Method for fluid delivery
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsGregory R. Lanier, Jr., Richard J. Lanigan, Stephen L. Fichera, Dean Kamen, Larry B. Gray
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Abstract
A fill adapter for filling a reservoir and a related method are disclosed herein. The fill adapter includes a button assembly actuator and a pump chamber plunger actuator hingeably attached to the button assembly actuator, wherein the actuation of the button assembly actuator actuates the pump chamber plunger actuator and wherein the pump chamber plunger actuator actuates a pump chamber membrane before the at least one button assembly is actuated.
Claims5
A method for preparing a disposable housing assembly to engage with a reusable, housing assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a disposable housing assembly, wherein the disposable housing assembly comprises a reservoir;
- providing an adapter to releasably engage with the disposable housing assembly, wherein the adapter comprises a filling aid and wherein the filling aid comprises a guide passage;
- providing a syringe comprising a needle;
- filling the reservoir of the disposable housing assembly with the syringe utilizing the guide passage of the adapter;
- providing a reusable housing assembly configured to releasably engage with the disposable housing assembly;
- disengaging the adapter from the disposable housing assembly;
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- engaging the disposable housing assembly with the reusable housing assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.