CONNECTION AND ALIGNMENT DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Abstract
A medical device includes a first housing portion (FHP) and a second housing portion (SHP) configured to be to be movable relative to each other from a first position to operatively engage at a second position to couple at least one of a drive device and a needle-inserting device supported by one of the FHP and the SHP to a reservoir supported by the other of the FHP and the SHP. Electronic circuitry configured to detect at least one of a first magnetic interaction between a magnet and at least one of a first magnetically attractive material and a first magnet-responsive device and a second magnetic interaction between the magnet and at least one of a second magnetically attractive material and a second magnet-responsive device, and to provide a signal or a change in state in response to detecting at least one of the interactions.
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40 Claims
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20. A medical device for treating a user, the device comprising:
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a first housing portion adapted to be carried by a user; a second housing portion configured to be selectively operatively engaged with and disengaged from the first housing portion, the first housing portion and the second housing portion configured to be movable relative to each other from a first position to a second position to operatively engage each other at the second position; a first interactive element supported on the first housing portion; a second interactive element supported on the second housing portion in a position to interact with the first interactive element when the first housing portion and the second housing portion are in the first position; a third interactive element supported on the second housing portion in a position to interact with the first interactive element when the first housing portion and the second housing portion are in the second position; and electronic circuitry configured to detect at least one of a first interaction between the first interactive element and the second interactive element, and a second interaction between the first interactive element and the third interactive element, the circuitry configured to provide a signal or a change in state in response to detection of at least one of the first interaction and the second interaction. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of manufacturing a medical device for treating a user, the method comprising:
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adapting a first housing portion to be carried by a user; configuring a second housing portion to be selectively operatively engaged with and disengaged from the first housing portion, the first housing portion and the second housing portion configured to be movable relative to each other from a first position to a second position to operatively engage each other at the second position; supporting a first interactive element on the first housing portion; supporting a second interactive element on the second housing portion in a position to interact with the first interactive element when the first housing portion and the second housing portion are in the first position; supporting a third interactive element on the second housing portion in a position to interact with the first interactive element the first housing portion and the second housing portion are in the second position; configuring electronic circuitry to detect at least one of a first interaction between the first interactive element and the second interactive element and a second interaction between the first interactive element and the third interactive element; and configuring the circuitry to provide a signal or a change in state in response to detection of at least one of the first interaction and the second interaction.
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Specification