Abbvie Inc.

Abbvie Deutschland Gmbh and Co Kg

Kevin Novak

Phil D Anderson

Scott Smieja

Gurjinder Dhami

Matthew Svacina

Gary Friederichs

Ted J Hanagan

Jeff Schacherl

Thomas Kessler

Soumojeet Ghosh

Ji Zhou

Rajkumar V Conjeevaram

Sean E Mackey

Kevin P McLennan

Didier Lefebvre

Benjamin Greuel

Benjamin Alan Jasperson

Michael Mackaplow

Bryan Wiesner

Guiyong Song

Jim Hoch

Ryan Thompson

Mark Panzer

A device for delivering a beneficial agent is provided and generally includes a cassette, a pump, and a delivery tube. The pump includes a pump housing containing a pump assembly having a fluid drive component. The pump housing has a receiving region disposed proximate the fluid drive component and further includes a rear closure portion. The rear closure portion includes a membrane disposed between the receiving region and the fluid drive component. The cassette includes a cassette housing, which has a cassette body region defining a fluid reservoir chamber therein. The cassette further includes a cassette base region having a boundary configured to be received by the receiving region.

Devices and methods for delivering a beneficial agent to a user

Device for delivering a beneficial agent includes a cassette including a cassette housing with a fluid reservoir and a cassette base region. The device also includes a delivery tube. The device also includes a pump including a pump housing containing a pump assembly having a fluid drive component. The pump housing has a receiving region to receive the cassette base region. The fluid drive component is proximate the receiving region. A lock member is coupled to the pump housing and movable between an open position and a closed position. The cassette is capable of being inserted into and removed from the receiving region when the lock member is in the open position, and the cassette is secured to the pump with the cassette base region within the receiving region and the delivery tube in operative engagement with the fluid drive component when the lock member is in the closed position.

Interface portion of a pump

Cassette

Delivery device including pump and cassette

Interface portion of a cassette

The present invention relates to a process for producing monolithic tablets. The method employs a melt-processed composition containing at least on active agent and at least one thermoplastic binder. The invention further relates to a method for cutting and deflashing a belt of pre-shaped bodies of a melt-processed composition, wherein the pre-shaped bodies are interconnected by flash.

Method for producing monolithic tablets

Pump

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Park Ridge, IL, United States of America

Kevin Novak