Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery

• US 10,080,704 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Lanigan, Richard J., Grant, Kevin L., Gustin, Lisa A., Moreau, Timothy D.
• Primary Examiner(s): ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US14/323,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20150157537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,545 Days
• Field of Search: 141 18- 27, 141329-330, 141383-386
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1406 Septums, pierceable membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1412 Containers with closing means, e.g. caps
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1481 with connection retaining means, e.g. thread or snap-fit
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14268 with a reusable and a disposable component
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/009 Means for limiting access to the septum, e.g. shields, grids
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0266 Shape memory materials
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3334 Measuring or controlling the flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3515 using magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/59 Aesthetic features, e.g. distraction means to prevent fears of child patients
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/70 with testing or calibration facilities
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/7536 allowing gas passage, but preventing liquid passage, e.g. liquophobic, hydrophobic, water-repellent membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8237 Charging means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8262 connectable to external power source, e.g. connecting to automobile battery through the cigarette lighter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/045 : for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/086 : Docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 : Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 : adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 : of the skin patch type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16809 : by repeated filling and emptying of an intermediate volume pressure infusion using positive displacement pumps A61M5/142
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16886 : for measuring fluid flow rate, i.e. flowmeters
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 : Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/086 : using an auxiliary pressure to cooperate with the diaphragm or bellows
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 : Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0086 : said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 : Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/265 : Open ring dipoles; Circular dipoles

Abstract

A filling aid. The filling aid includes a locking portion including a groove feature; and a locking feature having a locked and an unlocked position; and a filling syringe holder slidably attached to the locking portion, the filling syringe holder including a filling needle cradle portion having a tongue feature; and a needle housing portion comprising at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, wherein the groove feature configured to accommodate the tongue feature, and wherein the locking feature interact with the filling syringe holder wherein when the locking feature moves from the locked position to the unlocked position the needle housing portion moves from the starting position to the filling position.

Claims

1. A filling aid comprising:

a filling syringe holder slidably attached to a locking portion, the filling syringe holder comprising;

a filling needle cradle portion having a tongue feature; and

a needle housing portion comprising at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position,

wherein a groove feature configured to accommodate the tongue feature, and

wherein the locking portion interacts with the filling syringe holder wherein when the locking portion moves from a locked position to an unlocked position the needle housing portion moves from the starting position to the filling position.

2. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the filling needle cradle portion further comprising a frame portion whereby the frame portion maintains a filling syringe in fixed relation with the filling syringe holder.

3. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the filling syringe holder further comprising grips.

4. The filling aid of claim 3, wherein the grips comprising gripping features.

5. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein when the locking portion attaches to a filling aid base the locking portion moves from the locked position to the unlocked position.

6. The filling aid of claim 5, wherein when the locking portion moves from the locked position to the unlocked position, the filling syringe holder slides towards the filling aid base.

7. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the filling needle cradle portion further comprising filling needle cradle ribs which capture a filling syringe and maintain the filling syringe in an attached position with respect to the filling needle cradle.

8. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the filling needle cradle portion further comprising a stop feature that limits the distance the filling syringe may travel within the filling needle cradle portion.

9. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the frame portion comprising a half moon portion that accommodates a sliding portion of a filling syringe and provides a stop for the filling syringe.

10. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the locking portion further comprising at least one tab feature.

11. The filling aid of claim 1, wherein the locking portion further comprising a filling syringe support that maintains the position of the filling syringe with respect to the filling aid.

12. A system for filling a reservoir comprising:

a disposable housing assembly comprising a reservoir;

a fill adapter for releasably engaging the disposable housing assembly; and

a filling aid configured to releasably engage the fill adapter, the filling aid comprising;

a filling syringe holder slidably attached to a locking portion, the filling syringe holder comprising;

a filling needle cradle portion having a tongue feature; and

a needle housing portion comprising at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position,

wherein a groove feature configured to accommodate the tongue feature, and

wherein the locking portion interacts with the filling syringe holder wherein when the locking portion moves from a locked position to an unlocked position the needle housing portion moves from the starting position to the filling position.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the filling needle cradle portion further comprising a frame portion whereby the frame portion maintains a filling syringe in fixed relation with the filling syringe holder.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the locking portion comprising a locking feature, wherein when the locking feature attaches to a filling aid base the locking feature moves from the locked position to the unlocked position.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein when the locking feature moves from the locked position to the unlocked position, the filling syringe holder slides towards the filling aid base.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the filling needle cradle portion further comprising filling needle cradle ribs which capture a filling syringe and maintain the filling syringe in an attached position with respect to the filling needle cradle.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the filling needle cradle portion further comprising a stop feature that limits the distance the filling syringe may travel within the filling needle cradle portion.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising a filling syringe.