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In this study, an infusion roller pump comprising two separate innovative resilient tube designs is presented. The first incorporates the flexible tubing cross-section area in its relaxed state as a lenticular one for power reduction reasons. The second keeps the previous lenticular cross-section along its length, while it additionally incorporates an inflating portion, for creating a momentary flow positive pulse to balance the void generated by the roller disengagement. Fluid–Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations cannot provide quantitatively realistic results, due to the limitation of full compression of the tube, and are only used qualitatively to reveal by which way to set the inflated portion along the tube length in order to suppress backflow and achieve constant flow rate. Finally, indirect lumen volume measurements were performed numerically and an optimum design was found testing eight design approaches. These indirect fluid volume measurements assess the optimum inflated tube’s portion leading to backflow and pulsating elimination. The optimum design has an inflation portion of 75 degrees covering almost 42% of the curved part of the tube, while it has a constant zone with the maximum value of inflated lenticular cross-section, within the portion, of 55 degrees covering about 73% of the inflation portion.

Optimal Design in Roller Pump System Applications for Linear Infusion