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US 5,505,709 AGranted
Mated infusion pump and syringe
AssigneeMiniMed, Inc., a Delaware corporation
InventorsJeffery V. Funderburk, Matthew Jordan, Deborah C. McIntyre
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AssigneeMiniMed, Inc., a Delaware corporation
InventorsJeffery V. Funderburk, Matthew Jordan, Deborah C. McIntyre
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An improved medication infusion pump is provided of the type for receiving and supporting a medication-containing syringe, wherein the pump and syringe include matingly interfitted components to ensure use of the pump with a compatible and correctly installed syringe. The infusion pump comprises a pump housing defining a syringe compartment for receiving and supporting the syringe, in combination with a drive member for engaging and programmably displacing a syringe plunger to administer medication to a patient. In one preferred form, the drive member and plunger include a matingly interfitting tab and notch which are engaged when the syringe is fully and properly positioned within the syringe compartment. In another form, the tab and notch are formed on the syringe plunger and a portion of the pump housing.
In an infusion pump system including an infusion pump having a pump housing defining a syringe compartment for receiving and supporting a syringe, and an access door movable between open and closed positions, said syringe having a syringe barrel and a plunger received therein, said pump including drive means for controllably moving said plunger relative to said barrel to deliver medication from said syringe, the improvement comprising:
An infusion pump system, comprising:
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