered by DC electric motors  
A cartridge fed infusion pump containing a plurality of linear peristaltic pumps. Each pump is powered by a direct current motor. The motor has a shaft which rotates to perform a pump cycle. A...
5123902 Method and apparatus for performing surgery on tissue wherein a laser beam is applied to the tissue  
Surgical procedures on biological tissue are carried out with the aid of a laser with substances being applied to the tissue before or during the treatment and these substances are absorbent in the...
5116312 Method and apparatus for automatic autotransfusion  
A method and system for closed-loop, automated, closed, autotransfusion having a computer in electronic communication with a bedside monitor, an infusion pump, wherein the infusion pump is...
5112019 Motorized IV pole assembly  
A motorized IV pole system for controlling the height of an IV container to thereby control the infusion pressure in an IV tube includes a telescoping IV pole system. In one embodiment, comprising...
5104374 Electronic fluid flow rate controller for controlling the infusion of intravenous drugs into a patient  
An electronic controller connected to an electronic infusion pump which regulates the rate at which a drug is infused into a person. A magnetic card reader reads from a magnetic card, the name of...
5078682 Liquid transfusion apparatus  
The liquid transfusion apparatus according to the present invention includes a setting device adapted to respectively set a normal level of pressure of the fed liquid and an upper alarm level of...
5064412 Ultrasonic air-in-line detector for a medication infusion system  
An ultrasonic air-in-line detection system for use in detecting air bubbles in the fluid line of a disposable cassette mounted on a main pump unit is disclosed which can accurately detect air...
5057278 Sterile loop calibration system  
An endless path calibration system comprising a sensor cassette having a flow-through passage and at least one sensor to be calibrated, a chamber coupled to the sensor cassette to define an endless...
5041086 Clinical configuration of multimode medication infusion system  
A medication infusion system may be selectively configured to perform an emulation of any one of a plurality of Device Types corresponding to the environment of use. The particular parameters which...
5037407 Electronic monitoring system for drainage device  
An electronic monitoring system for a drainage device is provided with a bubble detector which transmits a signal upon the passage of a bubble through a bubble chamber of a surgical drainage...
5026348 Apparatus and method for the detection of IV catheter obstruction and extravasation  
An in-line fluid conduit condition analyzer which includes a chamber placed in the conduit flow path and having one wall forming a piezoceramic bender that varies the chamber volume (or pressure)...
5010473 Method and apparatus for model-based control of an open-loop process  
A method and apparatus for controlling a model based open-loop process and more specifically, the concentration of a drug delivered intravenously to a patient as a function of the rate of infusion....
5006997 Pump diagnostic system  
A method and apparatus to evaluate the performance of an implanted medication delivery device such as pumps and ports is described. In the case of a pump, the system measures ambient pressure and...
5006110 Air-in-line detector infusion system  
An air-in-line detection system for use in detecting air bubbles in the fluid line of a disposable cassette mounted on a main pump unit is disclosed which can accurately detect air bubbles in any...
5004459 Continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis system and method  
A continuous cycle peritoneal dialysis system which includes a source (14) of dialysis fluid, and an inflow line (34) and outflow line (35) connected to a catheter (26) implanted in the peritoneal...
4995268 Method and apparatus for determining a rate of flow of blood for an extracorporeal blood therapy instrument  
Method and apparatus for determining the flow rate of blood passing between a patient and an extracorporeal therapy instrument. The flow measurement apparatus includes a delivery unit for producing...
4994035 Pressure-transmitting diaphragm system for infusions  
A pressure-transmitting diaphragm system for infusions, especially for infusions supplied by a pressure-generating pump, with an infusion line leading from the infusion receptacle to the catheter...
4983901 Digital electronic foot control for medical apparatus and the like  
A digitial electronic foot pedal control system, especially for medical apparatus and the like having a plurality of operating functions which can be selected among, comprises a pivotally mounted...
4981467 Apparatus and method for the detection of air in fluid delivery systems  
An infusion device includes an infusion pump for delivering a liquid through an infusion conduit from a separate source of the liquid into a patient, a bubble detector for detecting the presence of...
