AUTOMATIC FEEDING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has housing and fluid vessel located in housing. Vessel has opening and feeding pipe in fluid communication with vessel opening. Pipe has front end remote from vessel and rear end proximate vessel. Fluid flows in forward or backward direction between axially aligned front and rear ends. Pump is adapted for feeding fluid from vessel along pipe. Apparatus is further equipped with sensor, which changes its state in response to predetermined proximity of object thereto in direction of perception, converter made separate or integral with sensor and adapted for converting at least one of sensor states into electromagnetic signal, and processor for receiving electromagnetic signal, generating control signal and supplying it to operating component of apparatus. Apparatus is designed for dosed supplying of medicinal fluid preparations for injections. EFFECT: increased efficiency and simplified construction. 57 cl, 11 dwg