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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:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric W Brown, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Charles Kienholz, San Dimas, CA (US);
Steve Busak, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
I-Flow Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604153 ; 604 67 ; 604246 ; 128D / ;
Abstract
A pump housing which contains a plurality of linear peristaltic pumps and receives a fluid source cartridge. The cartridge is provided with retaining knobs for engaging retaining holes in the front end of the pump housing. A cartridge further contains a tab at its rear end for engaging a locking mechanism in the pump housing. The cartridge contains linear fluid conduits which align with the linear peristaltic pumps for pumping fluid from the fluid source pouches within the cartridge. Each pump is individually controlled by a programmable controller within the pump.