Patent ID: 8241018
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical pumping apparatus for administering a fluid to a patient via a pump set loaded therein, said pump set comprising a tube in fluid communication with a fluid source, said pumping apparatus comprising: a guide channel adapted for receiving a portion of the tube when the pump set is loaded in the pumping apparatus; a belt responsive to a motive force provided thereto for traveling proximate the portion of the tube received in the guide channel, said belt having at least one finger on an outer surface thereof, said finger engaging the portion of the tube received by the guide channel as the belt travels such that the tube is squeezed between the finger and an opposing surface of the guide channel to force the fluid through the tube from the fluid source toward the patient; and a drive system for providing the motive force to the belt, said drive system including a motor for generating the motive force, said motor being positioned substantially within an interior space defined by an inner surface of the belt.