Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

Medtronic Xomed, Inc.

Craig Drager

Andrew Wald

Jerald Lamont Redmond

Joseph Moctezuma

Shai Ronen

Victor D Snyder

Nikhil Mahendra

Justin Kemp

Joseph Thomas Cilke

Wei-Shyang Yang

Michael Lee Koltz, Jr

Gerould W Norman

A system and apparatus is disclosed to automatically determine the identification and selected information relating to instruments. The identification information may be read or determined by various reader systems and then transferred for various purposes. The identification information may be stored on the instrument with a storage system or printing and/or recalled from a memory once the identification is made.

Automatic identification of instruments

A fluid delivery system is provided for use with a peristaltic pump, which includes a roller-tube engagement zone and a rotor structure including an array of rollers. The fluid delivery system includes a console to removably receive the peristaltic pump in a mounted position, with the console including a roller positioning system.

Roller positioning system

A tube-positioning system for loading tubing into a peristaltic pump includes a shell configured to slidably fit onto, and be releasably secured relative to, an exterior housing of a peristaltic pump. A pair of guides protrude from an upper portion of opposite side walls of the shell with each guide configured to releasably mount a first tube segment to extend between the guides.

Tube positioner

A tube-positioning system for loading tubing into a peristaltic pump includes a holder and a first tube segment. The holder includes a shell configured to slidably fit onto an exterior of a pump and a pair of guides extending upward from opposite side walls of the shell. The first tube segment has a fixed length and extends between the pair of guides with each end of the first tube segment secured within one of the respective guides.

Method and system for loading of tubing into a pumping device

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Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Craig Drager