Abstract:
An occluder, and methods for occlusion, that employs first and second opposed occluding members associated with each other, a tube contacting member connected to, or comprising at least a portion of, at least one of the first and second occluding members, and a force actuator constructed and positioned to apply a force to at least one of the first and second occluding members. Application of the force by the force actuator may cause the tube contacting member to move between a tube occluding and an open position. A release member may be configured and positioned to enable an operator to manually move the tube contacting member from the tube occluding position to the open position even with no force applied to the occluding member by the force actuator. In one embodiment, the force actuator may apply a force sufficient to bend both the first and second occluding members, so that upon application of the force by the force actuator (such as an air bladder), the first and second occluding members (e.g., spring plates pivotally connected at opposite ends) bend and the tube contacting member may move between a tube occluding and an open position.
Abstract:
A system including a pumping cassette having a first side including number of valve wells and second side having a fluid bus. Each side may be covered by a flexible membrane. A control surface having a number of valve well control stations actuatable with respect to the flexible membrane covering the first side of the cassette to open and close the valve wells when the cassette is mated against the control surface may be included. A pressure distribution assembly having a positive and negative pressure source and a number of pneumatic valves may be included. A controller configured to selectively actuate the number of pneumatic valves to apply pressure against the valve well control stations in a valve pumping sequence until a volume displaced through the fluid bus of the pumping cassette from a source to a destination is within a range of a target volume may be included.
Abstract:
Un oclusor, y métodos para oclusión, que utiliza primer y segundo miembros de oclusión opuestos asociados uno con otro, un miembro de contacto con el tubo conectado a, o que comprende por lo menos una porción de, por lo menos uno del primer y segundo miembros de oclusión, y un accionador de fuerza construido y ubicado para aplicar una fuerza a por lo menos uno del primer y segundo miembros de oclusión; la aplicación de la fuerza por el accionador de fuerza puede causar que el miembro de contacto con el tubo se mueva entre una posición de oclusión de tubo y una posición abierta; un miembro de liberación puede estar configurado y ubicado para permitir a un operador mover manualmente el miembro de contacto con el tubo de la posición de oclusión del tubo a la posición abierta incluso sin fuerza aplicada al miembro de oclusión por el accionador de fuerza; en una modalidad, el accionador de fuerza puede aplicar una fuerza suficiente para doblar tanto el primer como el segundo miembros de oclusión, de modo que bajo aplicación de la fuerza por el accionador de fuerza (tal como una vejiga de aire), el primer y segundo miembros de oclusión (v.gr., placas de resorte pivotalmente conectadas en extremos opuestos) se doblan y el miembro de contacto con el tubo puede moverse entre una posición de oclusión de tubo y una posición abierta.
Abstract:
A medical treatment system and methods using a plurality of fluid lines are disclosed. A method of determining a heightwise location of a component of interest relative to a pumping chamber of a fluid handling set comprises establishing a flow path between the pumping chamber and the component of interest; receiving, with a controller, first data from a pressure sensor indicative of pressure in the pumping chamber; detecting, with the controller, a feature profile in the first data; and determining, with the controller, the heightwise location of the component of interest using the first data and additional temporal data associated with the feature profile before the first data indicates that the pressure in the pumping chamber is stable.
Abstract:
An occluder (147), and methods for occlusion, that employs first and second opposed occluding members (165) associated with each other, a tube contacting member (161) connected to, or comprising at least a portion of, at least one of the first and second occluding members, and a force actuator (166) constructed and positioned to apply a force to at least one of the first and second occluding members. Application of the force by the force actuator may cause the tube contacting member to move between a tube occluding and an open position. A release member (169) may be configured and positioned to enable an operator to manually move the tube contacting member from the tube occluding position to the open position even with no force applied to the occluding member by the force actuator. In one embodiment, the force actuator may apply a force sufficient to bend both the first and second occluding members, so that upon application of the force by the force actuator (such as an air bladder), the first and second occluding members (e.g., spring plates pivotal Iy connected at opposite ends) bend and the tube contacting member may move between a tube occluding and an open position.
Abstract:
A system including a pumping cassette having a first side including number of valve wells and second side having a fluid bus. Each side may be covered by a flexible membrane. A control surface having a number of valve well control stations actuatable with respect to the flexible membrane covering the first side of the cassette to open and close the valve wells when the cassette is mated against the control surface may be included. A pressure distribution assembly having a positive and negative pressure source and a number of pneumatic valves may be included. A controller configured to selectively actuate the number of pneumatic valves to apply pressure against the valve well control stations in a valve pumping sequence until a volume displaced through the fluid bus of the pumping cassette from a source to a destination is within a range of a target volume may be included.
Abstract:
A pump cassette comprising an outer flexible membrane covering flowpaths, valve chambers and pump chambers of the cassette is designed to be actuated by a control gasket on a base unit arranged to move designated valve and pump portions of the cassette membrane. The performance of a cassette valve may improved by optimizing the configuration of the valve control region of the control gasket overlying the cassette valve. This may improve both fluid flow through the valve and reduce the amount of vibratory noise associated with opening the valve. The gasket valve control or actuation region is at least partially bounded by a vacuum channel facing the outside of the gasket so that a constant vacuum can be applied between the gasket valve control or actuation region and the adjacent portion of the cassette membrane. An improved version of the vacuum channel comprises a flexible inner wall (contiguous with the valve control region) so that the inner wall flexes or partially collapses away from the cassette valve seat, while still maintaining patency of the vacuum channel during the application of negative pressure on the gasket valve actuation region to open the cassette valve.
Abstract:
An occluder, and methods for occlusion, that employs first and second opposed occluding members associated with each other, a tube contacting member connected to, or comprising at least a portion of, at least one of the first and second occluding members, and a force actuator constructed and positioned to apply a force to the first and second occluding members. Application of the force by the force actuator may cause the tube contacting member to move between a tube occluding and an open position. In one embodiment, the force actuator may apply a force sufficient to bend both the first and second occluding members, so that upon application of the force by the force actuator (such as an air bladder), the first and second occluding members (e.g., spring plates pivotally connected at opposite ends) bend and the tube contacting member may move between a tube occluding and an open position.