US 12,233,027 B2
Methods, storage devices, and infusion systems for therapeutic or diagnostic agents
John Volkar, Valencia, PA (US); Joana Oliveira Rego Brilhante, Jersey City, NJ (US); Anne Berit Eid, Oslo (NO); Ellia Hu, Eastwood (AU); Hamsini Sundararaman, Monroeville, PA (US); Ashley Cockerham, Tulsa, OK (US); Winston Ge, Cambridge, MA (US); Andrew Jones, Roslindale, MA (US); Richard Miller, Needham, MA (US); Joe Ting, Acton, MA (US); Brian Yoo, Arlington, MA (US); and Ryan Bayne, Ithaca, NY (US)
Assigned to BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, Whippany, NJ (US)
Filed by Bayer Healthcare LLC, Whippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,633.
Application 18/436,633 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/062890, filed on Feb. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,145, filed on Feb. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,148, filed on Feb. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0245582 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61J 1/05 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2023.01); G21F 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/16 (2013.01) [A61J 1/1406 (2013.01); A61J 1/1437 (2013.01); A61J 1/1475 (2013.01); G21F 5/04 (2013.01); A61J 1/05 (2013.01); A61J 2205/10 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device configured to connect to a delivery system for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent, the storage device comprising:
a housing having a chamber defined therein;
a vessel positioned within the chamber, the vessel having a distal end opposite a proximal end with an interior defined therebetween and configured for receiving the therapeutic or diagnostic agent, the proximal end having an access port for accessing the interior;
a door associated with the housing, the door movable relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the closed position, the door covers an opening in the housing to enclose the chamber of the housing, and wherein, in the open position, the door reveals the opening in the housing for accessing the access port of the vessel; and
a holder within the chamber of the housing and in contact with the vessel to fix the vessel relative to the housing such that the access port of the vessel is positioned at the opening in the housing;
wherein the door is moveable between the closed position and the open position in response to actuation by an access mechanism of the delivery system.