Fluid management system with disposable fluid cassette

A disposable fluid tubing set for a fluid management system comprising:

• a fluid cassette including a housing defining a fluid pathway therethrough, the housing including a front face, a rear face opposite the front face, an upper edge, and a lower edge opposition the upper edge;
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• a retention tab extending from the lower edge, the retention tab including an engagement surface extending at an acute angle to the front face and/or the rear face.

A method of operating a fluid management system, comprising:

• positioning a housing of a fluid cassette of a disposable fluid tubing set into a receptacle of a housing of a console of the fluid management system in an ejected position, wherein in the ejected position the housing of the fluid cassette is tilted out of the receptacle such that the housing of the fluid cassette lies in a plane at an acute angle to a vertical plane in the ejected position;
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• loading the housing of the fluid cassette into the receptacle in a loaded position, wherein in the loaded position, the housing of the fluid cassette lies in the vertical plane.