MEDICAL TUBING SLIDE CLAMP DEVICE FOR DETERMINING PROPER TUBING SIZE AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

A medical tubing and slide clamp set is disclosed for use with a medicalinfusion pump designed for operation with a preselected medical tubing sethaving predetermined size and functional characteristics. The medical tubingand slide clamp includes a preselected medical tubing set having predeterminedsize and function characteristics. An opaque slide clamp is provided with agrasping end and a longitudinal clamp plate extending from the grasping end.The longitudinal clamp plate defines a clamp slot with a wide open portionsized for receiving the preselected medical tubing without closing the tubing,a narrow open portion sized for closing the tubing and a transition portioninterconnecting the narrow and wide portions. A plurality of orifices areformed along the longitudinal clamp plate at predetermined locations arrangedaccording to the size and functional characteristics of the medical tubingset. A receptacle formed in a medical pump includes a plurality of lightsources and sensors mounted at predetermined positions for sensing theorifices or the absence of orifices to determine whether the size andfunctional characteristics of the tubing set will are proper for operation inthe medical pump.