COLLAPSIBLE RESERVOIR FOR USE WITH A DELIVERY DEVICE
First Claim
1. An ambulatory portable dispensing device for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a patient'"'"'s body, the dispensing device comprising:
- at least one housing accommodating a pump and at least a portion of a reservoir, wherein the reservoir retains a therapeutic fluid for delivery to a patient'"'"'s body and is configured to collapse as the therapeutic fluid is removed from the reservoir, anda fluid channel;
and wherein;
the pump is operationally coupled to the fluid channel,the operational coupling of the pump to the fluid channel removes the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir without direct force of the pump on the reservoir, andas a result of the removal of therapeutic fluid from the reservoir, the reservoir collapses from a first volume to a second smaller volume.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a therapeutic fluid reservoir to be used with an ambulatory portable infusion device. The reservoir includes a pliable shell defining a varying inner volume that varies based on the volume of therapeutic fluid held inside the reservoir, the varying inner volume having a predetermined maximum volume for containing a corresponding volume of therapeutic fluid and an outlet port for communicating fluid from the reservoir to a patient, the varying inner volume decreasing upon therapeutic fluid being communicated through the outlet port. Upon the reservoir reaching the predetermined maximum volume when being filled with therapeutic fluid, any therapeutic fluid in excess of the predetermined maximum volume driven into the reservoir causes a substantially corresponding amount of therapeutic fluid to exit out of the reservoir via the outlet port and/or at least one other port provided in the pliable shell.
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30 Claims
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1. An ambulatory portable dispensing device for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a patient'"'"'s body, the dispensing device comprising:
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at least one housing accommodating a pump and at least a portion of a reservoir, wherein the reservoir retains a therapeutic fluid for delivery to a patient'"'"'s body and is configured to collapse as the therapeutic fluid is removed from the reservoir, and a fluid channel; and wherein; the pump is operationally coupled to the fluid channel, the operational coupling of the pump to the fluid channel removes the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir without direct force of the pump on the reservoir, and as a result of the removal of therapeutic fluid from the reservoir, the reservoir collapses from a first volume to a second smaller volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An ambulatory portable dispensing device for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a patient'"'"'s body, the dispensing device comprising:
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at least one housing accommodating a pump and at least a portion of a reservoir, wherein; the reservoir retains a therapeutic fluid for delivery to a patient'"'"'s body and is configured to collapse as the therapeutic fluid is removed from the reservoir, the reservoir comprises a pliable multi-layered shell defining a varying inner volume that varies based on the volume of the therapeutic fluid retained inside the reservoir, the shell is configured to resist further outward expansion when the inner volume reaches a predetermined maximum volume and to contract inwardly when the fluid exits the inner volume; an outlet port for communicating fluid from the reservoir to the patient, wherein any therapeutic fluid in excess of the predetermined maximum volume driven into the reservoir causes a substantially corresponding amount of therapeutic fluid to exit out of the reservoir via the outlet port and/or at least one other port associated with the pliable shell; a vent port for air pressure equalization between an interior of the at least one housing and ambient air; and a fluid channel, wherein; the pump is operationally coupled to the fluid channel, the operational coupling of the pump to the fluid channel removes the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir without direct force of the pump on the reservoir, and as a result of the removal of therapeutic fluid from the reservoir, the reservoir collapses from a first volume to a second smaller volume.
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30. A method for communicating therapeutic fluid into a patient'"'"'s body, the method comprising:
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providing an ambulatory portable dispensing device for delivering the therapeutic fluid to the patient'"'"'s body, the dispensing device comprising at least one housing accommodating a pump and at least a portion of a reservoir, wherein the reservoir retains a therapeutic fluid for delivery to a patient'"'"'s body and is configured to collapse as the therapeutic fluid is removed from the reservoir, and a fluid channel; operationally coupling the pump to the fluid channel, wherein the operational coupling of the pump to the fluid channel removes the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir without direct force of the pump on the reservoir, and wherein as a result of the removal of therapeutic fluid from the reservoir, the reservoir collapses from a first volume to a second smaller volume.
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Specification