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Motor unit for a fluid pump and method of operation
Assignee: Covidien AG
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Filing: 1988-01-15
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Granted: 1989-11-28
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Expires: 2008-01-15
Abstract
Abstract An enteral nutrition pump system (10) operates in a cyclical manner with a period between cycles being selected in accordance with the desired fluid delivery rate. Each pump cycle may correspond to a single rotation of the rotor (18) or a fractional rotation of the rotor. Rotor rotation is sensed by monitoring of the AC component of current supplied to a DC motor driving the rotor. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Edward Jackson
- 👤 Joseph Pasqualucci
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-10-23 20:31
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04B; F04B43/00; F04B43/12; F04B43/1253; A; A61; A61M; A61M5/00; A61M5/14; A61M5/142; A61M5/168; A61M5/16831; A61M5/172; F04B49/00; F04B49/06; F04B49/065; A61M2202/00; A61M2202/04; A61M2202/0468; A61M2202/0482; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A motor unit for a medical fluid delivery system for use with a disposable delivery set for pumping medical fluid, comprising: pump operating means, including a motor, for acting in cooperation with said delivery set to deliver a volume of said fluid during each operating cycle; pump control means for controlling said pump operating means to deliver said fluid at a desired volumetric rate, said pump control means including means responsive to signals indicating said desired rate for activating said pump operating means for one of said operating cycles and for repeating said activation at variable time intervals selected in accordance with said desired volumetric rate; wherein said pump control means includes means for sensing a condition of said pump operating means with respect to said operating cycle; and wherein said pump operating means comprises a DC motor and wherein said means for sensing the condition of said pump operating means comprises means for sensing the AC component of the current supplied to said DC motor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A motor unit for a medical fluid delivery system for use with a disposable delivery set for pumping medical fluid, comprising: pump operating means, including a motor, for acting in cooperation with said delivery set to deliver a volume of said fluid during each operating cycle; pump control means for controlling said pump operating means to deliver said fluid at a desired volumetric rate, said pump control means including means responsive to signals indicating said desired rate for activating said pump operating means for one of said operating cycles and for repeating said activation at variable time intervals selected in accordance with said desired volumetric rate; wherein said pump control means includes means for sensing a condition of said pump operating means with respect to said operating cycle; and wherein said pump operating means comprises a DC motor and wherein said means for sensing the condition of said pump operating means comprises means for sensing the AC component of the current supplied to said DC motor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A motor unit in accordance with claim 1 wherein said pump operating means comprises a pump rotor for acting in cooperation with a pump tube on said delivery set and wherein said operating cycle comprises a selected angular rotation of said pump rotor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A motor unit in accordance with claim 1 wherein said means for sensing comprises at least one magnet and a magnetic field sensor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
108 words
In a fluid delivery system comprising a motor unit and a disposable delivery set, wherein said motor unit includes a rotor driven by a DC motor for engaging a flexible pump tube on said delivery set to form a peristaltic pump, a method for controlling the rate of fluid delivery by said system, comprising: detecting an AC component of current supplied to said DC motor and forming digital pulses representative thereof; operating said motor unit to rotate said rotor until a selected number of said digital pulses occur; and repeating said operating step at a time interval selected according to a desired delivery rate of said delivery system.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
108 words
In a fluid delivery system comprising a motor unit and a disposable delivery set, wherein said motor unit includes a rotor driven by a DC motor for engaging a flexible pump tube on said delivery set to form a peristaltic pump, a method for controlling the rate of fluid delivery by said system, comprising: detecting an AC component of current supplied to said DC motor and forming digital pulses representative thereof; operating said motor unit to rotate said rotor until a selected number of said digital pulses occur; and repeating said operating step at a time interval selected according to a desired delivery rate of said delivery system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method in accordance with claim 4 wherein said operating step further includes a step of inhibiting said AC detecting step for a selected time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
189 words
