A heat insulation structure and a liquid supply system that can prevent breakage of a heat insulation member while providing satisfactory heat insulation. The heat insulation structure includes heat insulation members 520 provided between two components and having heat conductivity lower than the two components and a slidable member 530 slidable on the heat insulation member 520. At least two of the heat insulation members 520 are arranged along the direction of compression by the two components, and at least one of the slidable member 530 is disposed between the heat insulation members which are adjacent to each other. The heat insulation members 520 and the slidable member 530 are allowed to be displaced in directions perpendicular to the direction of compression.

An extrusion pumping module including a pumping unit, wherein the pumping unit includes: a plate member in a plate shape, at a center of which a flow hole opened is provided and which is formed to be inclined gradually to one outer side with respect to the flow hole; and a coupling member provided so that the pair of plate members overlap, wherein the pumping unit is coupled such that as a gap between the pair of plate members is narrowed, an accommodated material in a liquid state accommodated in the inside is extruded through the flow holes, as the gap between the pair of plate members is distanced, the accommodated material is introduced into the internal space, and a plurality of the flow holes communicate with each other.

A reciprocating fluid pump includes a pump body, a subject fluid chamber, a first plunger located within the subject fluid chamber of the pump body and having a first head portion and a first bellows, the first plunger configured to expand and compress in a reciprocating action to pump the subject fluid through the subject fluid chamber within the pump body, wherein the first head portion and the first bellows have a first cross-sectional dimension, and a second plunger located within the subject fluid chamber of the pump body and having a second head portion and a second bellows, the second plunger configured to expand and compress in a reciprocating action to pump the subject fluid through the subject fluid chamber within the pump body, wherein the second head portion and the second bellows have a second cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than the first cross-sectional dimension.

An SMA actuated capsule micropump is provided having a linear actuation which leads to large deflection, high discharge volume, and high static head pressure. The pump is designed for drug delivery applications by introducing a replaceable capsule reservoir and controlling the drug's delivery at a constant dose and a constant static head pressure. The device has a wide range of flow rates (from less than 2 to more than 2500 ?L/min) that would be suitable for a broad range of drug delivery applications. Also, the pump has a wide range of pressures up to 14 kPa (105 mmHg) that are possible, which well exceeds the back pressure of most of the superficial veins typically utilized for intravenous drug delivery, without compromising the suitability for transdermal drug delivery.

The disclosure relates to a pump at least for conveying a fluid, comprising at least one conveyor device which has at least one conveyor chamber, at least one dimensionally stable conveyor chamber element that at least partly delimits the conveyor chamber, and at least one elastically deformable conveyor element that together with the conveyor chamber element delimits the conveyor chamber and is arranged on the conveyor chamber element; at least one drive unit for acting on the conveyor device; and at least one housing for receiving the conveyor device, wherein the housing is formed at least separately from the conveyor chamber element of the conveyor device, in particular from the conveyor device as a whole, in particular such that the conveyor chamber element, in particular the conveyor device, can be removed as a whole from the housing.

A conduit dredge has a handle, a compression member, and a sealing member. The compression member is connected with an end of the handle, is hollow, is made of plastic, is compressible, and has a first end connected with the handle and a second end. The sealing member is connected with the second end of the compression member, is hollow, is made of rubber, and has a first end connected with the second end of the compression member, a second end, and a conical tubular segment formed on the second end of the sealing member.

The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HARNESSING THE ENERGY OF FLUID FLOW TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY OR PUMP FLUID include a device which, when placed in fluid-flow, harnesses the kinetic energy of the flow to generate electricity or to perform useful mechanical work such as pumping. For example, the undulating mechanical action of traveling waves along flexible fins may be harnessed by summing the varying speeds and torques along the fins into a unified circulatory system for power take-off or fluid extraction. The device may include two fins, a chassis, and bellows/pistons/rotary vanes and the like which are connected via a circulatory system of tubes or conduits.

A clamping device includes at least one clamp-in unit for clamping in at least one flexible-tube delivery element of a delivery device, wherein, for a delivery of a medium, a drive force is exertable on said flexible-tube delivery element by a drive unit of the delivery device, when the flexible-tube delivery element is arranged in the clamp-in unit, the clamp-in unit is configured to clamp the flexible-tube delivery element so that it is curved as a whole, and includes at least one clamping element, which includes a convex abutment element realizing an abutment surface for the flexible-tube delivery element, wherein the clamp-in unit includes at least the clamping element, which has at least one angled clamping surface, and which includes at least one adhesive element that is arranged on the clamping surface of the clamping element.

A liquid can be delivered with a simple configuration. A liquid delivery method includes allowing a liquid to flow in a tube having elasticity depending on a pressure of a gas filled in an inner space between a tube housing covering an outside of the tube and an outer surface of the tube; obtaining a magnitude of a pressure of the liquid flowing in the tube as a first value; obtaining a magnitude of the pressure of the gas filled in the inner space as a second value; calculating a difference between the first value and the second value as a third value; and detecting a status of the tube on the basis of the third value.

A pump is configured to operate due to the bending of the pump. The pump can be used in a variety of applications including a dispensing application in which the pump is housed within a pouch. This type of pump takes advantage of the inherent flexible nature of the pouch.