A connector for connecting a pump hose segment to a pump bed of a peristaltic pump
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
InventorsRiccardo CAVALLI, Alain VENERONI, Luca BRONZATO
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Abstract
The present invention shows a connector for connecting a pump hose segment to a pump bed of a peristaltic pump, wherein the connector comprises a first and a second fluid path associated with the ends of the pump hose segment, the first and the second fluid path crossing in the connector, wherein the connector is configured to be clipped to an opening of the pump bed by two clip elements arranged on opposite sides of the connector, characterized in that at least one of the clip elements is formed by a clip arm having a first, free end and a second, connected end connected to a main body of the connector.
Claims20
A connector for connecting a pump hose segment to a pump bed of a peristaltic pump,
- wherein the connector comprises a first and a second fluid path associated with the ends of the pump hose segment, the first and the second fluid path crossing in the connector,
- wherein the connector is configured to be clipped to an opening of the pump bed by two clip elements arranged on opposite sides of the connector, wherein at least one of the clip elements is formed by a clip arm having a first, free end and a second, connected end connected to a main body of the connector.
A connector for connecting a pump hose segment to a pump bed of a peristaltic pump,
- wherein the connector comprises a first and a second fluid path associated with a first and a second end of the pump hose segment, respectively, the first and the second fluid path crossing in the connector, wherein the first fluid path forms an inlet fluid path and the second fluid path forming an outlet fluid path, the connector having a bottom side configured to face a bottom of the pump bed,
- wherein the connector has a first and a second pump hose receiving section associated with the first and a second fluid path for respectively receiving the first and the second end of the pump hose segment,
- wherein the connector has a first and a second connecting hose receiving section associated with the first and a second fluid path for respectively receiving an inlet connecting hose segment and an outlet connecting hose segment, wherein
- the second fluid path crosses below the first fluid path on the bottom side of the connector and the second pump hose receiving section is positioned closer to the bottom side of the connector than the first pump hose receiving section.
A peristaltic pump comprising
- a stator with a pump bed formed therein,
- a pump hose segment inserted into the pump bed in arcuate form, a rotor for acting on the pump hose segment, and
- a connector for connecting the pump hose segment to the pump bed, wherein the connector comprises a first and a second fluid path associated with a first and a second end of the pump hose segment, respectively, wherein the first fluid path forms an inlet fluid path and the second fluid path forming an outlet fluid path, the first and the second fluid path crossing in the connector, the connector having a bottom side facing a bottom of the pump bed,
- wherein the connector has a first and a second pump hose receiving section associated with the first and a second fluid path for respectively receiving the first and the second end of the pump hose segment,
- wherein the peristaltic pump comprises a main pump operation mode where the rotor rotates in a first direction to move along the pump hose segment in a direction from the first end to the second end of the pump hose segment, wherein
- the second fluid path crosses below the first fluid path on the bottom side of the connector and the second pump hose receiving section is positioned closer to the bottom side of the connector than the first pump hose receiving section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.