Conduit for connecting a fluid transfer device to a patient
AssigneeSiemens Elema AB
InventorPontus Von Bahr
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Abstract
A conduit connectible in a fluid transfer system to provide for the through flow of a fluid moving between a transfer device and internal patient includes a transmission line incorporated therewith having a distal end for signal communication with a signal generator and a proximal end connected to a terminal on a mating surface of a female connector and arranged thereon to establish a signal transmission path with a terminal on a mating surface of a second conduit, such as a port of the fluid transfer device, as the mating surfaces engage to establish fluid communication between the conduit and the port.
Claims9
A conduit comprising:
- a hollow, flexible tubular body having a first end and a second end;
- an electrical transmission line disposed at said body and proceeding between said first end and said second end and having a first set of terminals disposed at said first end and a second set of terminals disposed at said second end;
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- an interface permanently attached at said first end having an interior at which said first terminals are disposed, said interface being adapted for mating with a complementary interface to simultaneously provide an electrical connection to said first terminals and a fluid coupling to said hollow body.
A conduit comprising:
- a hollow tubular body having a first end and a second end;
- electrical conductors disposed at said hollow body and proceeding between said first end and said second end;
- an interface disposed at said first end having a first set of terminals connected to said electrical conductor and adapted for mating with a complementary interface for producing an electrical connection to said electrical conductors and a fluid connection to an interior of said hollow body;
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- a sensor connected to said electrical conductors and disposed at said second end for sensing a parameter relating to fluid flow in said hollow body.
A fluid transfer system comprising:
- a fluid transfer device;
- a conduit connectible in a flow path between said transfer device and a location adapted to provide fluid flow to a patient;
- a sensor for monitoring a parameter of said fluid flow and for generating a signal representing said parameter;
- a processing unit supplied with said signal which generates an output signal dependent thereon;
- a transmission line incorporated with said conduit having a first end connected to said sensor and a second end for connection to said processing unit;
- said fluid transfer device having a port for transferring fluid into and out of said fluid transfer device and having an externally accessible surface;
- a terminal at said externally accessible surface connected to said processing unit;
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- said conduit having an interface permanently attached thereto for mating with said port for simultaneously electrically connecting said transmission line to said terminal and for producing a fluid coupling of said conduit with said fluid transfer device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.