Infusion device
The disclosures made herein relate to an infusion device specifically adapted for syringe injections. In one embodiment of the disclosures made herein, an infusion device comprises a body including an accessible surface having a single inlet port therein, an engagement surface having a single outlet port therein, a medication delivery channel extending between the single inlet port and the single outlet port, and an identification feature on the accessible surface of the body adjacent to the single inlet port. The single inlet port of the medication delivery channel is tapered thereby forming a funnel-shaped entry into the medication delivery channel. A cannula is coupled to the body at the single outlet port and is adapted for receiving medication from the single outlet port and transmitting the medication therethrough.
1. An infusion device comprising:
a body having a body passageway, a single inlet port that provides the body's only access for delivering medication to the body passageway, a top, a bottom, and an accessible surface that generally gets broader from the top to the bottom;
an adhesive laminate member coupled to the bottom of the body;
a polymer cannula having a portion extending from the body, including a portion that will be beneath a patient's skin surface when the infusion device is used, the cannula also having a portion closer to the top of the body than is the adhesive laminate member; and
a septum positioned within the body passageway but not in contact with the cannula, the septum having a top, a bottom, and an outer surface that includes an inwardly-tapered portion;
the septum also having a cross-section positioned parallel to an axis that is that is parallel to and centered in a portion of the body passageway, the septum cross-section having (a) a first dimension that is parallel to the axis and (b) a second dimension that is perpendicular to the axis and greater than the first dimension;
the body passageway having an inwardly-tapered portion that is closer to the cannula than is the top of the septum;
the infusion device being configured such that the portion of the cannula that will be beneath the patient's skin surface when the infusion device is used will extend a fixed length beneath the skin surface during normal use of the infusion device.
2. The infusion device of claim 1 , in which the infusion device includes (a) a first greatest distance parallel to the axis between the top of the septum and the top of the body and (b) a second greatest distance between the bottom of the septum and the bottom of the body, the second greatest distance being greater than the first greatest distance.
3. The infusion device of claim 1 , in which the body includes an identification feature adjacent to the single inlet for identifying the body passageway.