Patent ID: 8231577
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An infusion system comprising: a disposable wearable infusion device having a body arranged to be adhered to a patient's skin and a reservoir for holding a liquid medicament to be infused into the patient through a cannula extending from the device body to beneath the patient's skin; and a cannula driver arranged to be detachably joined with the infusion device and including the cannula, the cannula driver being arranged to drive the cannula into the device and to a deployed position extending from the device body to beneath the patient's skin, the cannula driver including a release mechanism that forcibly releases the cannula driver from the infusion device after the cannula is in the deployed position, wherein the driver includes an actuator that, when actuated, enables the driving of the cannula to the deployed position and the release of the cannula driver from the infusion device.