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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc., Milpitas, MN (US);
Inventors:
Tracy Brewer, Hayward, CA (US);
Wenkang Qi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/14244 (2013.01); A61M 5/14248 (2013.01); A61M 5/14566 (2013.01); A61M 5/31511 (2013.01); A61M 5/31515 (2013.01); A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61M 2005/31518 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments of an infusion pump system include a pump device with a drive system that is configured to attach with a medicine cartridge in manner that reduces the likelihood of dosage inaccuracies. In one example, the drive system of the pump device can be equipped with a plunger engagement device that is configured to mechanically anchor into a plunger of the medicine cartridge, and then to bias the plunger of the medicine cartridge in a direction toward a piston rod of the drive system.