SYSTEMS AND METHODS ALLOWING FOR RESERVOIR AIR BUBBLE MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to limiting a presence of air bubbles in fluidic media in a reservoir. Air passages may allow air to escape from fluidic media in a reservoir. Membranes may allow for trapping air bubbles in fluidic media before fluidic media enters a reservoir. A membrane may allow air to flow from a first reservoir containing fluidic media to a second reservoir while plunger heads within each of the reservoirs are moved within the reservoirs. An inner reservoir with a membrane may be moveable within an outer reservoir to allow air to move from the outer reservoir to the inner reservoir. An inner reservoir containing pressurized gas may allow fluidic media to be transferred to an outer reservoir.
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48 Claims
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32. A system for transferring fluidic media, the system comprising:
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an outer reservoir having an interior volume for containing fluidic media; and an inner reservoir having an interior volume, the inner reservoir having a septum pierceable by a needle, the needle for providing a path from a vial containing fluidic media to the interior volume of the inner reservoir in a case where a first end of the needle is in the vial and a second end of the needle opposite the first end of the needle is in the interior volume of the inner reservoir; the outer reservoir having a septum pierceable by the needle, the needle for providing a fluid path from the vial containing fluidic media to the interior volume of the outer reservoir in a case where the first end of the needle is in the vial and the second end of the needle is in the interior volume of the outer reservoir; at least a portion of the inner reservoir configured to be moveable in the outer reservoir between at least a first inner reservoir position and a second inner reservoir position. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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36. A method of making a system for transferring fluidic media, the method comprising:
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providing an outer reservoir having an interior volume for containing fluidic media; providing an inner reservoir having an interior volume, the inner reservoir having a septum pierceable by a needle, the needle for providing a path from a vial containing fluidic media to the interior volume of the inner reservoir in a case where a first end of the needle is in the vial and a second end of the needle opposite the first end of the needle is in the interior volume of the inner reservoir; configuring the outer reservoir to include a septum pierceable by the needle, the needle for providing a fluid path from the vial containing fluidic media to the interior volume of the outer reservoir in a case where the first end of the needle is in the vial and the second end of the needle is in the interior volume of the outer reservoir; and configuring at least a portion of the inner reservoir to be moveable in the outer reservoir between at least a first inner reservoir position and a second inner reservoir position.
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48. A method of manufacturing a system for transferring fluidic media, the system comprising:
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providing an outer reservoir having an interior volume for containing fluidic media; providing an inner reservoir having an interior volume, the inner reservoir having a septum pierceable by a needle, the needle for providing a path from a vial containing fluidic media to the interior volume of the inner reservoir in a case where a first end of the needle is in the vial and a second end of the needle opposite the first end of the needle is in the interior volume of the inner reservoir; providing the outer reservoir with a septum pierceable by the needle, the needle for providing a fluid path from the vial containing fluidic media to the interior volume of the outer reservoir in a case where the first end of the needle is in the vial and the second end of the needle is in the interior volume of the outer reservoir; and configuring at least a portion of the inner reservoir to be moveable in the outer reservoir between at least a first inner reservoir position and a second inner reservoir position.
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