Patent ID: 7628772

Claim:
An apparatus for connecting a reservoir having a septum to a conduit; the apparatus comprising: a reservoir engagement member comprising a plurality of arms, a plurality of tabs or a cylindrical fitting; and a connector for connecting the apparatus to the conduit, wherein the connector comprises an open-ended cylindrical member adapted to receive a piercing member that is coupled to the conduit; wherein: the apparatus includes a housing engagement member comprising a tab or a thread disposed on the apparatus and adapted to engage an apparatus engagement member on a housing of a medication infusion pump so that the apparatus can be releasably secured within the housing of the medication infusion pump upon rotation of the apparatus by a user; the housing engagement member is positioned on the apparatus so that the apparatus and the reservoir are disposed within the housing of the medication infusion pump when the apparatus is secured within the housing; and the reservoir engagement member comprising the plurality of arms, the plurality of tabs or the cylindrical fitting, the connector comprising the open-ended cylindrical member and the housing engagement member are formed as a permanently integrated unit.