Patent ID: 7766867
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An infusion system for delivery of a fluid from a remote source into a patient's body comprising: a main fluid infusion unit having a cannula, said cannula attached at a near end to an underside of said main fluid infusion unit, a first fluid channel in fluid communication with said cannula, and a first hinge section; a fluid connection line having a near end and a removed end, said fluid connection line engagable at said removed end to said remote source; a fluid connector assembly having a second fluid channel attachable to said near end of said fluid connection line, and a second hinge section; a main fluid infusion unit emplacement member having an insertion needle, said insertion needle adapted to extend through said main fluid infusion unit and extend beyond a distal end of said cannula when said system is in a first emplacement position; a septum; a first sealing surface surrounding a port opening in said first fluid channel of said main fluid infusion unit; a second sealing surface surrounding a second port opening in said second fluid channel of said fluid connector assembly; a first fluid channel protector affixed to said main infusion unit for occluding a port opening in said first fluid channel, said first fluid channel protector movable from a first occluding position above said first sealing surface to a second non-occluding position when said system is pivoted from said first non-delivery position to said second delivery position.