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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Frank Deck, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/2089 (2013.01); A61J 1/1406 (2013.01); A61J 1/20 (2013.01); A61J 1/201 (2015.05); A61J 1/2048 (2015.05); A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); A61M 5/14566 (2013.01); A61M 5/1782 (2013.01); A61J 2200/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A filling aid for self-filling a cartridge from a storage vessel is disclosed. The filling aid has a housing that receives a fillable cartridge. A stopper is provided that interacts with the housing and is configured to enter the cartridge and a cannula is provided that is configured to pierce a septum of the cartridge. The housing is movable from an initial position in which the stopper is maintained outside the cartridge to an activated position in which the stopper is inserted in the cartridge and the septum is pierced by the cannula. Methods of manufacturing and using the filling aid are also disclosed.