Apparatus, System and Method for Fluid Delivery

• US 20140048174A1
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Lanigan, Richard J., Lanier, Gregory R. Jr., Kamen, Dean, Foo, Bright C.K., Grant, Kevin L., Panneton, Lisa A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,456,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 141/349
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/20 Arrangements for transferring or mixing fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14268 with a reusable and a disposable component
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0266 Shape memory materials
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3393 by weighing the reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3515 using magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3546 Range
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/59 Aesthetic features, e.g. distraction means to prevent fears of child patients
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/70 with testing or calibration facilities
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/7536 allowing gas passage, but preventing liquid passage, e.g. liquophobic, hydrophobic, water-repellent membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8237 Charging means
• 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 5/1413 : Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 : Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• 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 5/16809 : by repeated filling and emptying of an intermediate volume pressure infusion using positive displacement pumps A61M5/142
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16886 : for measuring fluid flow rate, i.e. flowmeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 : electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 : Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/086 : using an auxiliary pressure to cooperate with the diaphragm or bellows
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 7/0647 : the plurality of throttling means being arranged in series
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 7/0676 : by action on flow sources G05D7/0688, G05D7/0694 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 : delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 : Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 : Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/265 : Open ring dipoles; Circular dipoles

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 filling aid comprising:

a needle housing portion comprising at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position; and

a filling needle cradle comprising 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.

2. The filling aid of claim 1 wherein the needle housing portion further comprising at least one groove feature.

3. The filling aid of claim 2 wherein the filling needle cradle comprising at least one orientation bar that fits into the groove feature of the needle housing whereby allowing the filling needle cradle to slide with respect to the needle housing.

4. The filling aid of claim 1 wherein the filling needle cradle comprising a connector for a filling syringe.

5. The filling aid of claim 4 wherein the connector for a filling syringe comprising a luer connector.

6. The filling aid of claim 1 wherein the filling needle cradle comprising a filling needle.

7. A fill adapter for filling a reservoir comprising:

a housing having a cavity portion configured to attach to a reservoir;

a filling aid base connected to the housing configured to receive a filling aid;

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

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

8. The fill adapter of claim 7 further comprising a mechanism for locking a reservoir into the cavity portion.

9. The fill adapter of claim 7 further comprising at least one tab for releasably locking a reservoir into the cavity portion.

10. The fill adapter of claim 9 wherein at least one tab further comprising a ramping portion.

11. The fill adapter of claim 7 wherein the filling aid base comprising a cylindrical structure comprising an opening to the cavity portion.

12. The fill adapter of claim 7 wherein the filling aid base further comprising a groove at the base of the filling aid base.

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

14. A system for filling a reservoir comprising:

a disposable housing assembly comprising a reservoir;

a fill adapter for releasably engaging the disposable housing assembly, the fill adapter comprising a pump chamber plunger; and

a filling aid configured to releasably engage the fill adapter,

wherein the pump chamber plunger actuates a pump chamber in the disposable housing assembly when the disposable housing assembly and the fill adapter are engaged.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the filling aid comprising:

a needle housing portion comprising at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position; and

a filling needle cradle comprising 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.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the fill adapter comprising:

a housing having a cavity portion configured to attach to the disposable housing assembly;

a filling aid base connected to the housing configured to receive the filling aid; and

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

17. The system of claim 14 further comprising a filling syringe, the filling syringe configured to connect to the filling aid.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the filling needle cradle further comprising a connector for a filling syringe.