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US 11,523,972 · App. 16/393,191 · Granted Dec 13, 2022

Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery

Inventors: Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, NH); Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, NH); Cory L. Adams (Pembroke, NH)
Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,523,972
App. No.
16/393,191
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filling aid device for filling a reservoir. The device includes a cover portion comprising a septum window; a slider beam comprising a septum cover; and a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position, wherein when the filling aid device is in an unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window, wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.

Claims (40)

1. A filling aid device for filling a reservoir comprising:

a cover portion comprising a septum window;

a needle guide accessible through the septum window;

a slider beam comprising a septum cover;

a bottom portion wherein the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion and wherein when the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion, the device is in an unlocked configuration; and

a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position,

wherein when the filling aid device is in the unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window,

wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second filling aid tab attached to the cover.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a first valve beam cover and a first check valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the first valve beam cover is rotated over the first check valve beam.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a first check valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the first valve beam is actuated.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a pump chamber plunger beam and a pump chamber plunger, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the pump chamber plunger beam is rotated over the pump chamber plunger.

6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a pump chamber plunger, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the pump chamber plunger is actuated.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second valve beam cover and a second valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the second valve beam cover is rotated over the second valve beam.

8. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the second valve beam is actuated.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are placed in a priming configuration, the device primes a disposable housing assembly.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in a priming configuration, a first valve and a second valve are in their opened positions.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the priming position, a first valve beam is unactuated.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the priming position, a second valve beam is unactuated.

13. A system for filling a reservoir comprising:

a disposable housing assembly comprising the reservoir and a septum;

a filling aid comprising:

a cover portion comprising a septum window;

a needle guide accessible through the septum window;

a slider beam comprising a septum cover;

a bottom portion wherein the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion and wherein when the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion, the device is in an unlocked configuration; and

a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position,

wherein when the filling aid device is in an unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window,

wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.

14. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a second filling aid tab attached to the cover.

15. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a first valve beam cover and a first check valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the first valve beam cover is rotated over the first check valve beam.

16. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a first check valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the first valve beam is actuated.

17. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a pump chamber plunger beam and a pump chamber plunger, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the pump chamber plunger beam is rotated over the pump chamber plunger.

18. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a pump chamber plunger, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the pump chamber plunger is actuated.

19. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a second valve beam cover and a second valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the second valve beam cover is rotated over the second valve beam.

20. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a second valve beam, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the unlocked position, the second valve beam is actuated.

21. The device of claim 13 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are placed in a priming configuration, the device primes a disposable housing assembly.

22. The device of claim 13 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in a priming configuration, a first valve and a second valve are in their opened positions.

23. The device of claim 13 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the priming position, a first valve beam is unactuated.

24. The device of claim 13 , wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are in the priming position, a second valve beam is unactuated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: GRANT, KEVIN L.; LANIGAN, RICHARD J.; ADAMS, CORY L.
To: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Reel/Frame 058244/0340 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62662018 · Apr 24, 2018
Related Publication 20190321260A1 · Oct 24, 2019
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