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Granted Patent B2
US 12,268,841 · App. 17/967,229 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Infusion pump assembly

Inventors: Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, NH); Jason A. Demers (Manchester, NH); Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, NH); Dean Kamen (Bedford, NH); Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, NH); Gregory R. Lanier, Jr. (Merrimack, NH); Bright C. K. Foo (Hollis, NH); Lisa A. Panneton (Manchester, NH); Thomas F. Soldau (Bedford, NH); Stephen L. Fichera (Salem, NH); David D. B. Cannan (Manchester, NH)
Assignee: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
A61M5/162A61M5/14244A61M5/14248A61M39/1011A61M39/12A61M2005/1585A61M2005/1586A61M2039/1027A61M2205/60
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Patent No.
US 12,268,841
App. No.
17/967,229
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid connector assembly. The fluid connector assembly includes a tab portion including a slot; a plug portion slidably connected to the tab portion the plug portion comprising a fluid path and a disc, the disc configured to seat within the slot; a catch feature located on a first end of the tab portion and configured to interact with a reservoir; and a latching feature located on a second end of the tab portion, the latching feature configured to interact and lock onto the reservoir, wherein force applied to the plug portion may overcome a threshold force and unseat the disc from the slot wherein the plug portion moves with respect to the tab portion.

Claims (35)

1. A fluid connector assembly comprising:

a tab portion comprising a slot;

a plug portion slidably connected to the tab portion, the plug portion comprising a fluid path and a disc, the disc configured to seat within the slot;

a catch feature located on a first end of the tab portion and configured to interact with a disposable housing assembly through rotation of the tab portion; and

a latching feature located on a second end of the tab portion, the latching feature configured to interact and lock onto the disposable housing assembly through the rotation of the tab portion;

wherein the tab portion and the plug portion are configured such that force greater than a threshold force applied to the plug portion causes the disc to unseat from the slot; and

wherein the plug portion is configured to form a luer connection with an exit of the disposable housing assembly while the disc of the plug portion is seated within the slot of the tab portion.

2. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab portion further comprising an indent, wherein the indent is configured to interact with a reusable housing assembly.

3. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the catch feature comprising a ramp.

4. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a tubing connected to the plug.

5. The fluid connector assembly of claim 4 , wherein a first end of the tubing is connected to the plug and a second end of the tubing connected to a cannula assembly.

6. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein an underside of the tab portion comprising a core.

7. The fluid connector assembly of claim 6 , wherein the core comprising an identification tag.

8. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab portion comprising an identification tag.

9. The fluid connector assembly of claim 8 , wherein the identification tag is an RFID tag.

10. The fluid connector assembly of claim 9 , wherein the identification tag is a near-field communication readable RFID.

11. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab portion is configured to move independent from the plug portion.

12. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plug portion includes a first stop limiting travel of the plug portion through the tab portion in a first direction and a second stop limiting travel of the plug portion through the tab portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

13. The fluid connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the rotation is clockwise rotation or counterclockwise rotation, and wherein the catch feature and the latch feature interact with the disposable housing assembly through the clockwise rotation of the tab portion, or the catch feature and the latch feature interact with the disposable housing assembly through the counterclockwise rotation of the tab portion.

14. A fluid connector assembly comprising:

a tab portion comprising a tubing side and a disposable housing assembly side;

a plug portion slidably connected to the tab portion, the plug portion comprising a fluid path;

a catch feature located on a first end of the tab portion and configured to interact with a disposable housing assembly through rotation of the tab portion; and

a latching feature located on a second end of the tab portion, the latching feature configured to interact and lock onto the disposable housing assembly through the rotation of the tab portion;

wherein the tab portion and the plug portion are configured such that force applied to the plug portion causes the plug portion to move with respect to the tab portion from an initial position to a final position in the direction of the tubing side of the tab portion; and

wherein the plug portion is configured to form a luer connection with an exit of a disposable housing assembly while a disc of the plug portion is seated within a slot of the tab portion and while the disposable housing assembly is arranged on the disposable housing assembly side of the tab portion.

15. The fluid connector assembly of claim 14 , wherein the tab portion further comprising an indent, wherein the indent is configured to interact with a reusable housing assembly.

16. The fluid connector assembly of claim 14 , wherein the catch feature comprising a ramp.

17. The fluid connector assembly of claim 14 , further comprising a tubing connected to the plug.

18. The fluid connector assembly of claim 17 , wherein a first end of the tubing is connected to the plug and a second end of the tubing connected to a cannula assembly.

19. The fluid connector assembly of claim 14 , wherein an underside of the tab portion comprising a core.

20. The fluid connector assembly of claim 19 , wherein the core comprising an identification tag.

21. The fluid connector assembly of claim 14 , wherein the tab portion comprising an identification tag.

22. The fluid connector assembly of claim 21 , wherein the identification tag is an RFID tag.

23. The fluid connector assembly of claim 22 , wherein the identification tag is a near-field communication readable RFID.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: GRANT, KEVIN L.; DEMERS, JASON A.; TRACEY, BRIAN D.; KAMEN, DEAN; LANIGAN, RICHARD J.; FOO, BRIGHT C.K.; PANNETON, LISA A.; SOLDAU, THOMAS F.; FICHERA, STEPHEN L.; CANNAN, DAVID D.B.; LANIER, GREGORY R., JR.
To: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 14323636 · Jul 3, 2014
Provisional Application 61842449 · Jul 3, 2013
Related Publication 20230147049A1 · May 11, 2023
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