Patent ID: 9492317
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A cassette capture mechanism, comprising: a cassette receptacle, wherein the cassette receptacle is configured to couple with a cassette having a positioning surface; an axial translation linkage, wherein the axial translation linkage is configured to couple the cassette with the cassette receptacle; a first sensor apparatus, wherein the first sensor apparatus is configured to detect alignment of the cassette in a horizontal plane with respect to the cassette receptacle when the cassette is initially coupled with the cassette receptacle; and a second sensor apparatus, wherein the second sensor apparatus is configured to detect activation of the first sensor apparatus and facilitate the alignment of the cassette in a vertical plane with respect to the cassette receptacle by causing the axial translation linkage to draw multiple latches towards the cassette receptacle and towards each other substantially simultaneously.