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US 7,934,912 B2Granted
Peristaltic pump assembly with cassette and mounting pin arrangement
AssigneeCurlin Medical Inc.
InventorsRobert R. Voltenburg, Jr., Loren M. Thompson
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Abstract
A peristaltic pump assembly includes a pump body including a mounting pin coupled thereto. A removable cassette is slidably received on the mounting pin and is secured to the pump body via a retaining feature. The mounting pin is also configured to allow the removable cassette to rotate into and/or out of an installed position, or to position(s) therebetween.
Claims11
A peristaltic pump assembly, comprising:
- a pump body;
- a mounting pin coupled to the pump body;
- and
- a removable cassette having a tube inlet and a tube outlet, said removable cassette slidably received on the mounting pin and secured to the pump body via a retaining feature, wherein the removable cassette is rotatable about the mounting pin;
- wherein the mounting pin is configured to allow the removable cassette to rotate about the mounting pin into an installed position, out of an installed position, or to a position therebetween, said assembly configured to allow movement of the mounting pin relative to the pump body along a linear path that is perpendicular to a straight line between the tube inlet and the tube outlet when the cassette is in the installed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.