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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
R. Paul Mounce, Burbank, CA (US);
Paul F. Bente, Iv, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ian B. Hanson, Northridge, CA (US);
William H. Stutz, Jr., Eagle Rock, CA (US);
R. Paul Mounce, Burbank, CA (US);
Paul F. Bente, IV, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ian B. Hanson, Northridge, CA (US);
William H. Stutz, Jr., Eagle Rock, CA (US);
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery device includes a durable housing portion and a separable disposable portion that selectively engage and disengage from each other. The disposable housing portion secures to the patient-user and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period. Components that normally come into contact with a patient-user or with infusion media are supported by the disposable housing portion for disposal after the prescribed use, while the durable housing portion supports other components such as electronics for controlling delivery of infusion media from the reservoir and a drive device and drive linkage.