Pump device comprising a storage device for receiving a handset

Abstract

A pump device (1) for administering a medical fluid to a patient (4), comprises a housing 5 (10), a pumping mechanism (12) for pumping a medical fluid through an infusion line (3) toward a patient (4), and a handset (16) for entering a control command for controlling an operation of the pumping mechanism (12). Herein, a storage device (15) is arranged on the housing (10) and comprises a receptacle (150) defining a cavity (151) therein for receiving the handset (16). In this way a pump device is provided which allows for improved comfort in particular when using the pump device in a healthcare environment, for example at the bedside of a patient.

Claims

1. A pump device for administering a medical fluid to a patient, comprising: a housing having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, a pumping mechanism for pumping a medical fluid through an infusion line toward a patient, the pumping mechanism disposed on the front side of the housing and comprising an exposed pusher device for acting onto a syringe for administering a medical fluid from the syringe towards a patient, a handset for entering a control command for controlling an operation of the pumping mechanism, the handset having a proximal end and a distal end, a storage device arranged on the back side of the housing and comprising a receptacle defining a cavity configured to receive the distal end of the handset therein, the distal end of the handset disposed therein, and a fixation device arranged on the back side of the housing and comprising a clamp with a handle attached to a moveable jaw cooperable with a stand, the clamp used to fix the pump device to the stand, wherein the distal end of the handset is connected to the housing via a connection cable, and the receptacle comprises an exit opening configured to guide the connection cable out of the cavity, the connection cable being received therethrough with the distal end of the handset disposed in the cavity, and wherein the storage device comprises a cable storage around which the connection cable can be wound with the connection cable attached to the housing, the cable storage comprising a body around which the connection cable can be wound, and the body extends from the housing and is confined, at a far end pointing away from the housing, by an outer rim protruding from the body, wherein the receptacle also is confined, at a far end pointing away from the housing, by an outer wall in which the exit opening is formed, neither the outer rim of the cable storage nor the outer wall of the receptacle in interference with the handle of the clamp.

2. The pump device according to claim 1, wherein the exit opening is arranged on a bottom end of the receptacle, and the receptacle is open towards a top end opposite the bottom end such that the distal end of the handset is insertable into the cavity defined by the receptacle through the top end.

3. The pump device according to claim 1, wherein the cable storage is integrally formed with the receptacle.

4. The pump device according to claim 1, wherein the connection cable comprises a connector by which the connection cable is attached to the housing at a bottom side of the housing.

5. The pump device according to claim 1, wherein the handle is disposed a first distance pointing away from the housing, the outer rim protrudes a second distance point pointing away from the housing, and the outer wall protrudes a third distance point away from the housing, wherein the second and third distances are smaller than the first distance.

6. The pump device according to claim 1, wherein the handle is disposed a first distance pointing away from the housing, the outer rim comprises the outer wall, and the outer rim and outer wall protrude a second distance point pointing away from the housing, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.

Description

(1) The idea underlying the invention shall subsequently be described in more detail with respect to the embodiments shown in the figures. Herein:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a view of an embodiment of an infusion device in the shape of a syringe pump;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a back-side view of a pump device according to a first embodiment;

(4) FIG. 3 shows another view of the pump device, showing in particular a storage device for receiving a handset of the pump device and a connection cable connected to the handset;

(5) FIG. 4 shows another view of the storage device of the pump device; and

(6) FIG. 5 shows a storage device of a pump device according to a different embodiment.

(7) FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an infusion device 1 in the shape of a syringe pump having a housing 10 and a receptacle 11 arranged on the housing 10 to receive a syringe 2 therein.

(8) The syringe 2 comprises a cylindrical tube 20 which, when installing the syringe 2 on the infusion device 1, contains a medical liquid, for example a medication, to be infused to a patient 4. The cylindrical tube 20 is connected, via a connector 200, to an infusion line 3 which may extend from the syringe 2 towards a patient 4 for infusing the medical liquid to the patient 4.

(9) For installing the syringe 2 on the receptacle 11 of the infusion device 1, the cylindrical tube 20 of the syringe 2 is placed in the receptacle 11 and is mechanically connected to the housing 10 by means of a fixation device 110. By means of the fixation device 110, for example constituted by a releasable clamp element, the cylindrical tube 20 is secured within the receptacle 11 such that the cylindrical tube 20 is held in position on the receptacle 11.

(10) The syringe 2 comprises a piston 21 which, for delivering medical fluid contained in the cylindrical tube 20, can be pushed into the cylindrical tube 20 in a pushing direction X. For this, the infusion device 1 comprises a pumping mechanism 12 having a pusher device 122 movably arranged within a guide device 120 and connected to a suitable drive mechanism via a connecting rod 121.

(11) For operating the infusion device 1, the syringe 2 is installed on the infusion device 1 and, for performing an infusion process, the pusher device 122 is electrically moved, controlled by a control device 13 of the infusion device 1, in the pushing direction X to move the piston 21 into the cylindrical tube 20 for delivering the medical fluid contained in the cylindrical tube 20 via the infusion line 3 towards the patient 4.

(12) FIGS. 2 to 4 show views of an embodiment of a pump device 1 for example constituted as a syringe pump of the type shown in FIG. 1. The pump device 1, via a fixation device 14, may be arranged on a stand 5 (see FIG. 1) such that the pump device 1, in combination for example with other pump devices 1, may be arranged and held at the bedside of a patient.

