Inventors:
Walter John Bochenko - Encinitas CA, US
Theodore Craig Chan - San Diego CA, US
Shawn Wayne DeKalb - San Diego CA, US
James Patrick Killeen - San Diego CA, US
Douglas Arthur Palmer - San Diego CA, US
Michael J. Sohmer - Spring Valley CA, US
Gary Michael Vilke - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA
Crisi Medical Systems, Inc. - San Diego CA
International Classification:
A61M 5/32
Abstract:
A medication delivery system includes an array of cartridge-receiving ports, a medication receiving fluid conduit, and a plurality of dispensing elements. Each port includes a fluid channel terminating at a fluid outlet and is configured to receive one of a plurality of cartridges that each contain a bolus volume of medication. The medication-receiving fluid conduit is fluidically coupled to the fluid outlet of each cartridge-receiving port at a first region and to a system outlet conduit at a second region (which in turn can be coupled to a patient catheter line). Each dispensing element corresponds to a single cartridge-receiving port so that, upon activation of the dispensing element, at least a portion of the bolus volume of medication flows through the fluid outlet of each cartridge-receiving port into the medication-receiving fluid conduit. Related apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.