Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsKevin L. Grant, Richard J. Lanigan, Cory L. Adams
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Abstract
A filling aid device for filling a reservoir. The device includes a cover portion comprising a septum window; a slider beam comprising a septum cover; and a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position, wherein when the filling aid device is in an unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window, wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.
Claims24
A filling aid device for filling a reservoir comprising:
- a cover portion comprising a septum window;
- a slider beam comprising a septum cover;
- a second filling aid tab attached to the cover
- a bottom portion wherein the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion and wherein when the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion, the device is in an unlocked configuration;
- and
- a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position,
- wherein when the filling aid device is in the unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window,
- wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.
A system for filling a reservoir comprising:
- a disposable housing assembly comprising the reservoir and a septum;
- a filling aid comprising:
- a cover portion comprising a septum window;
- a second filling aid tab attached to the cover;
- a needle guide accessible through the septum window;
- a slider beam comprising a septum cover;
- a bottom portion wherein the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion and wherein when the cover portion slides downward over the bottom portion, the device is in an unlocked configuration;
- and
- a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position,
- wherein when the filling aid device is in an unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window,
- wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.