Patent 7306578 was granted and assigned to DEKA (company) on December, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A loading mechanism for a medication infusion pump. The mechanism includes a medication reservoir, a plunger, a threaded plunger rod offset from the axis of the reservoir and an infusion pump with a drive screw that is offset from the axis of a pump barrel. The pump barrel receives the assembly comprising the reservoir, plunger and plunger rod.