Tube clamp, and tube clamp set for use with an infusion pump

In combination, an infusion pump, an infusion tube set and a tube clamp with a tube guided through the tube clamp, the infusion pump comprising a lockable door for insertion and removal of a tube, said tube guided through the tube clamp for opening and closing the tube when the tube clamp is engaged in a locking position;

• wherein the infusion pump is provided with an actuating member for one of closing or opening the tube clamp, and for cooperative engagement with a part of the tube clamp, and the infusion tube set for guiding the tube through the tube clamp for selectively opening and closing the tube;
• and wherein the tube clamp comprises a shackle of generally U-shaped configuration, said shackle having first and second rigid legs provided with inside projections interacting with one another as pinch-off edges, and a flexible web interconnecting the legs and spreading the legs into a diverging position, said first leg terminating in a flexible spring latch which is configured to point in a direction of the second leg and formed with a lug to define an inner ledge surface for engagement of a free end of the second leg, when the legs are squeezed together, and wherein the web and the spring latch are provided with openings for guiding the tube therethrough;
• wherein the clamp is provided actuating means responsive to a force exerted by an actuating member of the infusion pump for moving the legs of the clamp such that the clamp tube can be opened and closed.