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US 2013/0253442 A1Published application
Slide Clamp and Tubing Set for an Infusion Pump
AssigneeWalkMed Infusion LLC
InventorsLee W. Travis, Christina Wamsley
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Abstract
An infusion pump for metering fluid flow through an delivery tube of an infusion tubing set has an internal occlusion clamp which clamps the delivery tube to prevent the free flow of fluid through the tube when access to the delivery tube in the infusion pump is possible. To release the delivery tube from the infusion pump, a slide clamp is manually used to release the occlusion clamp to an open, non-occluding position while simultaneously occluding the delivery tube to prevent the free flow of fluid.
Claims6
A slide clamp for selectively occluding a tube, comprising:
- a body having a length in a longitudinal dimension which extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the body having a width in a lateral dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension, the width being less than the length, the body having a height in a dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal and lateral dimensions, the height being less than the width, the height of the body at the proximal end being greater than the height of the body at the distal end;
- a non-occluding opening defined in the body and having a width in the lateral dimension that is insufficient to pinch and occlude the tube upon movement of the tube into the non-occluding opening;
- an occluding opening defined in the body and extending proximally from the non-occluding opening, the occluding opening having a width in the lateral dimension that is sufficient to pinch and occlude the tube upon movement of the tube into the occluding opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.