Fluid delivery device

• US 9,968,731 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mannkind Corporation
• Original Assignee: Valeritas, Inc. (Zealand Pharma A/S)
• Inventors: Gonnelli, Robert R., Levesque, Steven F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Quynh-Nhu H
• Application Number:
  US14/790,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20150306306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14252 with needle insertion means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14506 mechanically driven, e.g. spring or clockwork
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0007 introduced into the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 of the skin patch type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14526 the piston being actuated by fluid pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1454 spring-actuated, e.g. by a clockwork
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14566 with a replaceable reservoir for receiving a piston rod of the pump
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1626 Needle protectors therefor in combination with syringes A61M5/3202; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16804 Flow controllers
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/022 of the gun type and actuated by fluid pressure or by a motor air-operated grease guns F16N5/02; devices to fill holes or cracks B05C17/002

Abstract

A fluid delivery device comprises a housing having a fluid reservoir. A needle is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir in an engaged position and out of fluid communication with the fluid reservoir in armed and storage positions. A proximal end of a biasing member is coupled to the housing and a distal end of the biasing member is configured to deliver a force to the fluid reservoir. A piston member extends through the biasing member and is coupled to the distal end of the biasing member. The piston member is fixed with respect to the housing in a locked position such that the biasing member does not deliver the force to the fluid reservoir and moveable with respect to the housing in a released position such that the biasing member delivers the force to the fluid reservoir. Transitioning the needle from the storage position to the armed position transitions the piston from the locked position to the released position.

Claims

1. A fluid delivery device comprising:

a housing configured to contain a fluid reservoir;

a needle configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir in an engaged position and out of fluid communication with the fluid reservoir in an armed position and a storage position;

a cap coupled to the housing and extending over a needle button coupled to the needle in the storage position and preventing the fluid delivery device from transitioning to the armed and engaged positions;

a biasing member having a proximal end coupled to the housing and a distal end configured to provide a force for the fluid reservoir; and

a plunger coupled to the distal end of the biasing member, the plunger being fixed with respect to the housing in the storage position such that the biasing member does not provide the force to the fluid reservoir and moveable with respect to the housing in the armed position such that the biasing member provides the force to the fluid reservoir,

wherein the cap includes a pin extending through the housing and releaseably retaining the plunger in the storage position such that removing the cap from covering the needle button releases the plunger from the housing and transitions the fluid delivery device from the storage position to the armed position.

2. The fluid delivery device of claim 1, further comprising a hydraulic basal chamber coupled between the biasing member and the fluid reservoir.

3. The fluid delivery device of claim 2, further comprising a hydraulic pump chamber and a flow restrictor fluidly coupling the hydraulic pump chamber and the hydraulic basal chamber.

4. The fluid delivery device of claim 2, wherein the plunger includes a plunger tip coupled to the hydraulic basal chamber.

5. The fluid delivery device of claim 1, wherein the biasing member comprises at least two overlapping coaxial springs.

6. The fluid delivery device of claim 1, wherein the plunger extends through the biasing member.

7. The fluid delivery device of claim 1, wherein the needle is not moveable relative to the fluid reservoir in the storage position and moveable relative to the fluid reservoir in the armed position.

8. The fluid delivery device of claim 1, wherein the housing contains

a fluid reservoir.

9. The fluid delivery device of claim 1, wherein a delivery end of the needle is contained within the housing in the storage and armed positions and extends from the housing in the engaged position.

10. A fluid delivery device comprising:

a housing configured to contain a fluid reservoir;

a needle having a storage position, an armed position, and an engaged position, the needle configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir in the engaged position and out of fluid communication with the fluid reservoir in the armed and storage positions;

a biasing member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the biasing member being coupled to the housing and the distal end of the biasing member configured to provide a force for the fluid reservoir; and

a plunger coupled to the distal end of the biasing member, the plunger being fixed with respect to the housing in a locked position such that the biasing member does not provide the force to the fluid reservoir and moveable with respect to the housing in a released position such that the biasing member provides the force to the fluid reservoir,

wherein transitioning the needle from the storage position to the armed position transitions the plunger from the locked position to the released position,

wherein the plunger is releaseably coupled to the housing with a pin extending through the housing and a cap extends over the needle in the storage position, the cap being coupled to the pin such that removing the cap releases the plunger from the housing.