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公开(公告)号:US20210304864A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US17332153
申请日:2021-05-27
发明人: Dean Kamen , John M. Kerwin , Colin H. Murphy , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Michael S. Place , Larry B. Gray
IPC分类号: G16H20/17 , F04B43/12 , G01F1/66 , F04B43/08 , A61M5/142 , A61M5/168 , F04B49/06 , F04B49/00 , G06Q50/22 , G16H50/00 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67
摘要: A peristaltic pump having at least first, second, and third stages is provided. The peristaltic pump includes a plunger, inlet and outlet valves, a spring, and an actuator. The plunger actuates toward and away from a tube, the inlet valve is upstream of the plunger, the outlet valve is downstream of the plunger, the spring biases the plunger toward the tube, and the actuator mechanically engages and disengages from the plunger. In the first stage, the inlet valve is opened and the plunger is actuated from the tube, in the second stage, the inlet valve is closed, the plunger is actuated toward the tube, and the actuator is mechanically disengaged from the plunger, and in the third stage, the outlet valve is opened. In the third stage or in a fourth stage, the actuator actuates the plunger toward the tube to discharge fluid downstream past the outlet valve.
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公开(公告)号:US11117258B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16046468
申请日:2018-07-26
发明人: Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Prashant Bhat , Dirk A. van der Merwe , David D. B. Cannan , Keith D. Violette
IPC分类号: G05B19/04 , G05B19/18 , B25J9/16 , A61B34/30 , A61B34/00 , A61B46/10 , B25J9/12 , B25J9/06 , B25J9/10 , F16H25/20 , F16C1/16 , A61B17/00 , A61B90/00
摘要: A force transmission system as part of a surgical system which may be configured to be a minimally invasive and/or computer assisted surgical system. Operation of the system may be controlled by transmission of a force from a first section to a second section of the system. The first section and the second section may be separated by a partition or a barrier. The first section may be a non-sterile section and the second section may be a sterile section of the surgical system.
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公开(公告)号:US11024409B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-01
申请号:US16271046
申请日:2019-02-08
发明人: Dean Kamen , John M. Kerwin , Colin H. Murphy , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Michael S. Place , Larry B. Gray
IPC分类号: F04B43/12 , F04B43/08 , A61M5/142 , G01F1/66 , A61M5/168 , G06Q50/22 , G16H20/17 , G16H50/00 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67 , F04B49/06 , F04B49/00 , F04B43/09
摘要: A peristaltic pump having at least first, second, and third stages is provided. The peristaltic pump includes a plunger, inlet and outlet valves, a spring, and an actuator. The plunger actuates toward and away from a tube, the inlet valve is upstream of the plunger, the outlet valve is downstream of the plunger, the spring biases the plunger toward the tube, and the actuator mechanically engages and disengages from the plunger. In the first stage, the inlet valve is opened and the plunger is actuated from the tube, in the second stage, the inlet valve is closed, the plunger is actuated toward the tube, and the actuator is mechanically disengaged from the plunger, and in the third stage, the outlet valve is opened. In the third stage or in a fourth stage, the actuator actuates the plunger toward the tube to discharge fluid downstream past the outlet valve.
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公开(公告)号:US20210023296A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-28
申请号:US16937814
申请日:2020-07-24
摘要: An apparatus, system and method for regulating fluid flow are disclosed. An apparatus for infusing fluid into a patient infusion apparatus includes a drip-chamber seat configured to receive a drip chamber; a tube seat configured to receive a tube fluidly coupled to the drip chamber, the tube including a plurality of conduits for fluid flow therethrough; a plunger configured to engage with the tube; and a user actuator configured to actuate the plunger.
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公开(公告)号:US20200327824A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-15
申请号:US16913874
申请日:2020-06-26
发明人: Daniel Scott Karol , Jason Michael Overson , William Daniel Hunt , Jacob William Scarpaci , Andrew Stephen Coll , Gregory Needel , Yuuki Gil Crowley , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Prashant Bhat , Grant A. Peret
摘要: A modular electro-mechanical agent having a plurality of modules including mechanical and electrical components, that can be constructed to complete at least one pre-determined task and/or contribute in performing the at least one pre-determined task. The electro-mechanical agent can include extension modules and can be altered as per user preference to add, eliminate or modify any features of the agent for completing and/or participating in a plurality of pre-determined tasks.
