Fluid cartridges including a power source and partially implantable medical devices for use with same
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1. A fluid and power cartridge for use with a partially implantable medical device, comprising:
- a housing including a substantially cylindrical side wall and an end wall;
a needle extending from the end wall;
a power source mounted directly onto a portion of the housing;
an annular positive power contact on the end wall and coaxial with the needle; and
a negative power contact associated with the housing and operably connected to the power source.
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Abstract
Fluid and power cartridges, including a housing with at least one side wall and an end wall, a needle, a power source carried by the housing and positive and negative power contacts associated with the housing and operably connected to the power source, and apparatus including such fluid and power cartridges.
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1. A fluid and power cartridge for use with a partially implantable medical device, comprising:
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a housing including a substantially cylindrical side wall and an end wall; a needle extending from the end wall; a power source mounted directly onto a portion of the housing; an annular positive power contact on the end wall and coaxial with the needle; and a negative power contact associated with the housing and operably connected to the power source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A fluid and power cartridge for use with a partially implantable medical device including a power contact, the fluid and power cartridge comprising:
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a cartridge housing including a side wall and an end wall and defining an interior, an exterior, a fluid storage volume within the interior, and a power source storage volume on the exterior; a needle, extending from the end wall, in fluid communication with the fluid storage volume; a power source located within the cartridge housing power source storage volume on the exterior of the cartridge housing; and means, at least a portion of which is located adjacent to the needle on the exterior of the end wall, for electrically connecting the power source to the medical device power contact when the needle supplies fluid from the fluid storage volume to the partially implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for use with an epidermis, comprising:
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a fluid and power cartridge including a housing, a needle extending from the housing, a power source carried within a portion of the housing, and positive and negative cartridge power contacts associated with the housing and operably connected to the power source; and a partially implantable medical device including a percutaneous port, including an open an unobstructed first longitudinal end, a second longitudinal end, an end wall at the second longitudinal end, a resilient needle-puncturable septum at the end wall and a port power contact, that receives the fluid and power cartridge such that the cartridge needle pierces the septum, the cartridge positive power contact contacts the port power contact and at least a portion of the fluid and power cartridge housing extends through the epidermis, and that permits the fluid and power cartridge to be removed from the epidermis independently of the percutaneous port, and an implantable operative portion including a pump with an inlet that will be fluidically connected to the cartridge when the fluid and power cartridge is within the percutaneous port, and a outlet. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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