Provided is a pumping system that includes a parallel dual chamber pumping mechanism and an attachable disposable cassette. The disposable cassette includes a multi-laminate membrane which facilitates efficient, accurate and uniform delivery of fluids. The multi-laminate membrane is held in intimate contact with the pumping fingers of the pumping mechanism by electrostatic or magnetic attraction, thereby allowing the pump to pull a vacuum without the need for a preloaded elastomeric pumping segment.

The present disclosure describes various embodiments of adjustable implants, particularly permanent breast implants, intended for implantation into a subject, particularly a human subject. In some embodiments, the adjustable implant comprises a shell including a resilient shell membrane, a first reservoir containing a fluid, e.g., a saline, a second reservoir including a resilient second-reservoir membrane, and a pump. The pump may include a first pump actuator, a first pump inlet, and a first pump outlet. The first reservoir and second reservoir may be disposed within the shell and be in fluid communication via the pump. Fluid may be transferred between the two reservoirs to change the profile of the implant.

A pump unit includes a piezoelectric pump and a housing accommodating the piezoelectric pump. The piezoelectric pump includes a piezoelectric device having a through-hole, a first elastic plate covering an end of the through-hole, and a second elastic plate covering another end of the through-hole. The first elastic plate has a communication hole communicating with the through-hole of the piezoelectric device.

A conveying device at least for conveying a conveying medium includes at least one conveying space, with at least one conveying space element, which at least partly delimits the conveying space and is embodied in a rigid fashion, and with at least one elastically deformable conveying element which delimits the conveying space together with the conveying space element. The conveying space element includes at least one concave recess for at least partly forming the conveying space, wherein an inner surface of the conveying space element, which delimits the concave recess, forms a wall of the conveying space, wherein the conveying element comprises at least one conveying surface, which is utilizable in targeted fashion for a conveyance of a fluid in the conveying space and/or through the conveying space.

A sanitary check valve having an open hook hinge coupling the valve disc to the valve body. The open hook hinge comprises a pair of open hook receivers coupled to the valve body, each open hook receiver adapted to receive a respective free end of a pin which is coupled to the valve disc. The open hook hinge prevents separation of valve disc from valve body during operations while permitting thorough cleaning and sanitation of sanitary check valve.

A pneumatic micropump is provided. The pneumatic micropump includes a fluidic channel layer, an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an upper membrane and a lower membrane. The fluidic channel includes a fluid inlet a reservoir, and a fluid outlet, wherein the fluid passes through the fluid inlet, the reservoir and the fluid outlet, successively. The upper substrate includes an upper pneumatic chamber facing the reservoir. The lower substrate includes a lower pneumatic chamber facing the reservoir. The upper membrane is disposed between the upper pneumatic chamber and the reservoir, and the lower membrane is disposed between the lower pneumatic chamber and the reservoir.

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.

A microfluidic chip pump is provided. The microfluidic chip pump may include: a pump housing comprising a pump cavity, a moveable member arranged in the pump cavity, separating the pump cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber; and an actuator assembly configured to drive the moveable member between a first stable position and a second stable position, changing a volume of the first chamber and a volume of the second chamber. When the moveable member is at the first stable position, the first chamber may reach a minimum volume. When the moveable member is at the second stable position, the first chamber may reach a maximum volume. The microfluidic chip pump may be configured to expel a fixed volume of fluid from the second chamber each time the moveable member is driven from the first stable position to the second stable position.

A diaphragm pump includes a valve seat, a head cover covered on the valve seat, and a pair of valve plates. A surface of the valves seat is formed concavely with a first receiving trough with a first flow passage, and a second receiving trough with a second flow passage. One of the valve plates is disposed in the first receiving trough, and the other one is disposed in the second receiving trough. The first and second receiving troughs respectively have a geometric shape corresponding with that of the valve plate. The valve plate has a sealing part, and at least one extending arm extended outwardly from the sealing part. The sealing part has a geometric shape being bilaterally symmetrical. The extending arm has an arced end. A gap is existed between an edge of the valves plate and the first receiving trough or the second receiving trough.

The invention relates to a valve assembly for a diaphragm pump, the valve assembly having an inlet side and an outlet side. A first outlet channel (23) leads from an inlet opening (24) arranged on the inlet side to an outlet opening (25) arranged on the outlet side, and a second outlet channel (26) leads from an inlet opening (27) arranged on the inlet side to an outlet opening (28) arranged on the outlet side. An inlet channel (30) has a first part (31) and a second part (32), the second part (32) having an outlet opening (33), which is arranged on the inlet side, and the first part (31) extending at an angle to the second part (32). An inlet valve body (40) is provided at the outlet opening (33) of the second part (32) of the inlet channel (30), and a first outlet valve body (41) is provided at the outlet opening (25) of the first outlet channel (23). The outlet opening (28) of the second outlet channel (26) is closed and opened either by a second outlet valve body or also by the first outlet valve body (41).