IP Library Granted Patent US 10,926,030
Granted Patent B2
US 10,926,030 · App. 15/284,030 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery

Inventors: Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, NH); Dean Kamen (Bedford, NH); Bright C. K. Foo (Hollis, NH); Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, NH); Lisa A. Gustin (Manchester, NH)
Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
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Patent No.
US 10,926,030
App. No.
15/284,030
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
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 (11)

1. 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.

2. The system of claim 1 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.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a filling syringe, the filling syringe configured to connect to the filling aid.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the filling needle cradle further comprising a connector for a filling syringe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2017
From: LANIGAN, RICHARD J.; KAMEN, DEAN; FOO, BRIGHT C. K.; GRANT, KEVIN L.; PANNETON, LISA A.
To: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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