Patent ID: 8617107
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A61B,A61J,A61M,B23P,F04B,F04C,G01F,G05B,G05D,G08C,H04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A delivery device for delivering an infusion medium to a user, the device comprising: a first housing portion adapted to be secured to a user; a second housing portion configured to be selectively engaged with and disengaged from the first housing portion to allow disposal of the first housing portion without disposing of the second housing portion, the first housing portion having an enclosed interior volume; a pumping assembly; a shape-memory alloy operatively connected to the pumping assembly, to selectively move the pumping assembly; a dispensing assembly downstream from the pumping assembly, and in fluid communication with the reservoir by a flow line, the dispensing device comprising: an exit assembly downstream from the dispensing assembly, the exit assembly in fluid communication with a pump exit, wherein the exit assembly further comprising a first one-way valve wherein the first one-way valve inhibits fluid flow from the dispensing assembly to the pump exit.