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Apparatus for dispensing medicinal fluids and method of making same

  • US 9,737,659 B2
  • Filed: 08/09/2014
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for dispensing medicinal fluids to a patient comprising:

  • (a) A generally cylindrically shaped housing having first and second ends and a longitudinally extending center line;

    (b) a first assembly connected to said first end of said housing, said first assembly comprising;

    (i) a front cover;

    (ii)a fluidics hub disposed within said front cover;

    (iii) a penetrating sub-assembly connected to said fluidics hub, said penetrating sub assembly comprising a mounting plate and a penetrating member connected to said mounting plate and extending along said longitudinal center line of said housing, said penetrating member having a fluid passageway; and

    (iv) a rate control assembly connected to said penetrating sub-assembly, said rate control assembly including a rate control member having a micro-channel formed therein in communication with said fluid passageway of said penetrating member;

    (c) a second assembly carried by said housing for movement relative thereto between a first position and a second advanced position, said second assembly comprising;

    (i) a threaded shuttle; and

    (ii) a collapsible container carried by said threaded shuttle, said collapsible container including a neck portion having a closure wall pierceable by said penetrating member and having a longitudinal center line aligned with said longitudinal center line of said housing;

    (d) a first operating assembly operably associated with said second assembly for controlled movement of said second assembly within said housing from said first position to said second advanced position;

    (e) a second operating assembly operably associated with said second assembly for controllably advancing said second assembly within said housing from said second advanced position to a further advanced position; and

    (f) a disabling assembly carried by said generally cylindrically shaped housing for preventing operation of said first operating assembly of said second assembly.

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