Disposable infusion device filling apparatus and method
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1. An infusion system comprising:
- a disposable wearable infusion device having a body arranged to be adhered to a patients skin, a port, and a reservoir for holding a liquid medicant to be infused into the patient; and
a filler device comprising a conduit for releasable attachment to the infusion device port, a cavity for receiving a vial of liquid medicant, a displaceable arm, and a pump for pumping an amount of air into the vial to displace from the vial a like amount of liquid medicant, wherein the quantity of air pumped into the vial depends on a length of travel of the displaceable arm.
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Abstract
An infusion system includes a disposable wearable infusion device and a filler device. The disposable infusion device has a body arranged to be adhered to a patient'"'"'s skin and a reservoir for holding a liquid medicant to be infused into the patient. The filler device is arranged to detachably receive the infusion device body and to transfer a volume of the liquid medicant to the infusion device reservoir. The filler device may be part of a service device arranged to detachably receive the infusion device and which also includes a cannula driver and a cannula for providing the infusion device with a cannula and deploying the cannula to beneath a patient'"'"'s skin.
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1. An infusion system comprising:
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a disposable wearable infusion device having a body arranged to be adhered to a patients skin, a port, and a reservoir for holding a liquid medicant to be infused into the patient; and a filler device comprising a conduit for releasable attachment to the infusion device port, a cavity for receiving a vial of liquid medicant, a displaceable arm, and a pump for pumping an amount of air into the vial to displace from the vial a like amount of liquid medicant, wherein the quantity of air pumped into the vial depends on a length of travel of the displaceable arm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A filler device for filling a reservoir of a disposable wearable infusion device with a liquid medicant, comprising:
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a body; a cavity for receiving a vial of the liquid medicant; a conduit for releasable attachment to a port of the infusion device and that establishes fluid communication between the infusion device reservoir and the liquid medicant; a displaceable arm; and a pump for pumping an amount of air into the vial to displace from the vial a like amount of liquid medicant to the infusion device reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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