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A calibration system for a holter pump for hyperalimentation infusion

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Pumps are being used for precise, constant fluid delivery. Many pumps of reasonable cost require tedious calibration by serial changing of dial-settings, observing with a stopwatch the time for delivery of a certain volume of fluid, and then calculating the rate for each setting.

A simpler method has been developed whereby, from a graph calculated from observed rate at only two dial-settings, the dial is set to give anapproximate flow-rate. Then, from a table previously calculated from a mathematical formula, the number of observed drops at the bedside is adjusted by the dial to give anexact flow-rate.

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Mervyn Deitel

  2. St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Mervyn Deitel & Athanasios Petsoulas

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    David Brenner

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  1. Mervyn Deitel
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This work was aided by a grant from St. Joseph's Hospital (Toronto) Research Foundation and Abbott Laboratories, Ltd.

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Deitel, M., Petsoulas, A. & Brenner, D. A calibration system for a holter pump for hyperalimentation infusion. Ann Biomed Eng 3, 111–116 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02584492

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