Vial transfer and injection apparatus and method
AssigneeEnable Injections, Inc.
InventorsMichael D. Hooven, Matthew J. Huddleston, Joetta Renee Palmer, David Stefanchik
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Abstract
Drug delivery system, injection device, transfer apparatus, vial holder and method of administering and transferring are disclosed. The system may include transfer apparatus and an injection device. The transfer apparatus may have receiving stations for a drug source, such as a vial or vial holder, and for an injection device, and fluid flow pathways for transferring drugs from the source into the injection device. The injection device may include an expandable elastic bladder and an injection cannula that is movable between a plurality of positions.
Claims2
A medication injection device comprising:
- a housing having a housing outer edge defining a periphery of the housing, said housing further including a skin-facing surface that includes an injection needle aperture through which an injection needle extends from the housing;
- a skin displacement structure extending from the skin-facing surface around the injection needle aperture;
- said skin-facing surface having a planer portion extending radially outwards from the skin displacement structure and terminating at a planar portion perimeter;
- adhesive tape attached to the planar portion of the skin-facing surface and configured to allow for attachment of the skin-facing surface of the housing of the medication injection device to a patient's skin, said adhesive tape including skin interface adhesive for adhering to the patient's skin and an adhesive tape flange that radially extends beyond the planar portion perimeter of the skin-facing surface;
- said adhesive tape attached to the planar portion of the skin-facing surface in a first zone using a permanent bond and a second zone detachable from the planar portion of the skin-facing surface using a device interface adhesive, said second zone positioned radially outward of the first zone and radially within the planar portion perimeter;
- said skin interface adhesive and said device interface adhesive configured so that the device interface adhesive in the second zone detaches from the planar portion of the skin-facing surface while the skin interface adhesive remains firmly attached to the patient's skin;
- said adhesive tape further including a skin displacement structure opening having a skin displacement structure opening edge surrounding the skin displacement structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.