US 7,494,481 B2
Multi-position infusion set device and process
Sheldon B. Moberg, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (US); Mark D. Holt, Moorpark, Calif. (US); Albert D. Candioty, Agoura Hills, Calif. (US); Milad T. Girgis, North Hills, Calif. (US); Julian D. Kavazov, Arcadia, Calif. (US); Philip J. Hudak, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (US); Frederick C. Houghton, Moorpark, Calif. (US); Sean M. Collins, Canyon Country, Calif. (US); Lance E. Shelter, Downey, Calif. (US); Jason Adams, Frisco, Tex. (US); Clint Taylor, Addison, Calif. (US); Brian Highley, Keller, Tex. (US); Kraig P. Kooiman, Flower Mound, Tex. (US); and Tommy Cushing, McKinney, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, Calif. (US)
Filed on Dec. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/4,594.
Prior Publication US 2006/0129090 A1, Jun. 15, 2006
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 604—174  [604/164.01] 67 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An infusion set system comprising:
a base removably attachable to an infusion site for providing a subcutaneous path in a first generally linear direction for an infusant; and
a connector removably lockable to the base;
the connector comprising a connector duct having a fluid flow path that extends in generally the first linear direction and aligns with the linear subcutaneous path upon the connector being locked to the base;
the connector further comprising a port to which a tubing may be connected in fluid flow communication with the connector duct;
at least one of the connector and the base further comprising a plurality of tabs;
at least one of the connector and the base further comprising a plurality of locking surfaces for engaging at least one of the plurality of tabs;
wherein the connector comprises a single, unitary body in which the connector duct is contiguous with the port for providing a fluid flow connection between the port and the connector duct;
wherein the base is configured to be engagable by the connector, in a plurality of removably lockable orientations;
wherein the connector is at least partially rotatable about an axis of the base;
wherein rotation of the connector about the base causes the at least one of the plurality of tabs to engage with at least one of the plurality of locking surfaces to lock the connector to the base by inhibiting separation of the connector from the base in an axial direction parallel to the axis of the base.