A motor unit for a medical fluid delivery system for use with a disposable delivery set having a flexible pump tube for engagement with said motor unit for pumping medical fluids, comprising: a housing for receiving at least portions of said delivery set; a motor mounted on said housing; a rotor mounted on said housing and driven by said motor for rotational movement with respect to said housing and for receiving said flexible pump tube for forming a peristaltic pump; at least one magnet and at least one magnetic field detector mounted to said rotor and said housing for relative rotational motion with respect to each other, said magnet and said magnetic field detector being operatively adjacent to each other at at least one rotational position of said rotor; and pump control means, responsive to selection of a fluid delivery rate and responsive to said magnetic field detector, for operating said motor until said rotor is in said rotational position with said magnet and said magnetic field detector adjacent each other and for repeating said operation at variable time intervals selected in accordance with said selected fluid delivery rate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
189 words
A motor unit for a medical fluid delivery system for use with a disposable delivery set having a flexible pump tube for engagement with said motor unit for pumping medical fluids, comprising: a housing for receiving at least portions of said delivery set; a motor mounted on said housing; a rotor mounted on said housing and driven by said motor for rotational movement with respect to said housing and for receiving said flexible pump tube for forming a peristaltic pump; at least one magnet and at least one magnetic field detector mounted to said rotor and said housing for relative rotational motion with respect to each other, said magnet and said magnetic field detector being operatively adjacent to each other at at least one rotational position of said rotor; and pump control means, responsive to selection of a fluid delivery rate and responsive to said magnetic field detector, for operating said motor until said rotor is in said rotational position with said magnet and said magnetic field detector adjacent each other and for repeating said operation at variable time intervals selected in accordance with said selected fluid delivery rate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
A motor unit for a medical fluid delivery system for use with a disposable delivery set having a flexible pump tube for engagement with said motor unit for pumping medical fluids, comprising: a housing for receiving at least portions of said delivery set; a rotor driven by a DC motor, mounted on said housing for rotational motion with respect to said housing and for receiving said flexible pump tube for forming a peristaltic pump; means for sensing AC component of the current supplied to said DC motor thereby to sense rotation of said rotor by an incremental amount corresponding to an incremental volume of said pumped fluid; and pump control means, responsive to selection of a fluid delivery rate and responsive to said current sensing means, for operating said motor until said incremental rotation is sensed and for repeating said operation at variable time intervals selected in accordance with said selected fluid delivery rate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
154 words
A motor unit for a medical fluid delivery system for use with a disposable delivery set having a flexible pump tube for engagement with said motor unit for pumping medical fluids, comprising: a housing for receiving at least portions of said delivery set; a rotor driven by a DC motor, mounted on said housing for rotational motion with respect to said housing and for receiving said flexible pump tube for forming a peristaltic pump; means for sensing AC component of the current supplied to said DC motor thereby to sense rotation of said rotor by an incremental amount corresponding to an incremental volume of said pumped fluid; and pump control means, responsive to selection of a fluid delivery rate and responsive to said current sensing means, for operating said motor until said incremental rotation is sensed and for repeating said operation at variable time intervals selected in accordance with said selected fluid delivery rate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
102 words
In a fluid delivery system comprising a motor unit and a disposable delivery set, wherein said motor unit includes a motor driven rotor for engaging a flexible pump tube on said delivery set to form a peristaltic pump, a method for detecting the absence of the pump tube on said rotor, comprising: providing current to a DC motor to operate said rotor; detecting an AC component of the current provided to said DC motor; and comparing the detected AC component of said current to a reference level to detect current variation resulting from the presence of the pump tube on said rotor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
102 words
In a fluid delivery system comprising a motor unit and a disposable delivery set, wherein said motor unit includes a motor driven rotor for engaging a flexible pump tube on said delivery set to form a peristaltic pump, a method for detecting the absence of the pump tube on said rotor, comprising: providing current to a DC motor to operate said rotor; detecting an AC component of the current provided to said DC motor; and comparing the detected AC component of said current to a reference level to detect current variation resulting from the presence of the pump tube on said rotor.
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