Micro dosage peristaltic pump for micro dosage of fluid
AssigneeFluisense ApS
InventorsSten Velschow, Martin Toft Madsen, Alistair David Morton, Michael Hansen
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Abstract
The invention regards a micro dosage peristaltic pump (3) for micro dosage of a fluid, comprising: a housing (4) with an inner surface (5) comprising at least one circular section (6), a flexible tube (8) placed upon the at least one circular section of the surface, a flexible layer (9) placed between the surface and the flexible tube, at least one compression element (10), driving means for moving the at least one compression element in an eccentric circular motion having a circular circumference (14), whereby the at least one compression element is peristaltically engaged at the circumference with the tube placed upon the circular section of the surface.
Claims18
A micro dosage peristaltic pump for micro dosage of a fluid, comprising:
- a housing with an inner surface comprising at least one circular section;
- a tolerance absorbing flexible layer placed on the inner surface;
- a flexible tube placed upon the at least one circular section of the inner surface such that the tolerance absorbing flexible layer is disposed between the flexible tube and the inner surface;
- at least one compression element comprising a first roller and a second roller, and where the rollers are moved in a first and second eccentric circular motion having respectively a first and second circumference;
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- a driving element operable to move the respective first and second rollers in the first and second eccentric circular motion having the respective first and second circular circumference, wherein the driving element comprises a first and second shaft attached centrally to respectively the first and second roller, and where the shafts are rotated in respectively a first shaft circular motion, and a second shaft circular motion, the second roller being engaged to the second shaft with a free run that is equal to or above 180 degrees;
- whereby the at least one compression element is peristaltically engaged at the circular circumference with the tube placed upon the circular section of the inner surface.
A micro dosage peristaltic pump for micro dosage of a fluid, comprising:
- a housing with an inner surface comprising at least one circular section;
- a flexible tube placed upon the at least one circular section of the inner surface;
- a flexible layer placed between the inner surface and the flexible tube;
- at least one compression element comprising a first roller and a second roller, the rollers being moved in a first and second eccentric circular motion having a first and second circumference, respectively;
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- a driving element comprising a first and second shaft attached centrally to respectively the first and second roller, the first and second shafts being rotated respectively in a first shaft circular motion and a second shaft circular motion, the first and second shafts operable to move the first and second rollers in the first and second eccentric circular motions having the first and second circumference, respectfully;
- wherein the first and second rollers are peristaltically engaged, respectively, at the first and second circumferences with the flexible tube placed upon the at least one circular section of the inner surface, and the second roller is engaged to the second shaft with a free run that is equal to or above 180 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.