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公开(公告)号:US10753353B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US15616325
申请日:2017-06-07
发明人: Dean Kamen , John M. Kerwin , Colin H. Murphy , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Michael S. Place , Larry B. Gray
IPC分类号: F04B43/12 , F04B43/08 , G01F1/66 , A61M5/142 , A61M5/168 , G06F19/00 , G06Q50/22 , G16H20/17 , G16H50/00 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67
摘要: A peristaltic pump includes a cam shaft, a plunger-cam follower, a tube receiver, a spring-biased plunger, a spring, a position sensor, and a processor. The cam shaft has a plunger cam. The plunger-cam follower engages the plunger cam to follow the plunger cam and to disengage from the plunger cam. The spring-biased plunger is coupled to the plunger-cam follower and the spring biases the spring-biased plunger toward the tube receiver. The position sensor determines a position of the spring-biased plunger when the plunger-cam follower is disengaged from the plunger cam and the spring applies a force from the spring-biased plunger against the tube. The processor estimates fluid flow utilizing the position of the spring-biased plunger as indicated by the position sensor when the plunger-cam follower is disengaged from the plunger cam and the spring applies the force from the spring-biased plunger against the tube.
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公开(公告)号:US10699597B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US15419882
申请日:2017-01-30
发明人: Daniel Scott Karol , Jason Michael Overson , William Daniel Hunt , Jacob William Scarpaci , Andrew Stephen Coll , Gregory Needel , Yuuki Gil Crowley , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Prashant Bhat , Grant A. Peret
摘要: A modular electro-mechanical agent having a plurality of modules including mechanical and electrical components, that can be constructed to complete at least one pre-determined task and/or contribute in performing the at least one pre-determined task. The electro-mechanical agent can include extension modules and can be altered as per user preference to add, eliminate or modify any features of the agent for completing and/or participating in a plurality of pre-determined tasks.
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公开(公告)号:US20190249657A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-15
申请号:US16389042
申请日:2019-04-19
发明人: Dean Kamen , John M. Kerwin , Colin H. Murphy , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Michael S. Place , Larry B. Gray
IPC分类号: F04B43/12 , F04B43/08 , G01F1/66 , G16H40/63 , G06Q50/22 , G16H20/17 , G16H50/00 , A61M5/168 , A61M5/142
CPC分类号: F04B43/1261 , A61M5/14228 , A61M5/16831 , A61M2005/16863 , F04B43/082 , F04B43/12 , G01F1/666 , G06F19/00 , G06F19/3418 , G06F19/3468 , G06Q50/22 , G16H20/17 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67 , G16H50/00
摘要: A peristaltic pump and related-method are disclosed that includes a cam shaft having a plunger cam, a plunger-cam follower that engages the plunger cam of the cam shaft, a tube receiver, a spring, a plunger, a position sensor, and a processor. The tube receiver receives a tube. The spring provides a bias. The plunger is biased toward the tube by the spring and the plunger is to the plunger-cam follower, such that expansion of the plunger cam along a radial angle intersecting the plunger-cam follower as the cam shaft rotates actuates the plunger away from the tube. The position sensor determines a position of the plunger and the processor estimates fluid flow within the tube utilizing the position of the plunger.
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公开(公告)号:US20190219047A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16359134
申请日:2019-03-20
发明人: Dean Kamen , John M Kerwin , Colin H. Murphy , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Michael J. Slate , Michael S. Place , Larry B. Gray
IPC分类号: F04B43/12 , F04B43/08 , G01F1/66 , G16H40/63 , G06Q50/22 , G16H20/17 , G16H50/00 , A61M5/168 , A61M5/142
CPC分类号: F04B43/1261 , A61M5/14228 , A61M5/16831 , A61M2005/16863 , F04B43/082 , F04B43/12 , G01F1/666 , G06F19/00 , G06F19/3418 , G06F19/3468 , G06Q50/22 , G16H20/17 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67 , G16H50/00
摘要: A peristaltic pump is disclosed that includes a plunger, a spring, an actuator, a position sensor, and a processor. The plunger actuates toward and away from a tube. The spring biases the plunger toward the tube. The actuator actuates the plunger away from the tube and mechanically engages and disengages from the plunger. The position sensor senses a position of the plunger. The processor receives the sensed position of the plunger and estimates fluid flow within the tube using a first position of the plunger when the actuator is engaged with the plunger and a second position of the plunger when the actuator is disengaged from the plunger.
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公开(公告)号:US10299941B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-28
申请号:US14809624
申请日:2015-07-27
发明人: Christopher C. Langenfeld , Christopher O. Evans , Stanley B. Smith, III , Alexander H. Muller , John M. Kerwin , Thomas S. Schnellinger , G. Michael Guay , Dirk A. van der Merwe
摘要: A prosthetic arm apparatus comprising a plurality of interconnected segments that provide the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connected to one another and connectable to a harness mount that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments includes an actuator providing a portion of the movement capability, and each segment may operate independently of each of the other segments of the plurality of segments. One segment of the plurality of segments includes a non-backdriving clutch that transfers power from the actuator to an output interface of the segment when the actuator is actuated to generate movement of the output interface in either of two opposing directions and prevents backward transfer of power from the output interface to the actuator of the segment in both of the two opposing directions.
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