Source fluid inlet assembly for automated filling device

US9845168B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Baxter Corporation Englewood · US

Inventors

• Brian Ward · Chesterfield, US
• Cari Lyn Heffner · Castle Rock, US
• David Lee Holien · Parker, US
• Roy Sven Hovland · Denver, US
• James Robert Hutchison · Denver, US
• Richard W. LeVaughn · McDonough, US
• Michael Olichney · Aurora, US
• Tammy Stultz · Westminster, US
• Jeffery Jonathan Rau · Littleton, US
• Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy · Centennial, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 19, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/6045
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A source fluid inlet for an automated filling device. The source fluid inlet may comprise features that limit engagement and/or disengagement of a source fluid tubing set from a port in the source fluid inlet except when the port is disposed in a predetermined load position. In turn, engagement and/or disengagement of the source fluid tubing may be selectively allowed to assist in reduction of interconnection errors of one or more source fluid sources. The source fluid inlet may selectively position a source fluid tubing set in a fill position to facilitate fluid communication with a receptacle to be filled (e.g., a syringe). The source fluid inlet further comprises one or more mechanisms for engagement and/or retention of a cap disposed on a syringe.