Therapeutic Agent Injection Device and Body

• US 20150105731A1
• Filed: 10/14/2013
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Minimed Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Minimed Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Chong, Colin A., Lickliter, Hans, Bikovsky, Rafael, Montalvo, Susan McConnell
• Application Number:
  US14/052,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20150105731A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1585 Needle inserters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0264 with multiple inlets or multiple outlets
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/027 having a particular valve, seal or septum
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0276 for introducing or removing fluids into or out of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/0247 Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body peritoneal dialysis catheters A61M1/285; tracheostomy devices A61M16/0465; measuring pressure within the body A61B5/03; colostomy devices A61F5/445; gastrotomy feeding tubes A61J15/0015; means for fixing a feeding tube outside of the body A61J15/0053
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/162 Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube ; Connections between reservoir and tube in jet-action syringes A61M5/30; connectors for tubes having sealed ends and a needle for piercing them A61M39/14

Abstract

A therapeutic agent injection device and body with a single piece body for an injection device including a planar deck having a patient face, the planar deck having cutouts around and through the planar deck, the planar deck including a delivery tube port on the patient face; a port segment attached opposite the patient face of the planar deck, the port segment including an introducer port including an introducer channel and an injection port including an injection channel the introducer channel being in fluid communication with the injection channel and the delivery tube port; and attachment projections protruding from the patient face.

Claims

1. A single piece body for an injection device, the single piece body comprising:

a planar deck having a patient face, the planar deck having cutouts around and through the planar deck, the planar deck including a delivery tube port on the patient face;

a port segment attached opposite the patient face of the planar deck, the port segment including an introducer port including an introducer channel and an injection port including an injection channel the introducer channel being in fluid communication with the injection channel and the delivery tube port; and

attachment projections protruding from the patient face.

2. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein the attachment projections are operable for plastic welding.

3. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein at least the planar deck is transparent.

4. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein the attachment projections are truncated pyramids.

5. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein the attachment projections are selected from the group consisting of bumps, radial lines, and concentric rings.

6. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein the planar deck has an outer circumference on the patient face and the attachment projections are disposed on the outer circumference.

7. The single piece body of claim 6 wherein the planar deck has an inner circle on the patient face and the attachment projections are disposed on the inner circle.

8. The single piece body of claim 7 wherein the planar deck has diameter segments on the patient face between the outer circumference and the inner circle, and the attachment projections are disposed on the diameter segments.

9. The single piece body of claim 1 further comprising a patch attached to the attachment projections and operable to adhesively attach to a patient.

10. The single piece body of claim 9 wherein the patch is plastically welded to the attachment projections.

11. The single piece body of claim 9 wherein, in cross section through adjacent ones of the attachment projections, the patient face and the patch define a ventilation gap.

12. The single piece body of claim 9 wherein the patch includes holes aligned with and the same size as the cutouts.

13. The single piece body of claim 12 further comprising mesh disposed across the holes.

14. The single piece body of claim 9 wherein the patch includes perforations.

15. The single piece body of claim 9 wherein the patch is a mesh sheet.

16. The single piece body of claim 9 wherein the patch is transparent.

17. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein the introducer channel is in fluid communication with the injection channel through a cross channel, the injection channel defines an injection axis, the introducer channel defines an introducer axis, and the injection axis is parallel to the introducer axis.

18. The single piece body of claim 1 wherein the injection channel defines an injection axis, the introducer channel defines an introducer axis, and the injection axis is at an angle to and intersects with the introducer axis.

19. An injection device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient, the injection device comprising:

a single piece body comprising;

a planar deck having a patient face, the planar deck having cutouts around and through the planar deck, the planar deck including a delivery tube port on the patient face;

a port segment attached opposite the patient face of the planar deck, the port segment including an introducer port including an introducer channel and an injection port including an injection channel the introducer channel being in fluid communication with the injection channel and the delivery tube port; and

attachment projections protruding from the patient face;

a delivery tube for subcutaneous delivery of the therapeutic agent to the patient, the delivery tube projecting from and being generally perpendicular to the patient face, the delivery tube being in fluid communication with the injection port; and

a patch plastically welded to the attachment projections and operable to adhesively attach to the patient.

20. The injection device of claim 19 wherein at least the planar deck is transparent.

21. The single piece body of claim 19 wherein the attachment projections are selected from the group consisting of truncated pyramids, bumps, radial lines, and concentric rings.

22. The injection device of claim 19 wherein, in cross section through adjacent ones of the attachment projections, the patient face and the patch define a ventilation gap.