Patent ID: 8459968
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A61M,F04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cassette for removable mounting on a peristaltic pump having a pump body and a mounting pin coupled to the pump body, the cassette comprising: a cassette body including rear wall, a front wall, a perimeter wall connecting the rear and front walls, and a hinge journal formed therein through the rear wall for slidably receiving the mounting pin of the peristaltic pump, wherein the cassette body is rotatable about an axis of the mounting pin relative to the pump body; the cassette body further including a mounting channel through the rear wall and the perimeter wall, the mounting channel communicating with the hinge journal; whereby the mounting pin is received into the hinge journal via the mounting channel by moving the cassette body in a radial direction relative to the mounting pin.