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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Swift, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Robert E Fischell, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Parker Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141-1 ; 141 65 ; 141286 ; 141329 ; 604407 ; 604414 ; 604891 ; 222-1 ; 222 85 ; 222481 ;
Abstract
An implantable medication infusion device (10) includes a pump (34) that provides medication at below atmospheric pressure from a reservoir (32) to a catheter (12) in response to a controller (44). The infusion device (10) includes a septum fitting (14) having a septum (66) and a poppet (84) that is located in a cavity (80) that is in communication with reservoir (32). A fill needle (126) of a passive filling device opens poppet (84) and a vent needle (144) of the filling device is also opened to establish passive flow of medication from a vial (95) into the reservoir (32).