JAMES BRYAN MONTI
Pilots at Pinehurst Ct, Plano, TX

6234773, May 22, 2001

Oct 12, 1998

9/169892

Roger J. Hill - Richardson TX
James H. Monti - Plano TX
Joseph A. Oliver - Flower Mound TX
Gary Lindemann - Cary NC
Harry C. Copp - Carrollton TX

B-Braun Medical, Inc. - Bethlehem PA

F04B 1704

417474

A linear peristaltic pump of the type for removable engagement of a portion of a flexible tubing and having a plurality of sequentially actuated pumping elements which act along the engaged portion of the flexible tubing, with the pumping elements reciprocated in a first direction to collapse adjacent segments of the tubing and then in a second direction to release the adjacent segments of the tubing, each pumping element having a flat pumping surface reciprocated in a sequence so that fluid in the flexible tubing is moved along the engaged portion of the tubing. The linear peristaltic pump is provided with a plurality of opposed pairs of pivotable reshaping fingers, with each pair of the reshaping fingers interposed adjacent to one of the pumping elements in sequence along the engaged portion of the flexible tubing. A finger drive and follower mechanism is formed by and engaged between each of the plurality of pairs of reshaping fingers and the adjacent ones of the pumping elements for actuating the reshaping fingers into reshaping engagement with the flexible tubing upon release thereof by the adjacent one of the pumping elements.

6117115, Sep 12, 2000

Oct 12, 1998

9/169901

Roger J. Hill - Richardson TX
James H. Monti - Plano TX
David J. Harrison - Irving TX

B. Braun Medical, Inc. - Bethlehem PA

A61M 500

604250

A medical tubing and slide clamp set is disclosed for use with a medical infusion pump designed for operation with a preselected medical tubing set having predetermined size and functional characteristics. The medical tubing and slide clamp includes a preselected medical tubing set having predetermined size and function characteristics. An opaque slide clamp is provided with a grasping end and a longitudinal clamp plate extending from the grasping end. The longitudinal clamp plate defines a clamp slot with a wide open portion sized for receiving the preselected medical tubing without closing the tubing, a narrow open portion sized for closing the tubing and a transition portion interconnecting the narrow and wide portions. A plurality of orifices are formed along the longitudinal clamp plate at predetermined locations arranged according to the size and functional characteristics of the medical tubing set. A receptacle formed in a medical pump includes a plurality of light sources and sensors mounted at predetermined positions for sensing the orifices or the absence of orifices to determine whether the size and functional characteristics of the tubing set will are proper for operation in the medical pump.