Patent classifications
A61M60/441
Medical fluid pumping systems and related devices and methods
This disclosure relates to medical fluid pumping systems and related devices and methods. In some aspects, a medical fluid pumping system includes a medical fluid pumping machine including a piston head that can be linearly displaced and a medical fluid cassette that can be secured to the medical fluid pumping machine. The medical fluid cassette includes a fastening member attached to a region of a flexible membrane overlying a fluid pump chamber, and the piston head is configured to be mechanically connected to the fastening member of the cassette.
Device for extracorporeal blood treatment
The invention relates to a system for treating blood, which includes a single cassette capable of carrying out the various CRRT treatments.
DISPLACEMENT SENSING DEVICE AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SYSTEM
A displacement sensing device is configured for a peritoneal dialysis system. The peritoneal dialysis system includes a housing and a syringe. The syringe is disposed on the housing and has a push rod. The displacement sensing device includes a guide rod, a probing module, and a resistance scale. The guide rod is coupled to the push rod, and the probing module is disposed in the housing and is fixed at the guide rod. The resistance scale is disposed at a side of the probing module. The probing module is configured to contact the resistance scale to obtain a resistance value of the resistance scale and determine a displacement magnitude of the push rod. In addition, a peritoneal dialysis system is also mentioned.
MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND TUBE PUMP
A motor drive controlling apparatus includes: a controller that generates and outputs a drive control signal, in response to input of a speed command signal and a rotational direction signal; a motor driver that generates and outputs a drive signal to a motor, in response to the drive control signal; and an encoder that detects a rotational position of the motor to output an encoder signal. The controller includes: a measurement unit that detects, based on the encoder signal, a time at which a rotational state of the motor becomes, caused by an external factor, different from that commanded by the speed command and rotational direction signals, and measures a movement amount from the time; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the motor driver, a signal for stopping an output of the drive signal, when the movement amount and a drive-control-signal outputting state satisfy a predetermined condition.
MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND TUBE PUMP
A motor drive controlling apparatus includes: a controller that outputs a drive control signal; a motor driver that generates and outputs a drive signal to a motor; and an encoder that detects a rotational position of the motor. The controller has a measurement unit that detects a time point when rotation of the motor is switched to a reverse direction of a target rotational direction by an external factor during input of the speed command signal, and measures a movement amount in the reverse direction from a rotational position of the motor at a time point of the switching, and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the motor driver, a switching signal that switches a conduction method from 180-degree conduction to 120-degree conduction in a case where the movement amount is a predetermined threshold or more.
Slide device, mechanical seal, pump and auxiliary artificial heart system
Provided is a slide device which includes a fixed-side slide member having an annular-shaped first slide surface, and a rotary-side slide member having an annular-shaped second slide surface, with the slide device being configured such that the first slide surface and the second slide surface are positioned opposite to each other, and an outer peripheral side of the fixed-side slide member and an outer peripheral side of the rotary-side slide member are brought into contact with a liquid containing a blood component, and a region where the first slide surface and the second slide surface face each other along the rotary-side slide member, the first slide surface and the second slide surface are brought into contact with each other on an outermost periphery of the opposite-facing region of the first and second slide surfaces.
Pump for support of the heart
Rotary lobe pump, comprising a pump housing (2, 9, 10) with a substantially cylindrical pump chamber (8) and a rotary lobe as rotor (1) with at least two blades (3) arranged opposite each other or evenly distributed in the circumferential direction and at least one sealing valve (4), characterized in that at least two sealing valves (4a, 4b) arranged opposite one another or uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction are provided, the at least two sealing valves (4a, 4b) being rotatable or pivotable, and an inlet duct (11) to at least two inlet openings (6) into the pump chamber (8) and an outlet duct (12) from at least two outlet openings (7) out of the pump chamber (8) being provided axially in a rotor axial tube (18), extending from the opposite axial ends and separated from one another.
Portable controller and power source for mechanical circulation support systems
A portable external device for a mechanical circulation support system includes first and second power sources, e.g. batteries and control electronics for redundant uninterrupted operation of an implantable blood pump. The control and power source module may be configured for variable form factors to accommodate a variety of wearable configurations for patient convenience and comfort.
PUMP WITH EXTERNAL CONTROLLED COMPRESSION AND METHODS OF PUMPING WITH EXTERNAL CONTROLLED COMPRESSION
The present invention relates to pumps, particularly a compact, linear, positive displacement pump that can be used in several applications including medical and non-medical devices. In particular, the invention is related to linear, positive displacement compression blood pumps (either intracorporeal or extracorporeal) that provide systemic circulatory stability by maintaining a steady average blood pressure. In some embodiments, the invention relates to perfusion pumps, infusion pumps, pumps used for ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenators) and bioreactor pumps.
TUBE ROLLER PUMP
A peristaltic pump for extracorporeal blood treatment includes a pump housing in which a rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis. The rotor has at least two squeeze elements offset in a circumferential direction to each other. The pump housing has a support surface extending arc-shaped about the rotor axis and spaced radially from the rotor. The support surface is configured to support a tube segment which is radially insertable between the rotor and the support surface. In order to extend the service life of the pump and reduce fluctuations in the pump volume, the pump has co-rotating guide surfaces arranged and configured adjacent to both sides of the squeeze element in the circumferential direction in such a way that they each form a circular segment-like guiding passage with the support surface, in which the tube segment can be fixed radially with a predetermined clearance fit.