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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:
Sep. 05, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1987
John B Slate, Studio City, CA (US);
James L Henke, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Pacesetter Infusion, Ltd., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting an occlusion in a fluid line is disclosed which can detect occlusions in the downstream or patient side of a disposable cassette containing a fluid pump thereon. The cassette includes a pressure diaphragm and is for installation onto and use with a main pump unit including a pressure transducer therein for monitoring fluid pressure downstream of the pump. The system utilizes control circuitry to provide an alarm in the event of a patient-side occlusion, and the occlusion detection system works when the system is configured as any of a number of difference device types, including both a flow controller emulation and several different infusion pump configurations.