Fluid infusion systems

US11793930B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC. · US

Inventors

• Chia-Hung Chiu · San Fernando, US
• Rebecca K. Gottlieb · Culver City, US
• Ellis Garai · Calabasas, US
• Akhil Srinivasan · Calabasas, US
• Andrea Varsavsky · Santa Monica, US
• Adam S. Trock · Burbank, US
• Ashwin K. Rao · Calabasas, US
• Hsifu Wang · Twin Lakes, US
• Daniel E. Pesantez · Calabasas, US
• Isabella Ella Miya · McNeil, US
• Xinrui Zhang · Kaiping, CN
• Guruguhan Meenakshisundaram · Monrovia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2230/201
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid infusion system includes a housing configured to be adhesively coupled to an anatomy of a user, and a tube configured to extend from the housing for insertion into the anatomy of the user. The tube includes a plurality of conduits defined within the tube. The plurality of conduits include a fluid delivery conduit configured to facilitate a fluidic connection between a fluid source and the anatomy of the user, and one or more conduits configured to accommodate a plurality of electrodes for determining a physiological characteristic of the user.