US 12,188,465 B2
Tube pump holder with first and second engagement portions
Yoshiyuki Sonoda, Osaka (JP); Kohzo Ishikura, Osaka (JP); and Takeshi Yamaguchi, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to NIPRO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by NIPRO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,990.
Application 18/504,990 is a division of application No. 16/650,586, granted, now 11,852,129, previously published as PCT/JP2018/034972, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-185302 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068464 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F04B 43/12 (2006.01); A61M 60/279 (2021.01); A61M 60/113 (2021.01); A61M 60/37 (2021.01)
CPC F04B 43/1253 (2013.01) [A61M 60/279 (2021.01); A61M 60/113 (2021.01); A61M 60/37 (2021.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holder for attaching tubes to a housing of a tube pump, the tubes including a pump tube, a supply tube for supplying a liquid to the pump tube, and a discharge tube for discharging the liquid from the pump tube, the holder comprising:
a plate-shaped holder body extending in a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the holder body;
a pair of connector portions located on the holder body and arranged in the longitudinal direction to support two ends of the pump tube;
a first engagement portion located at one of the longitudinal ends of the holder body in the longitudinal direction to engage with a first engagement groove of the housing; and
a second engagement portion located at the other of the longitudinal ends of the holder body in the longitudinal direction to engage with a second engagement groove of the housing, wherein
the first engagement portion protrudes from a front face of the holder body in a thickness direction of the holder body,
the second engagement portion includes a plurality of elastically deformable engagers arranged in a width direction of the holder body, the width direction crossing both the longitudinal direction and the thickness direction,
the plurality of engagers include alternating first and second engagers each of which has a curved outer face bulging in the thickness direction, and
the curved outer face of the first engager and the curved outer face of the second engager face away from each other in the thickness direction.