Patent ID: 8047819

Claim:
A tubing holding device used in a pump comprising a rigid walled cavity for slidably receiving the tubing holding device, the tubing holding device comprising: a first arm defining a first portion of a lumen for capturing tubing; and a second arm defining a second portion of the lumen for capturing tubing, wherein at least one of the first and second arms is moveable relative to the other arm to allow the lumen to be opened to load tubing into or remove tubing from the lumen while the tubing holding device is partially slidably received within the rigid wailed cavity, and closed to fixedly capture tubing in the lumen, and further wherein the first and second arms are sized and shaped and have an outer surface to allow the tubing holding device to be slid into the rigid walled cavity of the pump, with the first and second arms closed, causing the tubing holding device to be maintained in a closed position when fully within the rigid walled cavity of the pump, the tubing holding device also comprising a tab that is sized and shaped to slidably move along the rigid walled cavity in a slot and to engage a stop of the rigid walled cavity to prevent removal of the tubing holding device, thereby maintaining partial engagement in the rigid walled cavity.