ADHESIVE AND PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
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Abstract
A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems.
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51 Claims
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1-39. -39. (canceled)
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40. A system, comprising:
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a reservoir for receiving an infusion medium from an infusion medium container, the infusion medium container having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the reservoir comprising; a collapsible housing having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the collapsible housing being collapsible from an expanded state to reduce the interior volume of the collapsible housing and being expandable from a collapsed state to increase the interior volume of the collapsible housing; and a chamber housing having an interior volume bordered on at least one side by the collapsible housing such that the interior volume of the chamber housing increases as the collapsible housing collapses toward the collapsed state and such that the interior volume of the chamber housing decreases as the collapsible housing expands toward the expanded state; wherein the collapsible housing and the chamber housing are configured such that when (i) a gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing is less than a particular gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the infusion medium container and (ii) the collapsible housing is in the collapsed state and (iii) a path for transferring the infusion medium is established between the interior volume of the infusion medium container and the interior volume of the collapsible housing, the collapsible housing and the chamber housing allow for a pressure differential between the interior volume of the chamber housing and the interior volume of the infusion medium container to cause the collapsible housing to expand and to cause the infusion medium to be pushed from the infusion medium container to the collapsible housing. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of making a system, the method comprising:
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providing a chamber housing; providing a collapsible housing having an interior volume for holding an infusion medium, the collapsible housing being collapsible from an expanded state to reduce the interior volume of the collapsible housing and being expandable from a collapsed state to increase the interior volume of the collapsible housing; connecting the collapsible housing to the chamber housing so that an interior volume of the chamber housing is boarded on at least one side by the collapsible housing and such that the interior volume of the chamber housing increases as the collapsible housing collapses toward the collapsed state and the interior volume of the chamber housing decreases as the collapsible housing expands toward the expanded state; reducing a gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing; and reducing a particular gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the collapsible housing after the gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing has been reduced.
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48. A method for using a system, the system comprising a reservoir for receiving an infusion medium from an infusion medium container, the infusion medium container having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the reservoir comprising a collapsible housing having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the collapsible housing being collapsible from an expanded state to reduce the interior volume of the collapsible housing and being expandable from a collapsed state to increase the interior volume of the collapsible housing, the reservoir further comprising a chamber housing having an interior volume bordered on at least one side by the collapsible housing such that the interior volume of the chamber housing increases as the collapsible housing collapses toward the collapsed state and such that the interior volume of the chamber housing decreases as the collapsible housing expands toward the expanded state, the method comprising:
establishing a path for transferring the infusion medium between the interior volume of the infusion medium container and the interior volume of the collapsible housing when (i) a gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing is less than a particular gaseous pressure within the interior volume of the infusion medium container and (ii) the collapsible housing is in the collapsed state, such that a pressure differential between the interior volume of the chamber housing and the interior volume of the infusion medium container causes the collapsible housing to expand and to cause the infusion medium to be pushed from the infusion medium container to the collapsible housing.
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49. A system, comprising:
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a reservoir for receiving an infusion medium from an infusion medium container, the infusion medium container having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the reservoir comprising; a collapsible housing having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the collapsible housing being collapsible from an expanded state to reduce the interior volume of the collapsible housing and being expandable from a collapsed state to increase the interior volume of the collapsible housing; and a chamber housing having an interior volume bordered on at least one side by the collapsible housing such that the interior volume of the chamber housing increases as the collapsible housing collapses toward the collapsed state and such that the interior volume of the chamber housing decreases as the collapsible housing expands toward the expanded state; wherein the collapsible housing and the chamber housing are configured such that when (i) a pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing is less than a particular pressure within the interior volume of the infusion medium container and (ii) the collapsible housing is in the collapsed state and (iii) a path for transferring the infusion medium is established between the interior volume of the infusion medium container and the interior volume of the collapsible housing, the collapsible housing and the chamber housing allow for a pressure differential between the interior volume of the chamber housing and the interior volume of the infusion medium container to cause the collapsible housing to expand and to cause the infusion medium to be pushed from the infusion medium container to the collapsible housing.
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50. A method of making a system, the method comprising:
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providing a chamber housing; providing a collapsible housing having an interior volume for holding an infusion medium, the collapsible housing being collapsible from an expanded state to reduce the interior volume of the collapsible housing and being expandable from a collapsed state to increase the interior volume of the collapsible housing; connecting the collapsible housing to the chamber housing so that an interior volume of the chamber housing is boarded on at least one side by the collapsible housing and such that the interior volume of the chamber housing increases as the collapsible housing collapses toward the collapsed state and the interior volume of the chamber housing decreases as the collapsible housing expands toward the expanded state; reducing a pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing; and reducing a particular pressure within the interior volume of the collapsible housing after the pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing has been reduced.
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51. A method for using a system, the system comprising a reservoir for receiving an infusion medium from an infusion medium container, the infusion medium container having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the reservoir comprising a collapsible housing having an interior volume for holding the infusion medium, the collapsible housing being collapsible from an expanded state to reduce the interior volume of the collapsible housing and being expandable from a collapsed state to increase the interior volume of the collapsible housing, the reservoir further comprising a chamber housing having an interior volume bordered on at least one side by the collapsible housing such that the interior volume of the chamber housing increases as the collapsible housing collapses toward the collapsed state and such that the interior volume of the chamber housing decreases as the collapsible housing expands toward the expanded state, the method comprising:
establishing a path for transferring the infusion medium between the interior volume of the infusion medium container and the interior volume of the collapsible housing when (i) a pressure within the interior volume of the chamber housing is less than a particular pressure within the interior volume of the infusion medium container and (ii) the collapsible housing is in the collapsed state, such that a pressure differential between the interior volume of the chamber housing and the interior volume of the infusion medium container causes the collapsible housing to expand and to cause the infusion medium to be pushed from the infusion medium container to the collapsible housing.
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