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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Insulet Corporation, Acton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Maureen Mccaffrey, Arlington, MA (US);
Soroush Kamrava, Everett, MA (US);
Ian Mclaughlin, Groton, MA (US);
Assignee:
INSULET CORPORATION, Acton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/142 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/142 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14252 (2013.01); A61M 2209/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are structures for ensuring that the reservoir of drug delivery device is free from any residual air before the device is filled with a liquid drug and put into use. The structures described herein are designed to prevent air from entering the reservoir during the pendency of a shelf life of the drug delivery device and/or to remove any residual air that has entered the reservoir of the drug delivery device prior to it being filled with the liquid drug.