US 12,251,532 B2
Medical pump
Michael J. Baier, Dunbarton, NH (US); David Blumberg, Jr., Deerfield, NH (US); Hugh J. Boddington, Concord, NH (US); Thomas A. Friedrich, Loudon, NH (US); Paul G. Girouard, Allenstown, NH (US); Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, NH (US); and David C. Nivens, Hollis, NH (US)
Assigned to DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,828.
Application 18/224,828 is a continuation of application No. 16/542,789, filed on Aug. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,707,615.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/765,100, filed on Aug. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0355951 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 39/28 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/285 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14228 (2013.01); A61M 39/287 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14533 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for treating a patient, comprising:
a pump for treating a patient, comprising:
a carriage housing;
a carriage disposed within the carriage housing and configured to receive a slide clamp, the carriage pivotable within the housing, wherein the housing includes at least one tube retainer to retain a tube when the carriage is pivoted within the carriage housing;
a pivot coupled to the carriage to pivot the carriage around an axis;
a pawl pivotably coupled to the carriage housing and configured to engage with a slot of the carriage to stop rotation of the carriage in a first pivot direction;
a lifter pin configured to actuate in response to closing a door on the pump; and
a lift coupled to the pawl and configured to receive the lifter pin; and
a slide clamp assembly, comprising:
a slide clamp including a body defining an arcuate slot configured to receive a pinchable tube, the arcuate slot including a flowing portion and an occluding portion.