4976687 Apparatus for controlling the supplying of intravenous fluids  
Intravenous fluid is supplied under the control of a microprocessor from a reservoir to a cannula through a flow member and a flow control device which responds, via the microprocessor, to the line...
4966579 Apparatus for dosed continuous simultaneous infusion of a plurality of infusion solutions or medicaments  
An apparatus is described for dosed continuous simultaneous infusion of several solutions or medicaments which are arranged in a plurality of containers (25, 26) or syringes (3, 4). From said...
4950235 Container-side occlusion detection system for a medication infusion system  
A system for detecting an occlusion in a fluid line is disclosed which can detect occlusions in the upstream or container side of a disposable cassette containing a fluid pump therein. The cassette...
4946439 Dual source parenteral infusion system with secondary infusion module  
A dual source parenteral infusion system includes a primary controller which controls the flow rate of a parenteral solution, a display which displays parameters associated with the delivery of a...
4938079 Thermal transit time flow measurement system  
The apparatus accurately measures flow rate of fluid within a conduit without direct fluid contact, based on the introduction of a thermal marker into the fluid stream by means of at least one...
4936828 Liquid drop image sensor  
A liquid drop images sensor for determining the volume of liquid drops comprises a light source and an array of optical sensors which receive light energy from the source. The array is positioned...
4927411 Drive mechanism for disposable fluid infusion pumping cassette  
A disposable fluid infusion pumping chamber cassette comprises a sandwich type construction which lends itself to a multiplicity of control and monitoring functions including pressure monitoring,...
4921480 Fixed volume infusion device  
In a gravity feed intravenous fluid delivery system, a fixed volume metering valve having an upwardly spring biased fluid-measuring piston that is also downwardly pressure biased and is effective...
4919649 Fluid delivery system  
A fluid delivery system is provided with a disposable delivery set which includes an inlet tube, an outlet tube and a column tube connected to a syringe. A motor set is arranged to operate the...
4909786 Apparatus for controlling the flow of an infusion fluid in an infusion system  
An apparatus for controlling the flow of an infusion fluid in an infusion system with a drip chamber and a deformable tube, is provided with a sensor for detecting the drops of infusion fluid...
4904239 Infusor having a distal flow regulator  
An infusor (10) is disclosed for dispensing a liquid under pressure at a predetermined flow rate. The infusor (10) includes a housing (12) containing an elastomeric bladder (16) for receiving the...
4904237 Apparatus for the exchange of cerebrospinal fluid and a method of treating brain and spinal cord injuries  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for exchanging cerebrospinal fluid. The apparatus withdraws cerebrospinal fluid from the lumbar subarachnoid space, filters, cools, pH adjusts and performs...
4900305 Ambulatory infusion pump  
A pulsed liquid injection device for injection of predetermined dosage volumes of medication at predetermined intervals of time over an extended period is described. A relatively large supply of...
4898576 Intravenous fluid flow monitor  
An improved system for monitoring the fluid flow through a fluid delvery system to a patient wherein the fluid flow rate is varied in a predetermined sequential manner. Corresponding changes in...
4889528 Drip infusion rate control apparatus  
A drip infusion rate control apparatus controlling the flow rate of a medical solution to be infused into a human or animal body by means of a drip infusion system. The apparatus includes a weight...
4886498 Mechanism for coupling the aspirant line of an irrigation/aspiration machine to the pressure monitoring section  
A linking mechanism for irrigation/aspiration machines which includes a coupling member having a plug that is inserted into an opening in a receptacle on the face of the I/A machine. The plug...
4878896 Cassette optical identification apparatus for a medication infusion system  
A cassette identification system for use with a medication infusion system having disposable cassettes which are mounted onto a main pump unit is disclosed which uses an optical sensor module to...
4871351 Implantable medication infusion system  
An implantable medication delivery system comprising an implantable unit with a refillable reservoir, a catheter connected thereto, and a pumping mechanism activated by a microcomputer or...