Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery

• US 11,524,151 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2022
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Lanigan, Richard J., Lanier, Jr., Gregory R., Kamen, Dean, Foo, Bright C. K., Grant, Kevin L., Panneton, Lisa A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimbouski, Ariana
• Application Number:
  US14/383,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20150051571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,568 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/1011 Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties A61M39/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 of the skin patch type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1782 Devices aiding filling of syringes in situ combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents A61J1/2096, filling of medical containers in general B65B3/003

Abstract

A filling aid. The filling aid includes a needle housing portion including at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, and a filling needle cradle including a filling needle, the filling needle cradle slidable connected to the needle housing portion and having a starting position and a filling position, wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a starting position to a filling position, the filling needle cradle slides from a starting position to a filling position, and wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a filling position to a starting position, the filling needle cradle slides from a filling position to a starting position.

Claims

1. A fill adapter for filling a reservoir comprising:

a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion hingably connected wherein the housing has an open position and a closed position and a catch to hold the housing in the closed position, the housing configured to attach to the reservoir with the reservoir between the top portion and bottom portion in the closed position;

a filling aid base connected to the housing configured to receive a needle cradle and a needle housing, the needle cradle having flexible tabs, the flexible tabs releasably mating with the windows in the needle housing, wherein the catch cannot be released when the needle housing and needle cradle are attached to the housing;

a button assembly actuator springingly attached to the housing, the button assembly actuator comprising one or more button assemblies;

a foot attached to the housing, wherein the foot maintains the fill adapter in an angled position above horizon; and

a pump chamber plunger actuator located in a cavity portion of the housing, wherein the pump chamber plunger actuator is configured to actuate a pump chamber membrane in the reservoir before the at least one button assembly is actuated.

2. The fill adapter of claim 1 further comprising a mechanism for locking a reservoir onto the housing.

3. The fill adapter of claim 1 further comprising at least one tab for releasably locking a reservoir onto the housing.

4. The fill adapter of claim 3 wherein the at least one tab further comprising a ramping portion.

5. The fill adapter of claim 1 wherein the filling aid base comprising a cylindrical structure comprising an opening into the housing.

6. The fill adapter of claim 1 wherein the filling aid base further comprising a groove at a base of the filling aid base.

7. The fill adapter of claim 1 further comprising wherein the filling aid base further comprising a tongue feature.