Pump monitored by sensor
AssigneeNextkidney SA
InventorsLudovic FERRET, Matthieu TARDIVON, Séverin LEVEN
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Abstract
The present document discloses a medical pumping system (20) for moving a fluid through a tube, which may comprise a machine having a motor (24) and a drive mechanism (25), and a pump head configured to be removably coupled to the drive mechanism of the machine. The machine may comprise an inductive sensor (26) and at least one processor (28) connected to the motor and the inductive sensor. The pump head may comprise a metallic element (32) intended to cooperate with the inductive sensor of the machine.
Claims16
A medical pumping system for moving a fluid through a flexible tube, the system comprising:
- a. a machine comprising a motor and a drive mechanism, and
- b. a pump head configured to be removably coupled to the drive mechanism of the machine,
- wherein the machine further comprises an inductive sensor and at least one processor connected to the motor and the inductive sensor,
- wherein the pump head further comprises a metallic element intended to cooperate with the inductive sensor of the machine and the at least one processor is configured to determine a defective drive or a speed or a position of the pump head based on the data received from the inductive sensor.
A medical system comprising:
- a. a reusable machine having a motor with a drive mechanism and controlled by a processing device, and
- b. a disposable cartridge having a pump head configured to be removably coupled to the drive mechanism of the machine and to be operatively coupled to a fluidic pathway so as to move a fluid through the fluidic pathway,
- wherein the reusable machine further comprises an inductive sensor connected to the processing device,
- wherein the pump head further comprises a metallic element intended to cooperate with the inductive sensor of the machine and the processing device is configured to determine a defective drive or a speed or a position of the pump head based on the data received from the inductive sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.