Modular medical fluid management assemblies and associated machines and methods
Abstract
Medical fluid management assembly includes: a pneumatic manifold including multiple plates forming pneumatic passageways, a pneumatic valve chamber and a pneumatic pump chamber, the valve chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one passageway, the pump chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one passageway; and a fluid manifold including multiple fluid pathways, a fluid valve chamber in selective fluid communication with a fluid pump chamber and at least one fluid pathway, wherein (a) the pneumatic valve chamber and the fluid valve chamber are mated together to compress a membrane and (b) the pneumatic pump chamber and the fluid pump chamber are mated together to compress a membrane, wherein at least one of the pneumatic valve chamber or the pneumatic pump chamber extends from the at least one plate, or the fluid valve chamber or the fluid pump chamber extends from the fluid manifold to aid in compressing the membranes.
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Numbers
- Publication
- 4407221
- Application
- 241821115
Titles3
- German
- MODULARE MEDIZINISCHE FLÜSSIGKEITSVERWALTUNGSANORDNUNGEN UND ZUGEHÖRIGE MASCHINEN UND VERFAHREN
- English
- MODULAR MEDICAL FLUID MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED MACHINES AND METHODS
- French
- ENSEMBLES DE GESTION DE FLUIDE MÉDICAL MODULAIRE ET MACHINES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS
Classification
- CPC, 15
- A61M5/1413
- A61M1/16
- A61M1/34
- A61M39/10
- A61M39/22
- F04B43/06
- A61M1/1635
- A61M1/1656
- A61M1/1672
- A61M2205/15
- A61M2205/12
- A61M1/362265
- A61M1/15
- A61M1/362266
- A61M1/36225
- IPC, 9
- A61M1 14
- A61M1 16
- A61M1 34
- A61M1 36
- A61M39 10
- A61M39 22
- F04B43 06
- F16K99 00
- A61M5 14
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Türkiye