Vial supporter for medicament pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10926025-B2
Application number	US-201715705983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2017
Priority date	Sep 15, 2016
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

Devices and methods for filling a medicament cartridge of a pump, including a user-wearable, ambulatory infusion pump. A device for supporting a medicament cartridge can comprise a body portion resembling a tray, with recesses disposed therein to support one or more of a cartridge body, cartridge tubing, interconnect fitting, and vial adapter. The recesses of the tray may be shaped to correspond to that component intended to be placed in its respective recess so to provide a visual indication to a user how to couple and align the various components necessary to fill the cartridge.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for supporting a medicament cartridge of an ambulatory infusion pump during a procedure for filling the medicament cartridge with a medicament, comprising:
a monolithic tray body having a cartridge end and a vial end;
a cartridge holder defined adjacent the cartridge end in the tray body, the cartridge holder comprising a cartridge recess in the tray body, the recess having a bottom surface and a perimeter shape generally matching an outer perimeter of a body of the medicament cartridge configured to be retained in the cartridge holder;
a fitting holder defined adjacent the vial end in the tray body, the fitting holder comprising a fitting recess in the tray body that is configured to retain an interconnect fitting of the medicament cartridge and having a fitting recess shape generally matching a shape of the interconnect fitting;
a tubing holder defined in the tray body, the tubing holder comprising a channel configured to retain a tubing section of the medicament cartridge; and
a fitting retention tab disposed adjacent the fitting holder, wherein the fitting retention tab is configured to engage the interconnect fitting to retain the interconnect fitting in the fitting holder, and wherein pressing down on the fitting retention tab releases the interconnect fitting to enable removal of the interconnect fitting when the interconnect fitting is retained in the fitting holder.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder and the tubing holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a vial adapter holder defined in the tray body adjacent the fitting holder at the cartridge end of the tray body, the vial adapter holder comprising a vial adapter recess in the tray body that is configured to retain a portion of a vial adapter configured to attach to the interconnect fitting of the medicament cartridge therein.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the vial adapter holder is configured to prevent rotation of the vial adapter about a longitudinal axis of the vial adapter holder when the portion of the vial adapter is retained in the vial adapter holder.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder, the tubing holder and the vial adapter holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the fitting retention tab is configured to be pushed down to cause the tray body to flex to aid in releasing the interconnect fitting from the fitting holder.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an opening in the bottom surface of the recess of the cartridge holder.

8. A system for filling a medicament cartridge of an ambulatory infusion pump with a medicament, comprising:
a medicament cartridge having a cartridge body defining an outer perimeter, a tubing section extending from the cartridge body and an interconnect fitting at a distal end of the tubing section; and
a cartridge supporter configured to support and retain the medicament cartridge during a procedure for filling the medicament cartridge with the medicament without covering a majority of the medicament cartridge along a length of the medicament cartridge, the cartridge supporter defining a monolithic tray body having a cartridge end and a vial end and including a cartridge holder recess having a perimeter shape generally matching the outer perimeter of the cartridge body, a fitting holder recess having a shape generally matching a shape of the interconnect fitting and a tubing holder channel configured to retain the tubing section.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a vial adapter configured to couple to the interconnect fitting to facilitate fluid communication between the medicament cartridge and a medicament vial.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the cartridge supporter further defines a vial adapter holder recess configured to retain a portion of the vial adapter therein.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vial adapter holder recess is configured to prevent rotation of the vial adapter about a longitudinal axis of the vial adapter holder recess when the portion of the vial adapter is retained in the vial adapter holder recess.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the cartridge holder recess, the fitting holder recess, the tubing holder recess and the vial adapter holder recess are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

13. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a medicament vial configured to couple with the vial adapter opposite of the interconnect fitting.

14. A device for supporting a medicament cartridge of an ambulatory infusion pump during a procedure for filling the medicament cartridge with a medicament, comprising:
a monolithic tray body having a cartridge end and a vial end;
a cartridge holder defined adjacent the cartridge end in the tray body, the cartridge holder comprising a cartridge recess in the tray body, the recess having a bottom surface and a perimeter shape generally matching an outer perimeter of a body of the medicament cartridge configured to be retained in the cartridge holder;
a fitting holder defined adjacent the vial end in the tray body, the fitting holder comprising a fitting recess in the tray body that is configured to retain an interconnect fitting of the medicament cartridge and having a fitting recess shape generally matching a shape of the interconnect fitting;
a tubing holder defined in the tray body, the tubing holder comprising a channel configured to retain a tubing section of the medicament cartridge; and
a cartridge retention tab disposed in the cartridge holder, wherein the cartridge retention tab is configured to engage a bottom wall of a port opening of the cartridge seated beneath the cartridge retention tab to inhibit removal of the cartridge from the cartridge holder.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder and the tubing holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

16. The device of claim 14 , further comprising a vial adapter holder defined in the tray body adjacent the fitting holder at the cartridge end of the tray body, the vial adapter holder comprising a vial adapter recess in the tray body that is configured to retain a portion of a vial adapter configured to attach to the interconnect fitting of the medicament cartridge therein.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the vial adapter holder is configured to prevent rotation of the vial adapter when the portion of the vial adapter is retained in the vial adapter holder.

18. The device of claim 15 , wherein the cartridge holder, the fitting holder, the tubing holder and the vial adapter holder are formed as one continuous recess in the tray body.

19. The device of claim 14 , further comprising an opening in the bottom surface of the recess of the cartridge holder.

Assignees

• Tandem Diabetes Care Inc

Inventors

• Betts Ryan William
• Hume Maxwell Aaron
• Lamb Philip Sven
• Michaud Michael
• Nadworny John Charles
• Trevaskis William T
• Truong Steven Thuan

Classifications

• A61J1/12

  with means for holding samples of contents · CPC title

• A61J1/2055

  having gripping means · CPC title

• A61M5/168

  Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters {; Monitoring media flow to the body (flow control in general G05D7/00)} · CPC title

• A61J1/14

  Details; Accessories therefor (A61J7/00 takes precedence; openers B65D, B67B7/00) · CPC title

• A61M2205/3331

  Pressure; Flow · CPC title