Patent ID: 8551056
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A pinch clamp assembly for engaging a tube with an enteral feeding or infusion pump adapted to provide solutions to a patient, the pinch clamp assembly comprising: a base comprising a holder for holding a tube in operative engagement with the base, a first clamping surface and a support for supporting a connector; a clamping element having a second clamping surface engageable with the tube and moveable between an open position allowing the flow of fluid through the tube and a closed position wherein the tube is occluded by the clamping element; a connector for connecting the tube with a port on a patient, the connector being removable from the pinch clamp assembly; a spring; the connector is adapted to engage with the clamping element so as to hold the clamping element in the open position; the clamping element is forced from the open to the closed position by the force of the spring as soon as the connector is removed from the assembly; and the clamping element is adapted to be moved from the closed to the open position when the pinch clamp assembly is mounted to the pump and the connector is removed.