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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2008
Arsen Ibranyan, Glendale, CA (US);
Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, CA (US);
David Hezzell, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Christopher G. Griffin, Sylmar, CA (US);
Benjamin X. Shen, Davis, CA (US);
Mike Lee, Glendale, CA (US);
Thomas Miller, Valencia, CA (US);
Arsen Ibranyan, Glendale, CA (US);
Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, CA (US);
David Hezzell, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Christopher G. Griffin, Sylmar, CA (US);
Benjamin X. Shen, Davis, CA (US);
Mike Lee, Glendale, CA (US);
Thomas Miller, Valencia, CA (US);
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods allow for limiting a presence of air bubbles in a fluidic medium filled into a reservoir. A fluidic medium may be forced from a vial into a reservoir. A vial may be degassed prior to being used to fill a reservoir. A filling process may be automated and a membrane may be located in a fluid flow path to trap air bubbles in a fluidic medium being filled into a reservoir.