Reconstituting infusion device

US8444597B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Vincent J. Sullivan · Morrisville, US
• Ge Jiang · Thousand Oaks, US
• Matthew S. Ferriter · Chapel Hill, US
• Kenneth G. Powell · Raleigh, US
• P. Spencer Kinsey · Sandy Hook, US
• Carl R. Sahi · Coventry, US
• John M. Polidoro · Coventry, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2011
• Grant date: May 21, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2005/14256
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method for a patch-like, self-contained multi-component substance infusion device which provides one or more substantially hidden patient needles which can be placed in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir assembly that includes a rigid bladder portion used in conjunction with a non-distensible bladder film, such as a metallized film. The device can be attached to a skin surface via an adhesive contact and a pressurization system provides a pressure to the contents of a fluid reservoir assembly. Improvements to dry powdered formulations for reconstitution for preferred use in the device are also disclosed.