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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, CA (US);
Ian B. Hanson, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Colin A. Chong, Burbank, CA (US);
Eric M. Lorenzen, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Rafael Bikovsky, Oak Park, CA (US);
Truong Gia Luan, Winnetka, CA (US);
Mike Teang Lee, Burbank, CA (US);
Thomas P. Miller, Porter Ranch, CA (US);
Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, CA (US);
Ian B. Hanson, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Colin A. Chong, Burbank, CA (US);
Eric M. Lorenzen, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Rafael Bikovsky, Oak Park, CA (US);
Truong Gia Luan, Winnetka, CA (US);
Mike Teang Lee, Burbank, CA (US);
Thomas P. Miller, Porter Ranch, CA (US);
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A reservoir includes a reservoir body portion and a collecting portion. The reservoir body portion having a wall defining an interior volume for containing fluidic media, the reservoir having a first port in the reservoir body portion to be in fluid flow communication with the interior volume, the first port for expelling fluidic media from the interior volume as a plunger is moved within the reservoir. The collecting portion having a wall defining a volume in fluid flow communication with the interior volume, the volume of the collecting portion for collecting gas bubbles in the fluidic media as the fluidic media is expelled through the first port from the interior volume of the reservoir body portion, the reservoir having a second port in the collecting portion to be in fluid flow communication with the volume of the collecting portion, the second port for receiving fluidic media into the reservoir.