Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Peristaltic pump with constrictions at fixed locations
- Patent Title (中): 蠕动泵在固定位置收缩
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Application No.: US12290650Application Date: 2008-10-31
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Publication No.: US08382460B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: John Ramunas , Juan G. Santiago , David P Fenning , Viktor Shkolnikov
- Applicant: John Ramunas , Juan G. Santiago , David P Fenning , Viktor Shkolnikov
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Lumen Patent Firm
- Main IPC: F04B43/08
- IPC: F04B43/08

Abstract:
In a pump, a flexible tube passes through the pump and is held “normally closed” at an output constriction. The pump includes a pump body and a pump member that can perform two functions by their relative motion. The first function is to open and close an input constriction of the flexible tube. The second function is to compress the section of flexible tube between the input constriction and the output constriction. This section of tube acts as the pump chamber. When closed, the input constriction provides a greater impediment to fluid flow than the output constriction. Therefore, when the input constriction is closed and the pump chamber is compressed, fluid flows out of the pump past the output constriction. When the input constriction is open and compression of the pump chamber is removed, the output constriction closes and fluid can enter the pump by flowing past the location of the input constriction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100111733A1 Peristaltic pump with constrictions at fixed locations Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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