Sherwood Medical Company

John A Lane

Richard A Sunderland

Frederick C Deno

Frederick F Schweitzer

A battery compartment for a device having a housing is provided. The battery compartment pivots around an axis that is generally parallel with a wall of housing. The battery compartment is generally an elongated wedge or sector shape with an elongated pivoting axis extending along the apex of the wedge. One planar side of the wedge becomes a portion of the wall of the housing as the battery compartment is pivoted about the elongated axis into a closed position. This planar side becomes a door into the housing that is opened or closed as the battery compartment is pivoted around its pivoting axis. As the battery compartment is pivoted around its pivoting axis, the battery compartment rotates out and away from the plane that previously encompassed the wall of the device so that access to the batteries may be had. The battery compartment encloses the batteries and segregates them from the other components in the housing. Furthermore, the battery compartment of the instant invention prevents foreign objects from being introduced into the interior of the housing when the door of the battery compartment is in either of its open or closed positions, or being moved therebetween. In one embodiment of the instant invention, switches, such as DIP switches, are attached to the battery compartment so that as the battery compartment is rotated around its pivoting axis, access may be had to the switches.

Pivoting battery compartment and door

The present invention relates to a support device for use with a fluid delivery system which includes a fluid delivery set and an infusion pump. The support device allows simple attachment of various types of fluid delivery sets and infusion pumps thereto and is adapted for use with bed ridden patients in a traditional manner, or for ambulatory patient use. The support device includes a compartment for securely holding an infusion pump and a separate compartment for securely holding a fluid container of the fluid delivery set. The device further includes an elongate channel into which the tubing of the fluid delivery set can be inserted and subsequently protected from kinking or inadvertent occlusion, and is adapted for use with rigid bottle, flexible bag, burette, spike sets, or other standard types of fluid delivery sets. The device may be used on an infusion pole in a standard manner, placed on a horizontal surface such as a table, or enclosed in a carrying case for ambulatory use.

Ambulatory support device for a fluid delivery system

A pump assembly used in conjunction with a fluid delivery set is disclosed which includes a tube slot into which the outlet tube of the fluid delivery set is intended to be mounted. The invention includes a retention member which is pivotally attached to the pump adjacent the point at which the outlet tube exits the tube slot of the pump assembly. The retention member includes a pivoting flat elongate arm which is secured to the pump by a pin and designed to rotate from a first position wherein the tube can be placed into the tube slot, and a second position wherein the tube is secured in the tube slot by the arm. The arm also has formed thereon a tab member which includes a tapered guide edge for ensuring that the tubing is forced into a secured position within the tube slot when the arm is pivoted thereover.

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Watertown, NY, United States of America

John A Lane