(13) The pump device 1 comprises a handset 16 which is connected to the housing 10 of the pump device 1 via a connection cable 160 and comprises a pushbutton 162 which a user may push in order to issue a control command such as for example a command to administer a bolus to a patient.

(14) The handset 16 may be manually grabbed by a user and serves to input control commands into the pump device 1. The handset 16 generally may have one or multiple actuation elements such as pushbuttons 162 and can be removed from the housing 10 in order to allow a user, for example a patient, to enter input commands into the pump device 1.

(15) Via the connection cable 160 the handset 16 is connected to the control device 13 of the pump device 1 such that signals may be transmitted in between the handset 16 and the control device 13, in particular data signals affecting the operation of the pump device 1.

(16) As visible for example from FIG. 4, the connection cable 160, via a connector 161, is connected to a suitable connector 104 of the housing 10 at a bottom side 103 of the housing 10, the bottom side 103 facing downwards in a normal, intended state of operation of the pump device 1.

(17) The guide device 120 for guiding the pusher device 122 along the movement direction X is formed on a housing section 100 of the housing 10. At a back side 102 of the housing section 100 a storage device 15 is arranged and integrally formed with the housing section 100, the storage device 15 serving to store the handset 16 and to receive the connection cable 160.

(18) The storage device 15 comprises a receptacle 150 defining a cavity 151 therein into which the handset 16 may be inserted. The receptacle 150 at its outer circumference comprises an opening 152 in the shape of a slit which extends generally vertical along the receptacle and at a bottom end facing the bottom side 103 of the housing section 100 terminates in an exit opening 153 through which the connection cable 160 may exit from the cavity 151 formed in the receptacle 150. The handset 16 may be placed in the cavity 151 of the receptacle 115 in a generally upright position and for this may be inserted into the receptacle 150 through a top end opposite the bottom end of the receptacle 150.

(19) The receptacle 150 serves to hold and maintain the handset 16 when not in use. By means of the receptacle 150 the handset 16 hence may be placed in a defined location and position on the housing 10 of the pump device 1 such that it is maintained in an organized fashion on the pump device 1.

(20) Whereas the pumping mechanism 12 is arranged on a front side 101 of the housing 10, the storage device 15 is formed on the back side 102 of the housing section 100. Because the handset 16 is stored in the receptacle 150 of the storage device 15 on the back side 102 of the housing section 100, the handset 16, when stored in the receptacle 150, does not interfere with the regular pumping operation of the pump device 1, in particular the pumping mechanism 12.

(21) The storage device 15 furthermore comprises a cable storage 154 formed by a body 155 around which the connection cable 160 may be wound, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

(22) The body 155, which may have a generally cylindrical shape, is confined at a far end facing away from the housing section 100 by an outer rim 156 radially protruding from the body 155 such that the connection cable 160 wound around the body 155 may not easily slip from the body 155.

(23) By means of the storage device 15, hence, also the connection cable 160 may be arranged and maintained on the pump device 1 in an organized fashion.

(24) For using the handset 16, the handset 16 may be removed from the receptacle 150, and the connection cable 160 may be unwound from the cable storage 154.

(25) Whereas in the embodiment of FIGS. 2 to 4 the cable storage 154 and the receptacle 150 are formed as separate units on the housing 10, in the embodiment of FIG. 5 a cable storage 154 and a receptacle 150 are integrally formed by a single functional unit.

(26) In particular, in the embodiment of FIG. 5 a receptacle 150 defines a cavity 151 in which a handset 16 may be placed and may be held by for example providing for a suitable clips connection within the cavity 151. The receptacle 150 is arranged at the back side 102 of the housing section 100 and defines an exit opening 153 through which a connection cable 160 connecting the handset 16 to the housing 10 may exit from the receptacle 150. The cavity 151 is open towards the back such that the handset 16 may be placed in the receptacle 150 in an insertion direction substantially perpendicular to a back face of the housing section 100 forming the back side 102.

(27) The receptacle 150 forms a body 155 for the cable storage 154 around which the connection came 160 may be wound, as it is shown in FIG. 5. The body 155 is confined towards the outside by an outer rim 156 transversely protruding from the body 155 such that the connection cable 160 is held and maintained on the body 155 when wound around the body 155.

(28) The idea underlying the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but may be implemented in an entirely different fashion.

(29) It is conceivable to connect a handset by means of a wireless data connection to a pump device. In that case, a cable storage may be dispensable, the handset however being received in a receptacle of a suitable storage device.

(30) The handset may serve to enter control commands of a single or multiple different types. Via the handset for example a command for issuing a bolus may be entered.

(31) A storage device of the kind described above may be used on pump devices of different types for administering medical fluids to patients, for example constituted as volumetric infusion pumps or syringe infusion pumps.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

(32) 1 Infusion device 10 Housing 100 Housing section 101 Front side 102 Back side 103 Bottom side 104 Connector 11 Receptacle 110 Fixation device 12 Pumping mechanism 120 Guide device 121 Connecting rod 122 Pusher device 13 Control device 14 Fixation device 15 Storage device 150 Receptacle 151 Cavity 152 Opening 153 Exit opening 154 Cable storage 155 Body 156 Outer rim 16 Handset 160 Connection cable 161 Connector 162 Push button 2 syringe 20 Cylinder tube 200 Connector 21 Piston 3 Infusion line 4 Patient 5 Stand X Movement direction