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Fluid delivery device with conformable ullage and fill assembly

  • US 6,045,533 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1998
  • Issued: 04/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fluid delivery apparatus for delivering fluid into a patient comprising:

  • (a) a fluid delivery assembly having an outlet for delivering fluid from the apparatus, said fluid delivery assembly including;

    (i) a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a fluid passageway formed in said base intermediate said upper and lower surfaces, said fluid passageway being in communication with said outlet and having first and second ends, said lower surface of said base including means for connecting said fluid delivery assembly to the patient;

    (ii) operating means for urging controlled fluid flow through said outlet, said operating means including drive means carried by said base;

    (iii) a cover assembly connected to said base, one of said cover assembly and said base having a receiving chamber interconnected with said first end of said fluid passageway formed in said base; and

    (iv) a stored energy means comprising at least one distendable membrane superimposed over said upper surface of said base to define a fluid reservoir having a fluid inlet in communication with said fluid passageway in said base, said membrane being distendable by forces imparted thereon by fluids introduced into said reservoir through said fluid inlet, said forces establishing internal stresses within said distendable membrane, said stresses tending to return said distendable membrane toward a less distended configuration; and

    (b) a fluid containing subassembly interconnected with said fluid delivery assembly for filling said reservoir, said fluid containing subassembly comprising;

    (i) a container assembly for containing fluid; and

    (ii) an adapter assembly receivable within said receiving chamber, said adapter assembly comprising a hollow housing having a first open end for telescopically receiving a part of said container of said container assembly and including a second end, said hollow housing having driven means engageable by said drive means of said fluid delivery assembly for advancing said adapter assembly within said receiving chamber.

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