# US 12,179,949 B2 · Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,949 B2 - Document ID: US12179949B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/380,357 - Filed: 2023-10-16 - Published: 2024-02-15 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-03 - Assignees: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Applicants: DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Inventors: Kevin L. Grant; Richard J. Lanigan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179949B2 ## CPC - B65B 3/003: {Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like} - A61M 5/14224: {Diaphragm type} - A61M 5/14248: {of the skin patch type} - A61M 5/14586: {pressurised by means of a flexible diaphragm} - A61M 5/16809: {by repeated filling and emptying of an intermediate volume} - A61M 2005/14268: {with a reusable and a disposable component} - A61M 2005/3114: {Filling or refilling} - A61M 2039/1077: {Adapters, e.g. couplings adapting a connector to one or several other connectors} - A61M 2205/0266: Shape memory materials - A61M 2205/0294: Piezoelectric materials - A61M 2205/18: with alarm - A61M 2205/3306: Optical measuring means - A61M 2205/3331: Pressure; Flow - A61M 2205/3375: Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means - A61M 2205/3546: Range - A61M 2205/3576: with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver - A61M 2205/8237: Charging means - A61M 2206/22: eliminating pulsatile flows, e.g. by the provision of a dampening chamber - A61M 2209/045: for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs - A61M 2209/086: Docking stations - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A device for filling a reservoir. The device includes a cover portion comprising a septum window, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion configured to attach to a disposable housing assembly comprising the reservoir, wherein the cover portion and the bottom portion are rotatably attached in a locked configuration and wherein in a locked configuration, a septum is obscured through the septum window, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are placed in an unlocked configuration, the cover portion rotates with respect to the bottom portion and the septum is visible through the septum window. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for filling and priming a disposable housing assembly, the method comprising: providing a filling aid device attached to the disposable housing assembly, the filling aid device having a locked, an unlocked and a priming configuration; rotating the filling aid device into an unlocked configuration; filling the disposable housing assembly; actuating the filling aid device wherein the filling aid device is in the priming configuration; and priming the disposable housing assembly. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing the filling aid attached to the disposable housing assembly comprises attaching the filling aid to the disposable assembly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing the filling aid attached to the disposable housing assembly comprises rotatably attaching the filling aid to the disposable assembly. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: removing the disposable housing assembly from the filling aid device after priming the disposable housing assembly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the disposable housing assembly has a valve, the valve having a closed position and an open position, and during the step of filling the disposable housing assembly the valve is in the closed position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein during the step of priming the disposable housing assembly, the valve is in the open position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: removing the disposable housing assembly from the filling aid device after priming the disposable housing assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the disposable housing assembly has a first valve and a second valve, each valve having a closed position and an open position, and during the step of filling the disposable housing assembly the first valve and second valve are in their closed positions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein during the step of priming the disposable housing assembly, the first valve and the second valve are in their open positions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: removing the disposable housing assembly from the filling aid device after priming the disposable housing assembly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the disposable housing assembly has a septum and the filling aid device defines a window, wherein when the filling aid device is in the locked configuration the window is not over the septum, and during the step of rotating the filling aid device into an unlocked configuration the window moves over the septum. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the filling aid attached to the disposable housing assembly comprises attaching the filling aid to the disposable assembly. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the filling aid attached to the disposable housing assembly comprises rotatably attaching the filling aid to the disposable assembly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: removing the disposable housing assembly from the filling aid device after priming the disposable housing assembly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the disposable housing assembly has a valve, the valve having a closed position and an open position, and during the step of filling the disposable housing assembly the valve is in the closed position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein during the step of priming the disposable housing assembly, the valve is in the open position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: removing the disposable housing assembly from the filling aid device after priming the disposable housing assembly. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the disposable housing assembly has a first valve and a second valve, each valve having a closed position and an open position, and during the step of filling the disposable housing assembly the first valve and second valve are in their closed positions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein during the step of priming the disposable housing assembly, the first valve and the second valve are in their open positions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: removing the disposable housing assembly from the filling aid device after priming the disposable housing assembly.