[특허]Slideable flow metering devices and related methods

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

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Slideable flow metering devices and related methods

국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	B65D-037/00
미국특허분류(USC)	222/207; 222/001; 222/055; 222/063; 222/214; 222/447
출원번호	US-0393973 (2009-02-26)
등록번호	US-8448824 (2013-05-28)
발명자 / 주소	DiPerna, Paul M.
출원인 / 주소	Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A.
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 15 인용 특허 : 1504

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A novel enhanced flow metering device is disclosed, as well as related methods, that safely controls and meters the flow of a flow material. A pump fills a flow metering device with a flow material, which then dispenses the flow material to a target. The flow material charges the device by moving into at least one chamber when an actuation shaft is in a charging position. Flow materials are dispensed from the chambers of the flow metering device when the actuation shaft is moved into at least one dispensing positions.

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A flow metering device comprising: a housing including a cavity;an input conduit in fluid communication with the cavity;an output conduit in fluid communication with the cavity;a chamber which is in fluid communication with the cavity and which includes a compressible member comprising an elastomeric membrane configured to store energy; andan actuation shaft disposed in the cavity,the actuation shaft including at least one moveable seal defining at least one flow space within the cavity and configured such that when the actuation shaft is disposed in a charging position the input conduit is in fluid communication with the chamber through a flow space, when the actuation shaft is disposed in a dispense position the chamber is in fluid communication with the output conduit through a flow space and the input conduit is never in fluid communication with the output conduit, and wherein the elastomeric membrane is disposed over the chamber and is configured to distend into the chamber as flow material enters the chamber. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the chamber comprises a first chamber and further comprising a second chamber in fluid communication with the cavity. 3. The device of claim 2, wherein the actuation shaft comprises four movable seals which define a proximal flow space, an output flow space, a sealed flow space, and a distal flow space, and the actuation shaft further comprises at least a shaft channel defined at the ends by at least one proximal shaft opening and at least one distal shaft opening. 4. The device of claim 2, wherein the first chamber has a volume which is different from a volume of the second chamber. 5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a pressure sensor disposed in the chamber. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the volume of a flow material in the device at the time when the device is fully charged with the flow material is determined at a source of the flow material. 7. The device of claim 1 further comprising an actuator coupled to the actuation shaft for effecting movement of the actuation shaft. 8. The device of claim 1 wherein the actuation shaft comprises a plurality of moveable seals defining a proximal flow space and a distal flow space and wherein the flow spaces are configured such that when the actuation shaft is in the charging position the input conduit is in fluid communication with the chamber through the proximal flow space and when the actuation shaft if in the dispense position the chamber is in fluid communication with the output conduit through the distal flow space. 9. A method of flow metering comprising: positioning an actuation shaft of a flow metering device into a charging position such that a chamber, a proximal flow space formed by at least one moveable seal of the actuation shaft, and an input conduit of the flow metering device are in fluid communication and the chamber and an output conduit are not in fluid communication;charging the chamber with pressurized flow material through the input conduit such that a compressible member comprising an elastomeric membrane in the chamber compresses and stores energy, wherein the elastomeric membrane is disposed over the chamber such that it distends into the chamber as flow material enters the chamber;positioning the actuation shaft into a dispense position such that the chamber, a distal flow space and the output conduit are in fluid communication and the chamber and input conduit are not in fluid communication; anddispensing flow material from the chamber effected by the energy stored in the compressible member;wherein the proximal flow space and the input conduit are never in fluid communication with the distal flow space and the output conduit. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising: measuring a pressure within the chamber at intervals; andcalculating a flow rate of flow material from the chamber in about real time. 11. The method of claim 9 wherein the flow metering device contains more than one chamber and further comprising positioning the actuation shaft in a position whereby at least one chamber is in fluid communication with the distal flow space and the output conduit and at least one other chamber is either sealed or in fluid communication with the input conduit and proximal flow space. 12. A flow metering device comprising: a housing including a cavity;an input conduit in fluid communication with the cavity;an output conduit in fluid communication with the cavity;a chamber which is in fluid communication with the cavity and which includes a compressible member configured to store energy; andan actuation shaft disposed in the cavity, the actuation shaft including at least one moveable seal defining at least one flow space within the cavity and configured such that when the actuation shaft is disposed in a charging position the input conduit is in fluid communication with the chamber through a flow space, when the actuation shaft is disposed in a dispense position the chamber is in fluid communication with the output conduit through a flow space and the input conduit is never in fluid communication with the output conduit; andwherein the chamber comprises a first chamber and further comprising a second chamber in fluid communication with the cavity, and the actuation shaft comprises four movable seals which define a proximal flow space, an output flow space, a sealed flow space, and a distal flow space, and the actuation shaft further comprises at least a shaft channel defined at the ends by at least one proximal shaft opening and at least one distal shaft opening. 13. The device of claim 12, wherein the first chamber has a volume which is different from a volume of the second chamber. 14. The device of claim 12, wherein the compressible member comprises an elastomeric membrane. 15. The device of claim 12, further comprising a pressure sensor disposed in the chamber. 16. The device of claim 12, wherein the volume of a flow material in the device at the time when the device is fully charged with the flow material is determined at a source of the flow material. 17. The device of claim 12, further comprising an actuator coupled to the actuation shaft for effecting movement of the actuation shaft. 18. The device of claim 14, wherein the elastomeric membrane is disposed over the chamber and is configured to distend into the chamber as flow material enters the chamber.

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