Apparatus for patient-controlled drug injection having counter
AssigneeThe Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorHyunjung Koh
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for patient-controlled drug injection having a counter capable of counting the number of administrations. According to one aspect of the present invention, disclosed is an apparatus for patient-controlled drug injection having a counter, comprising: a case; a pressing part, provided in the case, for applying pressure to pump a chemical liquid; and a counter, provided in the case and having a counting button that is pressed by pressure when a user presses the pressing part, for counting the number of times that the pressing part is pressed.
Claims9
An apparatus for patient-controlled drug injection having a counter, comprising:
- a case;
- a pressing part, provided in the case, for applying pressure to pump a chemical liquid;
- and
- a counter, provided in the case and having a counting button that is pressed by pressure when a user presses the pressing part, for counting the number of times that the pressing part is pressed,
- wherein the counter includes a timer for preventing the pressing part from being pressed again within a certain period of time after the pressing part is pressed, and
- wherein the timer comprises:
- a mainspring which is rotated and wound when the pressing part is pressed;
- a cam rotated by the elastic force of the mainspring, wherein a part of an outer circumferential surface of the cam forms an arc having a longer diameter than the rest;
- and
- a latch for constraining the pressing part while being pressed according to the rotation angle of the cam, or elastically restoring to release the constraining of the pressing part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.