Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous vacuum pump
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Application No.: US16538243Application Date: 2019-08-12
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Publication No.: US11623192B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Sebastien Chaligne
- Applicant: ZIMMER GMBH
- Applicant Address: CH Winterthur
- Assignee: ZIMMER GMBH
- Current Assignee: ZIMMER GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Winterthur
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: B01F33/70
- IPC: B01F33/70 ; F04D29/12 ; F04F5/48 ; A61B17/88 ; B01F31/40 ; B01F101/20

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a pump body, two or more arms extending from the pump body configured to hold a cement mixing container, a vacuum port exposed on an exterior surface of the pump body and positioned to engage a port on the cement mixing container, a venturi positioned proximate the vacuum port; a perforator within the pump body, the perforator configured to puncture a gas container to release gas to the venturi to create a vacuum at the vacuum port; and an actuator configured to puncture the gas container with the perforator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200061558A1 AUTONOMOUS VACUUM PUMP Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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