Fluid Treatment Device and Method

Abstract

A fluid treatment device is disclosed. The device includes: a cassette including a pre-assembled tubing, the cassette having a flat surface for receiving the tubing, the tubing including at least one flexible tube able to be pinched; at least one pinch valve including a movable pin and a fixed stop for pinching the flexible tube in order to control a fluid flow rate in the flexible tube; wherein the pinch valve is mechanically coupled to the cassette such that the movable pin of the pinch valve describes a trajectory parallel to the flat surface of the cassette when the pinch valve is activated to pinch the flexible tube, and wherein the tubing may be easily, quickly, and cost-effectively installed and replaced. Further disclosed is a fluid treatment method allowing a tubing included in a fluid treatment device according to the disclosure to be easily, quickly, and cost-effectively installed and replaced.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.