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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
Stanley Paul Mack, Suwanee, GA (US);
Joseph Amley, Suwanee, GA (US);
Steven Lacross, Norcross, GA (US);
Danny Lincoln, Commerce, GA (US);
Charles R. Patzer, Columbus, OH (US);
Stephen L. Vick, Norcross, GA (US);
Stanley Paul Mack, Suwanee, GA (US);
Joseph Amley, Suwanee, GA (US);
Steven LaCross, Norcross, GA (US);
Danny Lincoln, Commerce, GA (US);
Charles R. Patzer, Columbus, OH (US);
Stephen L. Vick, Norcross, GA (US);
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Rockland, MA (US);
Abstract
A pump is provided that includes a body made at least partially of an elastomeric material and an inlet port and an outlet port, with each port being coupled to the body. The pump further includes a flow passage formed in the body and extending between the inlet port and the outlet port, with at least a portion of the flow passage being normally closed and with the inlet port being fluidicly uncoupled with the outlet port when the pump is in a free-state condition. An actuating device is coupled to the body and is operable for sequentially deforming the body to create a cavity within the normally closed portion of the flow passage, the cavity being in fluid communication with the inlet port, thereby drawing a packet of fluid from the inlet port into the cavity and propagating the cavity and the packet of fluid contained therein toward the outlet port.