Patent ID: 8945068
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A fluid reservoir for a fluid infusion device that delivers a medication fluid to a body, the fluid reservoir comprising: a main body section that defines a fluid chamber for the medication fluid; a hollow fluid delivery needle extending from the main body section and defining a fluid conduit that communicates with the fluid chamber, the hollow fluid delivery needle terminating at a needle end; and a U-shaped needle hood extending from the main body section and partially surrounding the hollow fluid delivery needle, the U-shaped needle hood terminating at a lip that extends further from the main body section than the needle end, and the U-shaped needle hood comprising integrally formed opposing guide rails extending therefrom, the opposing guide rails serving as an alignment structure that mates with cooperating structure of a reservoir port receptacle of the fluid infusion device, wherein the opposing guide rails align and orient the hollow fluid delivery needle relative to the reservoir port receptacle for insertion of the hollow fluid delivery needle into a sealing element of the reservoir port receptacle.