Patent ID: 6786244
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A method of making a quantity of medication, substantially equal to the total volume of a reservoir in a medical infusion device, available for infusion into a patient, comprising the steps of:filling substantially all of the volume of said reservoir with a first quantity of medication; filling substantially all of the volume of a tubing composite with a second quantity of medication; and coupling the tubing composite to the reservoir wherein the step of filling substantially all of the volume of said tubing composite with said second quantity of medication further comprises the steps of: drawing medication into the tubing composite from a distal end of the tubing composite; attaching a quick-release syringe to the distal end of the tubing composite; coupling a proximal end of the tubing composite to the reservoir; inserting a needle portion of the quick-release syringe into a vial of medication; and actuating a piston portion of the reservoir to draw medication from the vial of medication, through the quick-release syringe, and fill substantially all of the tubing composite.