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US 11,623,192 B2Granted
Autonomous vacuum pump
AssigneeZimmer, Inc.
InventorSebastien Chaligne
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a pump body, two or more arms extending from the pump body configured to hold a cement mixing container, a vacuum port exposed on an exterior surface of the pump body and positioned to engage a port on the cement mixing container, a venturi positioned proximate the vacuum port; a perforator within the pump body, the perforator configured to puncture a gas container to release gas to the venturi to create a vacuum at the vacuum port; and an actuator configured to puncture the gas container with the perforator.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a pump body;
- two or more arms extending from the pump body configured to hold a cement mixing container;
- a vacuum port exposed on an exterior surface of the pump body and positioned to engage a port on the cement mixing container;
- a venturi positioned proximate the vacuum port;
- a perforator within the pump body, the perforator configured to puncture a gas container to release gas to the venturi to create a vacuum at the vacuum port;
- and
- an actuator configured to puncture the gas container with the perforator.
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A system comprising:
- a cement mixing container;
- a pump body;
- a gas container located within the pump body;
- two or more arms extending from the pump body configured to hold the cement mixing container;
- a vacuum port exposed on an exterior surface of the pump body and positioned to engage a port on the cement mixing container;
- a venturi positioned proximate the vacuum port;
- a perforator within the pump body, the perforator configured to puncture the gas container to release gas to the venturi to create a vacuum at the vacuum port;
- and
- an actuator configured to puncture the gas container with the perforator.
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A method comprising:
- providing a vacuum pump including a pump body having two or more arms extending from the pump body configured to hold a cement mixing container;
- attaching the vacuum pump directly to the cement mixing container such that a port on the cement mixing container directly engages a vacuum port exposed on an exterior surface of the pump body on the vacuum pump;
- actuating the vacuum pump by using a perforator within the pump body, the perforator configured to puncture a gas container to release gas to a venturi positioned proximate the vacuum port to create a vacuum at the vacuum port;
- and
- mixing a cement mixture with the cement mixing container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.