US 12,447,268 B2
Infusion pump assembly
Kevin L. Grant, Litchfield, NH (US); Brian D. Tracey, Litchfield, NH (US); and Patrick Poisson, Silver Spring, MD (US)
Assigned to DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/216,392.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/597,246, filed on Dec. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0351133 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/14244 (2013.01) [A61M 5/145 (2013.01); A61M 5/168 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable housing assembly comprising:
a planar bottom surface for attachment to a user;
a reservoir cavity;
a needle located within the reservoir cavity and parallel to the bottom surface;
a fluid path fluidly connected to the needle; and
a cover, wherein the cover is hinged and configured to move from a first position to a second position in a hinged movement, and the cover comprises at least one ear configured to interact with and pull a reservoir towards the needle such that the needle pierces a seal located within the reservoir when the cover is moved from the first position to the second position in the hinged movement;
wherein when the cover is in the first position, the reservoir cavity and the needle are exposed and when the cover is in the second position, the reservoir and needle are not exposed and the reservoir is enclosed inside the disposable housing assembly.