Patents Represented by Law Firm Pastoriza, Kelley & Lowry
  • Patent number: 4588394
    Abstract: A totally subcutaneously implantable infusion reservoir and pump system includes a variable capacity reservoir for receiving and storing fluids containing medications for delivery to a catheter which directs the medications to a specific infusion location in the body. A pump and a valving arrangement is interposed between the reservoir and the catheter to facilitate and control the transfer of the medications from the reservoir to the catheter in a safe and efficient manner. In one preferred form, a normally closed first valve is situated between the reservoir and a pump, and a normally closed second valve is situated between the pump and the catheter in a manner such that the pump and valving arrangement defines a portion of a fluid flow conduit between the reservoir and the catheter. The pump and valving arrangement requires at least two deliberate and sequential steps before the medications stored in the reservoir can be transferred to the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Pudenz-Schulte Medical Research Corp.
    Inventors: Rudolf R. Schulte, Gary P. East, Alfons Heindle