Infusion pump including syringe plunger position sensor

An infusion pump includes a housing having a compartment structured to receive a syringe and a drive mechanism supported by the housing. The drive mechanism is structured and arranged to contact a syringe plunger of the syringe and move the syringe plunger within a syringe barrel of the syringe. The...

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Hauptverfasser:	Spang Ronald H, Greaney Michelle Kowalski, Platt Michael Kenneth, Gillespie John, Berrill James Frei, Vogel Matthew Stephen, LaBedz Ralph H
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PHYSICS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An infusion pump includes a housing having a compartment structured to receive a syringe and a drive mechanism supported by the housing. The drive mechanism is structured and arranged to contact a syringe plunger of the syringe and move the syringe plunger within a syringe barrel of the syringe. The infusion pump further includes a syringe plunger position sensor and a syringe barrel size sensor. The sensors each include a magnet positioned on the drive mechanism and a magnetic sensor array supported by the housing.