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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen H O'Leary, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alaris Medical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417 53 ; 417474 ; 604153 ;
Abstract
An IV fluid delivery system for use with a resilient, deformable tube, wherein a mechanism is provided to deform and occlude said tube by a plurality of fingers, as well as, to restore the cross-sectional area of said tube by those fingers, so as to improve the accuracy, consistency, and predictability of flow through the tube.