RESERVOIR FILLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method of making a system for transferring fluidic media, the method comprising:
- placing a reservoir body in an aseptic environment;
filling an interior volume of the reservoir body with fluidic media,placing a plunger head into the reservoir body, the plunger head adapted to be movable in an axial direction within the reservoir body;
removing the reservoir body from the aseptic environment;
attaching a casing adjacent to at least a portion of the reservoir body with the reservoir body outside the aseptic environment, the casing configured to envelope at least a portion of a plunger arm operatively connected to the plunger head, the casing further configured to allow the plunger arm to move in the axial direction relative to the reservoir body and at least partially within the reservoir body.
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Abstract
A method of making a system for transferring fluidic media may include placing a reservoir body in an aseptic environment; filling an interior volume of the reservoir body with fluidic media; placing a plunger head into the reservoir body, the plunger head adapted to be movable in an axial direction within the reservoir body; removing the reservoir body from the aseptic environment; and attaching a casing adjacent to at least a portion of the reservoir body with the reservoir body outside the aseptic environment, the casing configured to envelope at least a portion of a plunger arm operatively connected to the plunger head, the casing further configured to allow the plunger arm to move in the axial direction relative to the reservoir body and at least partially within the reservoir body.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of making a system for transferring fluidic media, the method comprising:
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placing a reservoir body in an aseptic environment; filling an interior volume of the reservoir body with fluidic media, placing a plunger head into the reservoir body, the plunger head adapted to be movable in an axial direction within the reservoir body; removing the reservoir body from the aseptic environment; attaching a casing adjacent to at least a portion of the reservoir body with the reservoir body outside the aseptic environment, the casing configured to envelope at least a portion of a plunger arm operatively connected to the plunger head, the casing further configured to allow the plunger arm to move in the axial direction relative to the reservoir body and at least partially within the reservoir body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of making and filling a reservoir with a selectable amount of fluidic media comprising:
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providing a reservoir body with a wall and a central bore, the reservoir body having a first portion with a first fluidic capacity, and a second portion axially aligned with the first portion with an additional fluidic capacity; providing a plunger head dimensioned to sealingly slide axially within the bore and thereby propel fluidic media in the bore; providing a selectively breakable zone that separates the first portion and the second portion of the reservoir body; selecting whether; to fill only the first portion of the reservoir body with fluidic media, in which case the method includes filling the first portion of the reservoir body with fluidic media, inserting the plunger head to a position in the bore to seal the first portion of the reservoir body, and breaking off the wall at the selectively breakable zone;
orto fill the first portion and the second portion of the reservoir body with fluidic media, in which case the method includes filling the first portion and the second portion of the reservoir body with fluidic media and inserting the plunger head to a position in the bore to seal the second portion of the reservoir body. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for containing fluidic media, the system comprising:
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a reservoir body having a wall and a central bore, the reservoir body having a first portion with a first fluidic capacity and a second portion axially aligned with the first portion with an additional fluidic capacity; and a plunger head dimensioned to sealingly slide axially within the bore and thereby propel fluidic media in the bore; wherein the wall of the reservoir body includes a selectively breakable zone that separates the first portion and the second portion of the reservoir body, the selectively breakable zone for allowing selective filling of the reservoir body such that (i) in a case where only the first portion of the reservoir body is to be filled with fluidic media, the plunger head is positioned in the bore to seal to seal the first portion of the reservoir body, and the second portion of the reservoir body is removable from the first portion of the reservoir at the selectively breakable zone; and
(ii) in a case where the first portion and the second portion of the reservoir body are to be filled with fluidic media, the plunger head is positioned in the bore to seal to seal the second portion of the reservoir body.
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Specification