US Patent Issued to CareFusion 303 on June 17 for "Peristaltic pump with camshaft and reduced spring force arrangement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,735, issued on June 17, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).

"Peristaltic pump with camshaft and reduced spring force arrangement" was invented by Frank Cai (Ontario, Calif.), Lun Zhang (Brea, Calif.), Siddarth Shevgoor (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Derek Alan Carroll (Carson, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Peristaltic pumps are described herein. In certain embodiments, a peristaltic pump includes a plunger, a camshaft, and a first biasing member. The plunger is movable to selectively engage a pumping volume of a tubing segment. The camshaft includes a first plunger cam lobe. The first plunger cam lobe is configured ...