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US 8,137,311 B2Granted
Test method and apparatus for verification of medical device functionality
AssigneeAlfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
InventorStephen D. Das
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods, apparatuses and systems for testing the functionality of the pumping mechanism of a medical device, e.g., an implantable infusion pump, while the medical device is contained within a shipping package. The test apparatus enables such functional verification, without opening the shipping package, when the medical device is still contained within the package that has been appropriately sealed to maintain sterility of the medical device.
Claims13
An apparatus, comprising
- a package including a sealed interior;
- an infusion pump, including a pump case, a fluid transfer device within the pump case and an outlet that receives fluid from the fluid transfer device, located within the sealed interior of the package;
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- an indicator located within the sealed interior and outside the pump case, in fluid communication with the outlet, and configured to provide an indication that is discernible outside the package in response to a fluid discharge at the outlet and/or a pressure change at the outlet.
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