ENTERAL FEEDING PUMP WITH ACCELERATION SENSOR

摘要

An enteral feeding (e.g. roller) pump (1) for mounting a pump set for enteral delivery of fluid to a subject, including a housing (3) which comprises a pump motor (27), control circuit (77) and display (19). An acceleration sensor (8) is connected to the housing for sensing acceleration caused by a critical impact (e.g. pump being dropped) such that the controller can suspend operation of the pump for safety reasons. The sensor can also be used to recognize finger tap sequences of the user on the housing in order to control operation of the pump, like for example illuminating the display. A further use of the sensor is to sense the spatial orientation of the pump in order to adapt the orientation of the digital display.