A control valve for a pump for delivering a fluid. The control valve includes: a valve housing which delineates a piston chamber; a piston which can be moved within the piston chamber; and a fluid channel which ports into the piston chamber via a port opening, wherein the port opening defines a port control edge. The valve housing includes a recess which extends into the fluid channel, wherein the recess defines a recess control edge which is axially offset with respect to the port control edge, and/or the piston includes a piston recess which defines a piston recess control edge.

A system and method for controlling a pump in a drilling system, of which the method includes determining a plurality of baseline behaviors for one or more valves of the pump, determining a plurality of in-use behaviors for the one or more valves of the pump. Each of the plurality of in-use behaviors are determined based on one or more measurements from one or more sensors. The method also includes comparing the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, and forecasting, based on the comparison of the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, a remaining useful life of the at least one of the one or more valves.

A system and method for controlling a pump in a drilling system, of which the method includes determining a plurality of baseline behaviors for one or more valves of the pump, determining a plurality of in-use behaviors for the one or more valves of the pump. Each of the plurality of in-use behaviors are determined based on one or more measurements from one or more sensors. The method also includes comparing the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, and forecasting, based on the comparison of the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, a remaining useful life of the at least one of the one or more valves.

A device is provided comprising a receiving chamber for receiving a patient's sample, a first reagent reservoir and a second reagent reservoir. The receiving chamber may be configured for receiving at least an end portion of a sample collecting element, with the patient's sample being collected by that sample collecting element. The first reagent reservoir may generally be configured to accommodate a liquid reagent which may include a lysing agent, i.e. the liquid may be a kind of a lysis buffer. Likewise, the second reagent reservoir may generally be configured to accommodate a dry reagent which may include magnetic particles. The device may further comprise at least one of the following two actuators, a first actuator for supplying a first reagent from the first reagent reservoir to the sample and a second actuator for supplying a second reagent from the second reagent reservoir to the resulting mixture.

There is described a patch pump comprising a cartridge, a power source, a pump system, a drug delivery device and a control system configured to operate in particular the pump system and the drug delivery device. The pump system comprises, on the one hand, a pump having a pump housing containing a pump piston and a valve piston and, on the other hand, a pump drive comprising a piston motor and a valve motor for driving the pump piston and the valve piston independently from each other through a first and a second transmission. The drug delivery device comprises a transdermal delivery system having a needle actuation mechanism configured for transdermal insertion of a cannula.

An unloader valve includes a seat including a plurality of inlet apertures spaced apart from one another and extending through the seat along one of a plurality of parallel inlet axes. A manifold plate is fixedly connected to the seat and includes a plurality of outlet apertures, each spaced apart from one another and extending through the manifold plate along one of a plurality of parallel outlet axes. The unloader valve also includes a plurality of plug holes, a control chamber formed in the manifold plate, and a control space fully defined by the manifold plate and arranged to fluidly connect the control chamber and each of the plug holes to one another. The unloader valve also includes a control member disposed within the control chamber and movable between a first position in which the control space is exposed to a pressure source, and a second position in which the control space is isolated and a plurality of plugs, each positioned within one of the plug holes and movable between a closed position in which each plug closes one of the inlet apertures and an open position in which the plurality of inlet openings are in fluid communication with the plurality of outlet openings.

An unloader valve includes a seat including a plurality of inlet apertures spaced apart from one another and extending through the seat along one of a plurality of parallel inlet axes. A manifold plate is fixedly connected to the seat and includes a plurality of outlet apertures, each spaced apart from one another and extending through the manifold plate along one of a plurality of parallel outlet axes. The unloader valve also includes a plurality of plug holes, a control chamber formed in the manifold plate, and a control space fully defined by the manifold plate and arranged to fluidly connect the control chamber and each of the plug holes to one another. The unloader valve also includes a control member disposed within the control chamber and movable between a first position in which the control space is exposed to a pressure source, and a second position in which the control space is isolated and a plurality of plugs, each positioned within one of the plug holes and movable between a closed position in which each plug closes one of the inlet apertures and an open position in which the plurality of inlet openings are in fluid communication with the plurality of outlet openings.

A liquid pump having a pump liner and a pump piston, wherein the pump liner defines a central longitudinal bore and a transverse inlet bore communicating with the central bore for conveying a liquid. The pump piston has a centerline intersecting with a centerline of the transverse inlet bore, and further has a flat surface formed parallel with the piston centerline at a distal end of the piston. The flat surface defines a cut-out portion of the piston, wherein the cut-out portion has a hydraulic diameter equal to the diameter of the transverse inlet bore of the liner, and a distance from the centerline of the piston to the flat surface defining the cut-out portion is greater than or equal to ½ of the diameter of the transverse inlet bore of the liner.

A liquid pump having a pump liner and a pump piston, wherein the pump liner defines a central longitudinal bore and a transverse inlet bore communicating with the central bore for conveying a liquid. The pump piston has a centerline intersecting with a centerline of the transverse inlet bore, and further has a flat surface formed parallel with the piston centerline at a distal end of the piston. The flat surface defines a cut-out portion of the piston, wherein the cut-out portion has a hydraulic diameter equal to the diameter of the transverse inlet bore of the liner, and a distance from the centerline of the piston to the flat surface defining the cut-out portion is greater than or equal to ½ of the diameter of the transverse inlet bore of the liner.

A pump unit (1a) comprising a cavity (6a) defined by an immobile part (17), a reciprocating part (16), and a top element (18) sealing the cavity to define a chamber. The top element is fixedly attached to a scrolling piston wall (5a), slidably disposed within the cavity to move perpendicularly relative the chamber, dividing it in two sealed subchambers, the chamber following the reciprocating parts component of the piston wall, along the immobile part. Each subchamber has inlets and outlets on the immobile part, that are alternately exposed and covered as the reciprocating part and the piston wall moves.