Patent ID: 6520938
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A medication infusion set for delivery of a selected medication to a patient, the infusion set comprising:a cannula housing having a soft cannula mounted thereon with a distal end of the cannula protruding from the cannula housing, wherein a shaped portion of the cannula housing surrounds a resilient self-sealing septum mounted on the cannula housing generally for normally closing a proximal end of the cannula; and an infusion hub includes tubing being adapted for connection to a source of the selected medication, wherein the infusion hub includes an infusion needle mounted thereon with a distal end of the infusion needle protruding from the infusion hub, and wherein the infusion needle is adapted for insertion through the septum in the shaped portion of the cannula housing for coupling with the cannula, wherein the infusion hub further includes a protective shroud protruding therefrom in overlying relation with the infusion needle to reduce inadvertent contact of the infusion needle with a patient, wherein the shroud being a guide to slidably cover the generally matingly shaped portion of the cannula housing for guided reception of the infusion needle through the septum mounted in the shaped portion of the cannula housing, and wherein an exterior of the shroud comprises a plurality of generally planar facets, and wherein the cannula housing and the infusion hub further includes releasibly interengageable latch members for releasibly connecting the infusion hub to the cannula housing with the infusion needle inserted through said septum.