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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
John M. Kerwin, Manchester, NH (US);
Marc A. Mandro, Bow, NH (US);
Kevin A. Durand, Harvard, MA (US);
Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, NH (US);
Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., Manchester, NH (US);
Colin H. Murphy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
John M. Kerwin, Manchester, NH (US);
Marc A. Mandro, Bow, NH (US);
Kevin A. Durand, Harvard, MA (US);
Larry B. Gray, Merrimack, NH (US);
Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., Manchester, NH (US);
Colin H. Murphy, Cambridge, MA (US);
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed. The system includes a fill adapter device including a heat exchanger which includes a heating element and a fluid pathway, the fluid pathway fluidly connected to a filling needle input, whereby fluid enters the heat exchanger through the filling needle input and flows through the fluid pathway and whereby the fluid is heated by the heating element. The system also includes a reservoir including a plunger and a plunger rod and a filling needle configured to be removably attached to the reservoir, wherein the fill adapter is configured to be attached to a vial of fluid and wherein fluid from the vial flows through the fluid pathway and is heated and loaded into the reservoir through the filling needle.