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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas P Hartranft, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
McNeilab, Inc., Fort Washington, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-4 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A preferred patient blood treatment system for the photoactivation of reagents in contact with a patient's blood employs an infusion pump for adding anti-coagulation reagent to the blood during extracorporeal operations. The infusion pump is preferably driven by a stepper motor and monitored by a periodic photo chopper employing a plurality of sensors. The spacing of the sensors and the spacing of the photo choppers work in concert to detect rotation of the stepper motor and to discriminate such from stutter or other characteristic nonrotational faults associated with stepper motors.