Valve arrangement for medical device

• US 9,814,872 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Eggert, Ilona, Davies, James Alexander, Bilton, Simon Lewis, Moore, David, Wimpenny, Steven, Langley, Christopher Nigel
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayman, Imani
• Assistant Examiner(s): Engel, Matthew A
• Application Number:
  US14/113,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,028 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3128 Incorporating one-way valves, e.g. pressure-relief or non-return valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/22 Valves or arrangement of valves A61M39/02, A61M39/0247, A61M39/16 take precedence; regulating valves in infusion systems A61M5/16881; in devices worn by the patient for the reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge, or in colostomy devices A61F5/4405
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/19 having more than one chamber , e.g. including a manifold coupling two parallelly aligned syringes through separate channels to a common discharge assembly surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3134 characterised by constructional features of the distal end, i.e. end closest to the tip of the needle cannula

Abstract

The invention faces the technical problem of reducing the uncertainty over exact doses ejected from a medical device and at the same time providing a homogeneous, but controlled mixture of at least two fluids while a simple production should be maintained. A medical device comprising a first valve, a second valve, a first pre-valve ullage, a second pre-valve ullage, a post-valve ullage with a first end and a second end and a needle is presented. The first pre-valve ullage is connected to the post-valve ullage by the first valve and the second pre-valve ullage is connected to the post-valve ullage by the second valve. A first fluid is guidable from the first pre-valve ullage to the post-valve ullage and a second fluid is guidable from the second pre-valve ullage to the post-valve ullage.

Claims

1. Medical device comprising:

a first valve,

a second valve,

a first pre-valve ullage,

a second pre-valve ullage,

a first proximally positioned piercing needle,

a second proximally positioned piercing needle,

a post-valve ullage configured as a holding chamber having a first proximal end and a second distal end, and

a needle having a first proximal end inserted into the second distal end of the holding chamber,

wherein said first pre-valve ullage is connected to said post-valve ullage by said first valve,

wherein said second pre-valve ullage is connected to said post-valve ullage by said second valve,

wherein a first fluid is guidable from a first cartridge containing the first fluid via the first proximally positioned piercing needle to the first pre-valve ullage, from the first pre-valve ullage through the first valve, and then to the second distal end of the post-valve ullage,

wherein a second fluid is guidable from a second cartridge containing the second fluid via the second proximally positioned piercing needle to the second pre-valve ullage, from the second pre-valve ullage through the second valve, and then to the second distal end of the post-valve ullage, and

wherein the holding chamber is configured such that the first and the second fluid enter the holding chamber at the second distal end flowing towards the first proximal end and are mixed in the holding chamber before exiting the first distal end of the post-valve ullage and prior to administering the first and second fluids through the needle, and wherein the first and second fluids enter at different sides of the holding chamber respectively.

2. Medical device according to claim 1, further comprising a first reservoir and a second reservoir, wherein said first reservoir is connected to said first pre-valve ullage and said second reservoir is connected to said second pre-valve ullage.

3. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein said first proximal end of said needle is in the center of said post-valve ullage.

4. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein the first fluid and/or the second fluid enter the post-valve ullage substantially tangentially.

5. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein said first pre-valve ullage and said second pre-valve ullage are provided by an inner body and said first valve and said second valve are provided by a first elastic part and a second elastic part adjacent to an outer body of said medical device.

6. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein said first valve and said second valve are provided by valves located by the first proximal end of the post-valve ullage.

7. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein said first valve is configured to be controlled by a pressure of said first fluid in said first pre-valve ullage and/or said second valve is configured to be controlled by a pressure of said second fluid in said second pre-valve ullage.

8. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein the first valve and/or the second valve is at least in part made from one or more materials selected from the group of TPE, PTFE, silicone and EPDM.

9. Medical device according to claim 1, wherein said medical device is a drug delivery system.

10. Medical device according to claim 1, further comprising a dispense interface comprising said first valve, said second valve, said first pre-valve ullage, said second pre-valve ullage and said post-valve ullage with said first proximal end and said second distal end.