US 11,724,026 B2
Infusion pump with tube loading guidance and confirmation
Bhagyesh Kishore Bhandar, Grayslake, IL (US); Steven Ward Fischer, Gurnee, IL (US); Aaron M. Hexamer, Grayslake, IL (US); Jiri Slaby, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); Jason Andrew Maine, Hamlin, NY (US); Scott Christian Ofslager, Albion, NY (US); Morris Wilson Wallace, Spring Grove, IL (US); Keerthika Lakshmi Niharika Chinthapalli, Round Lake, IL (US); and Peter M. Bojan, Grayslake, IL (US)
Assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., Deerfield, IL (US); and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA, Glattpark (CH)
Filed by BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., Deerfield, IL (US); and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA, Glattpark (CH)
Filed on May 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/413,037.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/671,858, filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0351138 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/50 (2006.01); A61M 39/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/16813 (2013.01) [A61M 5/16831 (2013.01); A61M 5/16859 (2013.01); A61M 5/5086 (2013.01); A61M 39/28 (2013.01); A61M 2005/16863 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6081 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An infusion pump comprising:
a housing with a door pivotally mounted to the housing;
a tube channel positioned at least partially behind the door on the housing, the tube channel configured to hold a tube in the infusion pump;
a pumping mechanism; and
a slide clamp ejection device including a solenoid in operable contact with a slide clamp thereby configured to automatically eject the slide clamp from a channel based on one or more inputs from one or more pressure sensors configured to detect the presence of the tube at a load point along the tube channel and one or more additional sensors arranged on the infusion pump,
wherein the slide clamp is automatically ejected from the channel when the one or more inputs establish that the tube is installed and loaded, and the door is in a closed state where the door is closed and latched.