Mounting clip for a medication infusion pump

A mounting clip for removably supporting a medication infusion pump on a patient, said mounting clip comprising:

• a mounting plate having a dovetail key thereon for slide-fit reception into a dovetail slot formed in a housing of the medication infusion pump;
• said mounting plate further including a spring arm having a detent button thereon for snap-fit reception into a detent seat formed in the pump housing when said dovetail key is substantially fully received into the dovetail slot, whereby the pump housing is slidably mountable onto said mounting plate and locked thereon upon snap-fit reception of said detent button into the detent seat, said spring arm being positioned for manual retraction relative to the pump housing to retract said detent button from the detent seat and thereby permit slide-off removal of the pump housing from said mounting plate;
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• means for mounting said plate onto an article of clothing worn by a patient.

In combination:

• a medication infusion pump for delivery of a selected medication to a patient, said pump including a pump housing;
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• a mounting clip for mounting onto the patient and including a mounting plate;
• said mounting plate and pump housing defining interengageable slide-fit means including a dovetail key formed on one of said pump housing and mounting plate, and a matingly shaped dovetail slot formed on the other of said pump housing and mounting plate, said slide-fit means being for slide-on mounting and slide-off removal of the pump housing with respect to said mounting plate;
• said mounting plate and pump housing further defining interengageable detent means for snap-fit locking of the pump housing onto said mounting plate when said slide-fit means is substantially fully engaged;
• said detent means being manually releasible by the patient to unlock the pump housing from said mounting plate and permit slide-off removal therefrom.

A mounting clip for removably supporting a medication infusion pump on a patient, said mounting clip comprising:

• a mounting plate having slide-fit means for slide-on mounting and slide-off removal of the pump with respect to said plate, and detent means for locking the pump on said plate when the pump is slidably mounted thereon;
• said detent means beging manually releasible to permit slide-off removal of the pump from said plate;
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• means for mounting said plate onto a patient;
• said detent means on said mounting plate comprising a spring arm having a detent member thereon, said spring arm defining an edge surface protruding outwardly beyond the pump housing when said pump housing is mounted and locked onto said mounting plate, said edge surface being manually accessible to retract said spring arm relative to the pump housing to manually release said detent means.

A mounting clip for removably supporting a medication infusion pump on a patient, said mounting clip comprising:

• a mounting plate having slide-fit means for slide-on mounting and slide-off removal of the pump with respect to said plate, and detent means for locking the pump on said plate when the pump is slidably mounted thereon;
• said detent means beging manually releasible to permit slide-off removal of the pump from said plate;
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• means for mounting said plate onto a patient;
• said slide-fit means comprising an open-ended dovetail slot formed in the pump housing and a mating dovetail key formed on said mounting plate, and wherein said detent means comprises a detent recess formed in said pump housing at a position generally in-line with said dovetail slot and a spring arm forming a portion of said mounting plate and having a detent button for snap-fit reception into said detent recess.

A mounting clip for removably supporting a medication infusion pump on a patient, said mounting clip comprising:

• a mounting plate having slide-fit means for slide-on mounting and slide-off removal of the pump with respect to said plate, and detent means for locking the pump on said plate when the plate is slidably mounted thereon;
• said detent means being manually releasible to permit slide-off removal of the pump from said plate;
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• means for mounting said plate onto a patient;
• said detent means including a spring arm defining a detent member thereon, said spring arm further defining an edge surface protruding outwardly beyond the pump when said pump is mounted and locked onto said mounting plate, said edge surface being manually accessible to retract said spring arm relative to the pump to manually release said detent means.