Infusion system for preventing mischanneling of multiple medicaments
First Claim
1. A system for delivering multiple fluids to a patient, comprisingat least first and second reservoirs, wherein each of the first and second reservoirs houses a fluid and has a feature element associated therewith, wherein the feature element of the first reservoir is different than the feature element of the second reservoir,at least first and second manifolds for completely housing the first and second reservoirs, respectively, wherein each of the manifolds has a feature element associated therewith, wherein the feature element of the first manifold is different than the feature element of the second manifold,wherein the feature element of the first reservoir is complementary to the feature element of the first manifold and the feature element of the second reservoir is complementary to the feature element of the second manifold, such that when assembled the first reservoir is capable of only being fluidly coupled to the first manifold and the second reservoir is capable of only being fluidly coupled to the second manifold, thereby preventing mischanneling of the fluid,wherein the first manifold includes a first outlet port and the second manifold includes a second outlet port, and wherein the first and second outlet ports are coupled to first and second inlet ports of an infusion pump;
- wherein the first and second manifolds are disposed on an outside of the infusion pump.
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide a multi-medicament infusion system (10) for preventing the mischanneling of medicaments. The system may include an infusion pump (12), medicament reservoirs (16A,16B), a multi-channel lumen (18), and an infusion set (20). The medicament reservoirs may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the infusion pump in a unique configuration. The multi-channel lumen may include connectors that mate to corresponding connectors on the infusion pump and the infusion set only in a unique configuration. Because the various parts of the multi-infusion system may only be connected in the unique configuration, the expected medicaments may be administered appropriately and channeled to the correct infusion sites.
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1. A system for delivering multiple fluids to a patient, comprising
at least first and second reservoirs, wherein each of the first and second reservoirs houses a fluid and has a feature element associated therewith, wherein the feature element of the first reservoir is different than the feature element of the second reservoir, at least first and second manifolds for completely housing the first and second reservoirs, respectively, wherein each of the manifolds has a feature element associated therewith, wherein the feature element of the first manifold is different than the feature element of the second manifold, wherein the feature element of the first reservoir is complementary to the feature element of the first manifold and the feature element of the second reservoir is complementary to the feature element of the second manifold, such that when assembled the first reservoir is capable of only being fluidly coupled to the first manifold and the second reservoir is capable of only being fluidly coupled to the second manifold, thereby preventing mischanneling of the fluid, wherein the first manifold includes a first outlet port and the second manifold includes a second outlet port, and wherein the first and second outlet ports are coupled to first and second inlet ports of an infusion pump; - wherein the first and second manifolds are disposed on an outside of the infusion pump.
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