MULTI-FLOW UNIVERSAL TUBING SET

• US 20150374911A1
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KORU Medical Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Repro-Med Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: SEALFON, Andrew L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,420,886 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/082 Multi-lumen tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/002 Packages specially adapted therefor combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113; catheter kit packages for surgical articles A61B50/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/08 Tubes; Storage means specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/28 Clamping means for squeezing flexible tubes, e.g. roller clamps tube strippers A61M1/83
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1413 Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1456 with a replaceable reservoir comprising a piston rod to be moved into the reservoir, e.g. the piston rod is part of the removable reservoir
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16813 by controlling the degree of opening of the flow line
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16877 Adjusting flow; Devices for setting a flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16881 Regulating valves on-off valves, e.g. clamps A61M39/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu

Abstract

The invention provides a modular tubing system with a set of tubing segments that can be configured to provide a desired flow rate. In the modular systems described herein, multiple tubes with pre-set flow rates are attached either in-series or in parallel to allow the user to vary the flow rate of the therapy. The modular systems described herein may be used in connection with a constant pressure pump for subcutaneous administration of therapeutic agents.

Claims

1. A modular tubing system for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient at a desired flow rate, comprising:

a source containing a therapeutic agent;

an outlet for delivering the therapeutic agent into the body of the patient;

a plurality of tubing segments in fluid communication with the source and the outlet and aligned in a parallel relationship for simultaneously conducting the flow of therapeutic agent from the source to the outlet; and

one or more flow-stopping means to stop the flow of therapeutic agent in one or more of the tubing segments.

2. The modular tubing system according to claim 1, wherein a flow-stopping means is a clamp.

3. The modular tubing system according to claim 2, wherein the clamp is a slide clamp.

6. The modular tubing system according to claim 1, wherein the source is a syringe.

7. The modular tubing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of tubing segments is selected from between two and five tubing segments.

8. The modular tubing system according to claim 7, wherein at least two of the tubing segments have different pre-set flow rates.

9. The modular tubing system according to claim 1, wherein the outlet comprises one or more needles.

10. A kit comprising a modular tubing system of claim 1.

11. The kit of claim 10, further comprising instructions for use.

4. A modular tubing system for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient at a desired flow rate, comprising:

a source containing a therapeutic agent;

an outlet for delivering the therapeutic agent into the body of the patient;

two or more tubing segments connected in series through connectors wherein the connected segments conduct the flow of therapeutic agent from the source to the outlet.

5. The modular tubing system of claim 4, wherein one or more of the tubing segments may be removed from the system and the remaining segments may be connected to restore the flow of therapeutic agent from the source to the outlet.

12. (canceled)

13. A kit comprising:

a needle set comprising one or more needles; and

a modular tubing system for delivering a therapeutic fluid to the body of a patient at a desired flow rate, comprising;

a plurality of tubing segments connected in-series.

14. The kit according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of tubing segments is selected from between two and five tubing segments.

15. The kit according to claim 13, wherein at least two of the tubing segments have different pre-set flow rates.

16. The kit according to claim 13, further comprising instructions for using the modular tubing system.