Cassette identification system for use with a multi-program drug infusion pump

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PATENT NO 5431627
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08151096

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A identification system for a cassette pump wherein a plurality of different types of cassettes administer different types of drugs, and each type of cassette is characterized by a different type determinative indicia carried by the cassette, and the cassette pump includes a prime mover for actuating the plurality of different types of cassettes corresponding number of different operating modes, each operating mode being used with a corresponding different type of cassette, wherein the pump-cassette interface for receiving and actuating each of the different types of cassettes includes a sensor disposed at the pump-cassette interface, and when the sensor is engaged by the type determinative indicia of a cassette, the pump is able to identify the particular type cassette inserted into the pump, and initiate the operating mode of the pump associated with the specific type of cassette positioned at the pump-cassette interface.

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HOSPIRA INC275 NORTH FIELD DRIVE LAKE FOREST IL 60045

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Holst, Peter A Castro Valley, CA 19 1147
Pastrone, Giovanni Los Gatos, CA 31 7885
Poli, Robert G Campbell, CA 10 1180
Yung, Anthony C San Jose, CA 2 515

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