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Granted Patent B2
US 12,403,252 · App. 17/878,217 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Infusion device system and apparatus

Inventors: Dean Kamen (Bedford, NH); Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, NH)
Assignee: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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Patent No.
US 12,403,252
App. No.
17/878,217
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An infusion device. The infusion device includes a top portion comprising an introduction needle, and a bottom portion comprising a cannula, the top portion removably attached to the bottom portion, wherein the introduction needle is used to insert the cannula, and wherein after insertion, the top portion is removed from the bottom portion.

Claims (30)

1. An infusion device system comprising:

a housing assembly, the housing assembly comprising:

a reservoir containing infusible fluid;

a pump assembly; and

a mating assembly;

an infusion device, the infusion device comprising:

a top portion having an introduction needle; and

a bottom portion configured to attach to the mating assembly of the housing assembly, the bottom portion having a cannula;

wherein the introduction needle is configured to pierce skin of a user and provide entry of the cannula;

wherein the housing assembly defines a viewing opening that allows viewing, through the viewing opening, the portion of the cannula that has been inserted into the user; and

wherein the cannula becomes fluidly connected to the reservoir after the bottom portion of the infusion device is attached to the mating assembly.

2. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion of the infusion device further having a septum, and wherein the introduction needle is configured to pierce the septum when providing entry of the cannula into the skin of the user.

3. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the top portion of the infusion device is removably attached to the bottom portion of the infusion device and configured to be removed from the bottom portion after the cannula enters a subcutaneous skin layer of the patient.

4. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the mating assembly is configured to receive the infusion device at an angle.

5. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the viewing opening is arranged between the reservoir and the mating assembly.

6. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the housing assembly further comprises a volume sensor assembly.

7. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion of the infusion device includes one or more locking fingers configured to lock into one or more receiving areas on the mating assembly.

8. The infusion device system of claim 7 , wherein the top portion of the infusion device is removably attached to the bottom portion of the infusion device and configured to be removed from the bottom portion after the one or more locking fingers lock into the one or more receiving areas on the mating assembly.

9. The infusion device system of claim 1 , wherein the mating assembly extends at an angle with respect to a portion of the housing assembly defining the viewing opening.

10. A housing assembly of an infusion device system, the housing assembly comprising:

a reservoir containing infusible fluid;

a pump assembly; and

a mating assembly configured to receive an infusion device;

wherein the housing assembly defines a viewing opening that allows viewing, through the viewing opening, of the portion of a cannula that has been inserted into a user with the infusion device through the mating assembly; and

wherein the mating assembly is configured such that the cannula becomes fluidly connected to the reservoir after the infusion device is attached to the mating assembly.

11. The housing assembly of claim 10 , wherein the mating assembly is configured to receive the infusion device at an angle.

12. The housing assembly of claim 10 , wherein the viewing opening is arranged between the reservoir and the mating assembly.

13. The housing assembly of claim 10 , wherein the housing assembly further comprises a volume sensor assembly.

14. The housing assembly of claim 10 , wherein the mating assembly defines one or more receiving areas configured to receive one or more locking fingers of the infusion device.

15. The housing assembly of claim 10 , wherein the mating assembly extends at an angle with respect to a portion of the housing assembly defining the viewing opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2022
From: KAMEN, DEAN; GRANT, KEVIN L.
To: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Reel/Frame 061267/0990 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16572032 · Sep 16, 2019
Continuation 14996559 · Jan 15, 2016
Provisional Application 62103841 · Jan 15, 2015
Related Publication 20220362459A1 · Nov 17, 2022
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