US 11,703,485 B2
Biocompatible component with structural reinforcement
David Medeiros, Bridgewater, MA (US); Scott Ellis, Anacortes, WA (US); Eric Beemer, Anacortes, WA (US); and Jason Polly, Oak Harbor, WA (US)
Assigned to IDEX Health & Science LLC, Oak Harbor, WA (US)
Filed by IDEX Health and Science, LLC, Oak Harbor, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,444.
Application 17/235,444 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/947,256, filed on Apr. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,221,315.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/543,151, filed on Aug. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/483,277, filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0239657 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 30/32 (2006.01); F04B 53/16 (2006.01); F04B 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/32 (2013.01) [F04B 19/04 (2013.01); F04B 53/16 (2013.01); G01N 2030/326 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biocompatible pump head for a pump comprising:
a reinforcement body for a pump head comprising a reinforcing material and having first and second ports therein, each aperture coupled with a fluid pathway extending between the ports and a chamber in the reinforcement body, the chamber configured to receive a portion of a pump, wherein each fluid pathway has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the chamber; and
a biocompatible layer lining each of the fluid pathways and the chamber of said reinforcement body, the biocompatible layer plugging a second end of the chamber and forming a continuous surface between the chamber and a portion of each of the first and second ports, wherein any fluid flowing through the ports, the fluid pathways, and the chamber only contacts the biocompatible layer,
wherein said reinforcing material comprises metal, metal alloy, ceramic, polymer with carbon-fibers, a polymeric material, or a combination thereof.