A wastewater sump assembly for receiving and disposing of undesired fluid and, in some cases, solid waste (collectively “wastewater”). A sump basin includes an upstanding wall a base and a top. A sensor in the form, e.g., of a float switch extends into the basin and is operable to actuate a pump to remove collective wastewater from the basin. The sensor depends from a sensor support that is supported distally within the basin in a vertical manner and is supported proximately within the basin in a horizontal manner, with securement of the sensor support not requiring traversal of the basin top and with the distal basin support not needing to be accessed vertically through a pump access aperture in the top.

The invention relates to a positive displacement pump 1 for conveying medical fluids, which pump has a pumping chamber 5 and a positive displacement element 15, and to a blood treatment apparatus comprising a positive displacement pump 1. In addition, the invention relates to a method for controlling a positive displacement pump 1 for conveying medical fluids. The positive displacement pump 1 according to the invention has an actuation member 20 in operative connection with the positive displacement element 20 for displacing or deforming the positive displacement element in order to convey the fluid into the pumping chamber or out of the pumping chamber, and a drive device 21 for displacing the actuation member 20. A control unit 14 is provided for to controlling the drive device 21 and an inlet valve 12 and outlet valve 13. The actuation member 20 is in operative connection with the positive displacement element 15 via a working chamber 19 that is filled with gas and has a sealed volume. In order to achieve a high conveying precision, the pressure in the working chamber 5 is kept constant when the positive displacement element 15 is moved.

Method, and associated system, computer program and use, of controlling working range of a pump bellows, including maximum limitations such as maximum retracting position and maximum extension position of the bellows, the method comprising the steps of: a) reading at least a first position of a bellows (6′, 6″) in a closed hydraulic loop volume using at least one position sensor (12′, 12″), g) transmitting a first position signal representing the first position to a control system, h) wherein the control system, based on the at least first position signal: c1) determines the position of the bellows (6′, 6″) represented by the at least first position signal, c2) compares the position of the bellows (6′, 6″) with a predetermined bellows position operating range, and c3) if the position is outside the predetermined bellows position operating range, instructs an oil management system valve (16′, 16″) allowing a dual acting pressure boosting liquid partition device (2) to recalibrate the hydraulic fluid volume in the closed hydraulic loop volume to re-establish a hydraulic fluid volume that causes the at least first position to return to a position within the predetermined bellows position operating range.

A positive displacement pump includes a housing surrounding a drive chamber and a diaphragm compartment. A drive element is inside the drive chamber. A diaphragm is inside the diaphragm compartment and divides the diaphragm compartment into a fluid chamber and a cavity. A shaft connects the drive element and the diaphragm. A breather valve is fluidically connected to the cavity and is configured to allow air to exit the cavity. The cavity is fluidically disconnected from the drive chamber.

The invention relates to a low-pressure starter device for pneumatic pumps with a pivoting directional air-control valve, characterised in that the low-pressure starter system consists of a retractable push piston actuated by a variable-tension spring that exerts pressure on the shaft of a pivoting element of the body of the directional valve, during start-up, in an end operating positions, said device being formed by a retractable piston, a sealing gasket, a spring and a spring stop.

A diaphragm for a pump has a one-piece elastomeric body centered on an axis and formed with an annular outer clamping edge, an annular flexible web extending radially inward from the outer edge, and a core joined by the web to the outer edge and formed in turn by an upper wall and a lower wall axially spaced therefrom. This lower wall is formed on the axis with a throughgoing hole. An insert between the walls extends through the hole, and interengaging formations on the insert and on the lower wall radially couple the insert to the lower wall at an inner edge of the hole.

A control unit includes a first connector configured to connect a proportional pressure regulator to a positive pressure supply and a second connector configured to connect the proportional pressure regulator to a negative pressure supply. The control unit further includes at least one sensor configured to detect an amount of air flow (volume per unit of time), positive or negative, within an air flow line connected to an output of the proportional pressure regulator, and a third connector configured to connect the air flow line to an air side of a diaphragm. Additionally, the control unit includes a controller programmed to control at least an opening and closing function of the proportional pressure regulator to attain a desired amount of air flow (volume per unit of time), positive or negative, within the air flow line.

An actuating and sensing module is disclosed and includes a bottom plate, terminals, a control chip, a partition plate, a gas pressure sensor, a thin gas transportation device and a cover plate. The bottom plate includes terminal grooves, a recess, a gas outlet and a gas relief aperture. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves. The control chip is disposed in the recess. The partition plate is stacked on the bottom plate and includes an outlet opening in communication with the gas outlet and a pressure relief orifice corresponding to the gas relief aperture. The thin gas transportation device seals the gas outlet and the pressure relief orifice. The cover plate includes an opening passed through by the thin gas transportation device. The gas is transported to the outlet opening by the thin gas transportation device and sensed by the gas pressure sensor disposed in the outlet opening.

Disclosed herein are robust disposable alternating tangential flow (ATF) housing and diaphragm pump units and associated methods of manufacturing, testing, wetting, and using the same.

In one general aspect, the present application relates to a leak detection device that includes a body, a liquid separator, and a liquid level detector. The body includes an airflow inlet, an airflow outlet, and a liquid reservoir. The airflow outlet is arranged to substantially align with the airflow inlet. The liquid reservoir is formed in a bottom portion of the body. The liquid separator is positioned directly between the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet. The liquid separator divides an airflow path from the airflow inlet to the airflow outlet into at least two separate flow paths around the liquid separator. The liquid level detector is at least partially contained within a channel defined within a lower portion of the liquid separator, where the channel is in liquid communication with the liquid reservoir.