Patent ID: 6635033
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A medical tubing and slide clamp set for use with a medical infusion pump designed for operation with a preselected medical tubing set having predetermined size and function characteristics, said set comprising:(a) a preselected medical tubing set having predetermined size and functional characteristics; (b) an opaque slide clamp comprising a grasping end, a longitudinal clamp plate extending from said grasping end, said longitudinal clamp plate defining a clamp slot with a wide open portion sized for receiving said preselected medical tubing without closing said preselected medical tubing and a transition portion interconnecting said narrow and wide portions of said clamp slot; and (c) a plurality of light transmitting orifices formed at predetermined locations along said longitudinal clamp plate, sized and shaped to avoid passage of said medical tubing set therethrough and to permit transmission of light therethrough at said predetermined locations, said predetermined locations of said light transmitting orifices arranged on said clamp plate to indicate, by light transmission therethrough, said size and functional characteristics of said medical tubing set.