A peristaltic pump includes a removable carrier against which a flexible
tube is pressed by rollers. The carrier includes an intermediate
deformable section having an internal cylindrical surface whose axis
coincides with the main axis of rotation of the rollers and lateral rigid
arms arranged on both sides of the intermediate section. The free ends of
the lateral arms include guides. The pump case is provided with paths on
which the guides are slidable. The path directions are predefined in
order to constrain the displacement of the free ends of the lateral arms
and to deform the intermediate section in such a way that the radius of
the internal face is modified keeping the axis thereof coinciding with
the main axis, thereby making it possible to use a tube having variable
characteristics.