Drug delivery cassette
First Claim
1. A drug-delivery cassette assembly comprising:
- a) a luer;
b) tubing having a drug-receiving end which is fluidly-connectable to a drug vial containing a drug and having a drug-delivery end which is fluidly-connected to the luer; and
c) a drug-delivery-cassette main board having a luer-site base portion, wherein the luer is attachable to and detachable from the luer-site base portion, and wherein the luer-site base portion has a deflectable luer-site sensor beam which is disposed to be deflected by the luer when the luer is attached to the luer-site base portion and to be undeflected when the luer is detached from the luer-site base portion.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a drug-delivery cassette for use with a drug delivery device. The cassette includes a main board and a luer site base portion connected to the main board for positioning a luer on the main board. A drip chamber is included on the main board to collect any drug that exits the luer when the luer is attached to the luer site portion. A deflectable sensor beam is positioned to detect the presence or absence of a luer in the luer site base portion. The drug-delivery cassette further includes a drug vial spike attachable to and detachable from the cassette main board that is connected to the luer by way of a drug delivery tube.
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9 Claims
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1. A drug-delivery cassette assembly comprising:
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a) a luer;
b) tubing having a drug-receiving end which is fluidly-connectable to a drug vial containing a drug and having a drug-delivery end which is fluidly-connected to the luer; and
c) a drug-delivery-cassette main board having a luer-site base portion, wherein the luer is attachable to and detachable from the luer-site base portion, and wherein the luer-site base portion has a deflectable luer-site sensor beam which is disposed to be deflected by the luer when the luer is attached to the luer-site base portion and to be undeflected when the luer is detached from the luer-site base portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A drug-delivery cassette assembly comprising:
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a) a luer;
b) a drug-delivery-cassette spike including a drug-vial-seal-perforating spike tip;
c) tubing having a drug-receiving end which is fluidly-connectable to and fluidly-disconnectable from the spike and having a drug-delivery end which is fluidly-connected to the luer; and
d) a drug-delivery-cassette main board, wherein the spike is attachable to and detachable from the cassette main board.
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5. A drug-delivery cassette assembly comprising:
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a) a luer;
b) tubing having a drug-receiving end which is fluidly-connectable to a drug vial containing a drug and having a drug-delivery end which is fluidly-connected to the luer; and
c) a drug-delivery-cassette main board having a luer-site base portion, wherein the luer is attachable to and detachable from the luer-site base portion, and wherein the luer-site base portion has a drip chamber disposed to collect any of the drug which exits the luer when the luer is attached to the luer-site base portion. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A drug-delivery cassette assembly comprising:
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a) a luer; and
b) tubing including a coiled tube and a flexible tube fluidly-connected together, wherein the flexible tube has a drug-receiving end which is fluidly-connectable to a drug vial containing a drug, wherein the coiled tube has a drug-delivery end which is fluidly-connected to the luer, and wherein the coiled tube is extendible by the user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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