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Commissariat &#xc0; L'&#xc9;nergie Atomique Et Aux &#xc9;nergies Alternatives

Fresenius Vial Sas

Sebastien Labarthe

Laurent Duraffourg

Eric Colinet

Sebastien Hentz

Philippe Andreucci

Jean-Baptiste Berthier

The invention relates to a method for detecting an occlusion in an infusion line () during an infusion process comprising the steps of receiving a periodically measured value of a force (F) that is applied by a pumping device () to push a liquid through the infusion line () and that is indicative of the pressure (P) in the infusion line (), and subtracting from the measured force value (F) a frictional force component (F), that is indicative of a true frictional force, for correcting the measured force value (F) by the true frictional force. The method is characterized in that the value of the frictional force component (F) is periodically updated throughout the infusion process by applying an equation that comprises a term that takes into account the measured force (F).

Method and device for detecting an occlusion in an infusion line

A peristaltic pump () for pumping a liquid comprises a flexible tube () for guiding the liquid to be pumped, a compression means () being actuatable for compressing the flexible tube (), an upstream valve means () arranged in an upstream direction with respect to the compression means () and being actuatable to selectively open or close the flexible tube () upstream of the compression means (), and a downstream valve means () arranged in a downstream direction with respect to the compression means () and being actuatable to selectively open or close the flexible tube () downstream of the compression means (). A drive shaft () is provided which is rotatable for periodically actuating the compression means (), the upstream valve means () and the downstream valve means (). In addition, the peristaltic pump comprises a position detection means () for detecting the rotational position of the drive shaft () during actuation of the compression means (), the upstream valve means () and the downstream valve means (), a pressure sensor () being arranged between the upstream valve means () and the downstream valve means () for measuring a pressure signal (P) in the flexible tube () at a location between the upstream valve means () and the downstream valve means (), and a control means () to control the operation of the peristaltic pump (), the control means () being operative to detect a fault condition during the operation of the peristaltic pump () from a measured pressure signal (P). In a peristaltic pump () of this kind the control means (), for detecting the fault condition, is operative to detect a peak (P, P') of the pressure signal (P) in a predefined interval (II) during rotation of the drive shaft () and to determine whether the fault condition is present or not by taking the signal value at the peak (P, P&#x2032;) and the location (T, T&#x2032;) of the peak (P, P&#x2032;) in the predefined interval (II) into account. In this way a peristaltic pump is provided allowing for an easy and reliable detection of a fault condition, in particular for detecting an empty-bag condition indicating that a bag supplying liquid to the flexible tube of the peristaltic pump is empty.

Peristaltic pump for pumping a liquid and method for operating a peristaltic pump

A device with a suspended beam and piezoresistive means of detecting displacement of the beam and a method of manufacturing the device are disclosed. The device comprises a support, a suspended beam, moving parallel to the plane of the support, and means of detecting displacement, comprising at least two piezoresistive strain gauges that are not in line with each other. The beam is suspended through detection means. The two gauges are located on two opposite lateral faces of the beam respectively.

Device with suspended beam and piezoresistive means of detecting displacement of the beam and method of manufacturing the device

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Voiron, France

Sebastien Labarthe