B. Braun Melsungen Ag

Michael Kauba

Christoph Erlen

Jan Schwarz

Stephan Hoevel

Carsten Niemeier

Stefan Batzdorf

Michael Ostermoeller

Mario Richardt

Hans-Christian Moritzen

Ernst Bressau

A medical pump includes a cuboid pump housing and a front lid that is pivotably hinged to the pump housing. The front lid includes a display, in particular a touch display, and/or operating elements. The front lid is attached to the pump housing with at least one first hinge element and at least one second hinge element. The at least one first hinge element and/or the at least one second hinge element includes or forms at least one electrical connection between the pump housing and the front lid for electrical linking and exchange of data.

Electrical connection between pump housing and front lid

A pressure sensor device for internal pressure monitoring in a hose, preferably an infusion hose, that is used for fluid transmission and that rests directly or indirectly on a pressure sensor housing. The hose is elastically deformable and connected via a contact side to a pressure transmission element located in the pressure sensor housing. The pressure transmission element transmits internal pressure changes absorbed via the contact side to a compressive force sensor for measurement. The contact side can have an elliptical shape, and the pressure transmission element can have a funnel-shaped extension, to make the pressure sensor device as robust as possible in terms of measurement accuracy, and independent of fluctuations in temperature and associated changes in material states.

Gel-coupled pressure sensor device with interference-independent contact side for connection to an infusion hose

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Fuldabrueck, Germany

Michael Kauba