VIAL SUPPORTER FOR MEDICAMENT PUMP

• US 20180071454A1
• Filed: 09/15/2017
• Published: 03/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care Incorporated
• Inventors: Betts, Ryan William, Hume, Maxwell Aaron, Lamb, Philip Sven, Michaud, Michael, Nadworny, John Charles, Truong, Steven Thuan, Trevaskis, William T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,926,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/062 Carpules
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/12 with means for holding samples of contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/14 Details; Accessories therefor A61J7/00 takes precedence; openers B65D, B67B7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2055 having gripping means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2089 Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/168 Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters ; Monitoring media flow to the body flow control in general G05D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 43/10 Pumps having fluid drive

Abstract

Devices and methods for filling a medicament cartridge of a pump, including a user-wearable, ambulatory infusion pump. A device for supporting a medicament cartridge can comprise a body portion resembling a tray, with recesses disposed therein to support one or more of a cartridge body, cartridge tubing, interconnect fitting, and vial adapter. The recesses of the tray may be shaped to correspond to that component intended to be placed in its respective recess so to provide a visual indication to a user how to couple and align the various components necessary to fill the cartridge.

Claims

1. A device for supporting a medicament cartridge of an ambulatory infusion pump during a procedure for filling the medicament cartridge with a medicament, comprising:

a tray body having a cartridge end and a vial end;

a cartridge holder defined adjacent the cartridge end in the tray body, the cartridge holder comprising a recess in the tray body, the recess having a bottom surface and a perimeter shape generally matching an outer perimeter of a body of a medicament cartridge configured to be retained in the cartridge holder;

a fitting holder defined adjacent the vial end in the tray body, the fitting holder comprising a recess in the tray body that is configured to retain an interconnect fitting of the medicament cartridge and having a shape generally matching a shape of the interconnect fitting; and

a tubing holder defined in the tray body, the tubing holder comprising a channel configured to retain a tubing section of the medicament cartridge.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder and the tubing holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a vial adapter holder defined in the tray body adjacent the fitting holder at the cartridge end of the tray body, the vial adapter comprising a recess in the tray body that is configured to retain a portion of a vial adapter configured to attach to the interconnect fitting of the medicament cartridge therein.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the vial adapter holder is configured to prevent rotation of the vial adapter when the portion of the vial adapter is retained in the vial adapter holder.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder, the tubing holder and the vial adapter holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein tray body includes one or more tabs configured to releasably retain the interconnect fitting in the fitting holder.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising an opening in the bottom surface of the cartridge holder.

8. A system for filling a medicament cartridge of an ambulatory infusion pump with a medicament, comprising:

a medicament cartridge having a cartridge body defining an outer perimeter, a tubing section extending from the cartridge body and an interconnect fitting at a distal end of the tubing section; and

a cartridge supporter configured to support the medicament cartridge during a procedure for filling the medicament cartridge with a medicament, the cartridge supporter defining a tray body having a cartridge end and a vial end and including a cartridge holder recess having a perimeter shape generally matching the outer perimeter of the cartridge body, a fitting holder recess having a shape generally matching a shape of the interconnect fitting and a tubing holder channel configured to retain the tubing section.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a vial adapter configured to couple to the interconnect fitting to facilitate fluid communication between the medicament cartridge and a medicament vial.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the cartridge supporter further defines a vial adapter holder recess configured to retain a portion of the vial adapter therein.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the vial adapter holder is configured to prevent rotation of the vial adapter when the portion of the vial adapter is retained in the vial adapter holder.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder, the tubing holder and the vial adapter holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising a medicament vial configured to couple with the vial adapter opposite of the interconnect fitting.

14. A method of filling a medicament cartridge of an ambulatory infusion pump with a medicament, comprising:

placing a medicament cartridge having a cartridge body and a fitting connected to a tubing portion extending from the cartridge body into a cartridge supporter configured as a tray;

connecting a medicament vial containing a medicament to a vial adapter connected to the fitting;

filling the medicament cartridge with the medicament from the medicament vial with the medicament cartridge in a cartridge holder of the tray;

disconnecting the medicament vial from the vial adapter after filling the medicament cartridge;

removing the medicament cartridge from the tray; and

disconnecting the vial adapter from the fitting.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising attaching the medicament cartridge to an ambulatory infusion pump.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising inserting a fitting cap into the fitting.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising connecting the vial adapter to the fitting.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising placing the vial adapter into the tray.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

connecting a fill rod to the medicament cartridge;

pulling the fill rod to a desired volume of the medicament to be filled into the medicament cartridge;

pushing the fill rod to push air into the cartridge and the medicament vial;

pulling the fill rod to the desired volume to draw the desired volume of the medicament out of the medicament vial and into the medicament cartridge; and

disconnecting the fill rod from the medicament cartridge.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein removing the medicament cartridge and the vial adapter from the tray includes engaging one or more tabs on the tray that releasably engage one or more portions of the medicament cartridge.