Dual lumen subcutaneous injection set for use with a reservoir that has a septum

• US 20020065484A1
• Filed: 08/20/2001
• Published: 05/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joel Sterling Douglas, Robert Couis Hugo
• Original Assignee: Sterling Medivations, Inc. (Guided Therapeutics, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hugo, Robert Couis, Douglas, Joel Sterling
• Application Number:
  US09/933,452
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065484A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/93.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0612 Devices for protecting the needle; Devices to help insertion of the needle, e.g. wings or holders
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 of the skin patch type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/162 Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube ; Connections between reservoir and tube in jet-action syringes A61M5/30; connectors for tubes having sealed ends and a needle for piercing them A61M39/14

Abstract

The present invention relates to a disposable injection set that offers the ability for the patient to infuse from two prefilled medication cartridges without compromising the sterility of medication to be infused. Also, utilization of prefilled medication cartridges to provide a source of infusion material makes it easy and convenient to use by the average patient who must inject themselves with a varying mixture of insulin or medication.

Claims

1. A medication infusion set comprising:

a base tube having an exterior surface, a proximal end, a distal end, and a first and second inner lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, the base tube formed of a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene and polypropylene;

a first rigid cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, the cannula proximal end positioned in of the first base tube lumen at the proximal end forming a fluid communication path from rigid cannula proximal end to the first inner lumen of the base tube;

a second rigid cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, the cannula proximal end positioned in of the second base tube lumen at the proximal end forming a fluid communication path from rigid cannula proximal end to the second inner lumen of the base tube;

an infusion catheter and infusion hub having merging chamber at the distal end of the base tubes that directs the fluid from the first and second inner lumen to the infusion cannula in the distal end of the infusion hub.

2. A medication infusion set in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

at least separate two connectors each including a cylindrical collar having a hollow interior, a closed end, and an open end, the distal end of the rigid cannula extending through the collar closed end and into each of the hollow interior lumen of the base tube; and

a solvent based adhesive bonding the connector to the base tube individual cannula lumens at the proximal end of the base tube.

3. A medication infusion set in accordance with claim 1, having an infusion catheter and infusion hub further comprising:

a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and distal ends, the cannula proximal end in fluid communication with a merging channel in the proximal end of the hub that is in communication with the base tube distal end lumens such that one lumen is bonded to first channel of the merging channel and the second lumen is bonded to the second channel of the merging channel.

4. An infusion hub designed in accordance with claim 1, with a fluidic merging means that is designed such that the merging channels size are defined as follows for a device with cannula to pierce the septum of the medication cartridge at the proximal end of the base tube lumen with an inner diameter less than 0.016 inches and a length no to exceed 1.5 inches the mixing channel size has a minimum id of 0.016 inches and a maximum length of 0.5 inches. An infusion hub designed in accordance with claim 1, with a fluidic merging means that is designed such that the merging channels size are defined as follows for a device with cannula to pierce the septum of the medication cartridge at the proximal end of the base tube lumen with an inner diameter less than 0.030 inches but greater than 0.016 inches and a length no to exceed 2 inches the mixing channel size has a minimum id of 0.020 inches and a maximum length of 0.5 inches.