Infusion device having offset flow path

• US 7,211,068 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2005
• Issued: 05/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ICU Medical Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sterling Medivations, Inc. (Guided Therapeutics, Inc.)
• Inventors: Douglas, Joel S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kennedy; Sharon E.
• Application Number:
  US11/190,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20050267441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 604/93.01, 604/164.11, 604/165.04, 604/167.01, 604/167.03, 604/167.04, 604/167.05, 604/167.06, 604/533, 604/534, 604/539
• US Class Current: 604/167.05
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

An infusion device, including: a housing; an infusion cannula extending downwardly away from the housing and capable of receiving an insertion needle; a septum disposed in the housing; a passageway under said septum and in fluid communication with said cannula; and, an infusion needle insertable through the septum, the infusion needle capable of penetrating the septum and entering said passageway thereby forming a flow path between the infusion needle and the infusion cannula and wherein the ion cannula and the infusion needle are aligned on separate non identical axes.

Claims

1. An infusion device, comprising:

a housing configured to be applied to tissue;

an infusion cannula extending downwardly away from the housing and capable of receiving an insertion needle;

a septum disposed in the housing;

a passageway under said septum and in fluid communication with said cannula and;

an infusion needle insertable through the septum, the infusion needle capable of penetrating the septum and entering said passageway thereby forming a flow path between the infusion needle and the infusion cannula and wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle are aligned on separate non identical axes with the insertion needle being substantially perpendicular to the tissue so that it needle is axially rotatable with respect to thereto.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle are positioned parallel to one another.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle are positioned offset from one another.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle are in different planes relative to each other.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle are at oblique angles relative to each other.

6. The device of claim 1, further including a connecting hub rotatably connected to the housing and wherein the infusion needle is disposed in the center of the connecting hub and the infusion cannula is disposed off-center to the housing.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle have different diameters.

8. The device of claim 1, further including a connecting hub which is rotatable with respect to the housing.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the connecting hub is rotatable 360 degrees with respect to the housing.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the connecting hub is rotatable less than 360 degrees with respect to the housing.

11. The device of claim 1, further including a connecting hub which is attachable to the housing at different rotational positions.

12. The device of claim 1, further including a connecting hub which further comprises:

at least one flexible handle configured to attach the connecting hub onto the housing.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises:

an adhesive bandage extending therefrom for holding the housing against the patient'"'"'s skin.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the connecting hub further comprises:

a fluid infusion tube extending from the connecting hub, the fluid infusion tube being in fluid communication with the infusion needle.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the septum is pre-slit and wherein the infusion needle is a plastic tube.

16. A method of infusing fluid into a patient, comprising:

positioning an infusion housing, having a passageway, against a patient'"'"'s skin, such that an infusion cannula extends downwardly away from the infusion housing penetrates the patient'"'"'s skin along a first axis, thereby providing a pathway for infusate into the patient; and

inserting an infusion needle into the housing along a second axis adjacent, making said infusion need rotatable along said second access, said second axis being not identical with said first axis; and

causing infusate to pass through said insertion needle, into said passageway and then into said infusion cannula.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the passageway in the infusion housing is a lateral passageway.

18. An infusion device, comprising:

a housing;

a connecting hub rotatable on said housing;

stops configured to limit the rotation of the hub;

an infusion cannula extending downwardly away from the housing and capable of receiving an insertion needle;

a septum disposed in the housing;

a passageway under said septum and in fluid communication with said cannula and;

an infusion needle insertable through the rotatable hub and the septum, the infusion needle capable of penetrating the septum and entering said passageway thereby forming a flow path between the infusion needle and the infusion cannula and wherein the infusion cannula and the infusion needle are aligned on separate non identical generally axes and where the connecting hub is rotatable between said stops.