Patent ID: 8167846
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A61M,F04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a system for containing fluidic media, the method comprising: providing a reservoir body having a first portion and a second portion for respectively containing fluidic media, the first portion and second portion being in fluid flow communication with each other; adapting the second portion to be removable from the reservoir body; wherein the second portion of the reservoir body having an interior volume that is in fluid flow communication with an interior volume of the first portion of the reservoir body when the second portion is not removed from the first portion; filling, at least partially, the first portion or the second portion of the reservoir body with a volume of fluidic media; placing a seal member in the reservoir body, the seal member to be arranged in at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the reservoir body, the seal member comprising a plunger head arranged for movement within the reservoir body; removing the second portion from the reservoir body in a case where the first portion is sufficiently filled with the first volume of fluidic media and the seal member is arranged at least partially in the first portion of the reservoir body; and operatively connecting a plunger arm to the plunger head.