FILLING DEVICE HAVING COOLING AND SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING A LIQUID MEDICATION

• US 20110023997A1
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Stumber, Michael, Scholten, Dick
• Granted Patent: US 8,839,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 141/18
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14268 with a reusable and a disposable component
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/123 with incorporated reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3606 cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/045 for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/086 Docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/001 Apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising syringes or needles
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/204 connected to external reservoirs for multiple refilling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/44 having means for cooling or heating the devices or media

Abstract

A system having a medication reservoir for a medication dosing apparatus for administering a liquid medication, and having a medication supply container holding the liquid medication, wherein a filling device is also provided for the automatic filling of the medication reservoir with the medication coming from the medication supply container. This system for administering a medication has the advantage that reliable and simple filling of the medication may be performed.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A system, comprising:

a medication reservoir for a medication dosing apparatus for administering a liquid medication;

a medication supply container holding the liquid medication; and

a filling device for automatically filling of the medication reservoir with the medication from the medication supply container.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the medication reservoir is provided in a unit that is insertable into the medication dosing apparatus and is removable again from the medication dosing apparatus.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein an administration needle and a medication dosing device are provided in the removable unit.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the removable unit is a disposable item.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the filling device for automatically filling the medication reservoir is electrically operable.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the filling device has a cooling device for the medication supply container.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the filling device has a cleansing device for the medication reservoir.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the cleansing device has a cleansing agent.

25. The system of claim 17, wherein the filling device has a liquid level monitoring for the medication reservoir.

26. The system of claim 18, wherein the filling device has a device for at least one of a functional checking and a calibration of the removable unit.

27. The system of claim 17, wherein the filling device has a detecting device for at least one of (i) an automatic detection of the medication coming from the medication supply container and (ii) an automatic detection of the shelf life of the medication coming from the medication supply container.

28. The system of claim 17, wherein the administration needle has a fluidic connection to the medication supply container when the removable unit is inserted into the filling device.

29. The system of claim 17, wherein the medication supply container has an additional fluidic connection to the removable unit.

30. The system of claim 17, wherein a pump, which has a fluidic connection to one of the administration needle and the medication reservoir, is provided for the automatic filling of the medication reservoir.

31. The system of claim 17, wherein the administration needle includes one microneedle or a plurality of microneedles.

32. The system of claim 17, wherein the medication dosing device is a micropump, whose drive is a part of the medication dosing apparatus, but does not have to be included in the removable unit.