Patents Represented by Attorney Jay Nichols
  • Patent number: 5482446
    Abstract: A medical infusion pump (10) using a pump chamber cassette (86) has a housing (20,22) defining a pump chamber cassette receptacle (84) and a pump driving mechanism (250) for propelling liquid through the pump chamber cassette. A door (50) holds the pump chamber cassette (86) within the cassette receptacle (84) in an operative position relative to the driving mechanism (250). The cassette includes an elastomeric conduit (132), a frame (134) and clips (146,148) for attaching the elastomeric conduit (132) to the frame (134) for holding the elastomeric conduit (132) in a select position relative to the pump driving mechanism (250) of the infusion pump upon placement of the cassette (86) in an operative position relative to the pump driving mechanism (250).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Williamson, Jerry W. Newbrough, Jeffrey P. Castleberry, Steve W. Stracener