# US 12,569,623 B2 · Drug injection control device having stable operation structure of injection button through button plate positioned in dose dial

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- Number: US 12,569,623 B2
- Document ID: US12569623B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/795,645
- Filed: 2021-11-02
- Published: 2023-03-09
- Granted: 2026-03-10
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-03
- Assignees: Poonglim Pharmatech Inc.
- Applicants: Poonglim Pharmatech Inc.
- Inventors: Hee Min Cho; Jong Deok Yun; Jae Cheon Kim; Ki Yoon Kang; Hyeong Chan Son; Seon Hye Yoon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12569623B2

## CPC

- A61M 5/31528: {by means of rotational movements, e.g. screw-thread mechanisms}
- A61M 5/3158: {the component being manually operated or triggered by an axially moving actuator operated by user, e.g. an axially movable injection button}
- A61M 5/31515: {Connection of piston with piston rod}
- A61M 5/3155: {by rotational movement of dose setting member, e.g. during setting or filling of a syringe}
- A61M 5/31585: {the component being manually operated or triggered by an axially moving actuator operated by user, e.g. an axially movable injection button}
- A61M 5/31543: {piston rod reset means, i.e. means for causing or facilitating retraction of piston rod to its starting position during cartridge change}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

A drug injection control device has a structure in which a rod lock screw-coupled to an outer circumferential surface of a piston rod can only make a linear motion under restricted rotation in a rod holder with the rotation of a rod guide and the sub-linear motion of the piston rod. When an injection amount of drug is preset through an injection amount setting module configured to make a rotational motion with a dose dial in a housing to set the amount of drug to be injected by storing the twisting moment in a torsion spring, a button plate is fixed and positioned in the dose dial to perform a function of supporting a button spring, and an injection button is slidably coupled through the button plate, so the injection button rotates simultaneously with the rotation of the dose dial, but allows a stable pushing operation through the button plate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drug injection control device comprising:
a housing being hollow;
a dose dial rotatably coupled to a side of the housing;
a cartridge holder fixedly coupled to an opposite side of the housing, wherein a cartridge containing a drug is configured to be received in the cartridge holder and an injection needle is configured to be coupled to a side to deliver the drug;
an injection button positioned on an outer side of the dose dial;
a button spring configured to allow the injection button to be pressed and restored in the dose dial;
a cap separably coupled to an outside of the cartridge holder;
an injection amount setting module to set an amount of the drug to be injected by storing a twisting moment in a torsion spring positioned in the housing; and
a drug delivery module to deliver the drug from the cartridge embedded in the cartridge holder by moving through the release of the twisting moment applied to the torsion spring,
wherein the injection amount setting module includes a button plate fixed and positioned in the dose dial to perform a function of supporting the button spring,
wherein the injection button is slidably coupled through the button plate, wherein the drug delivery module includes:
a rod guide switchably coupled to the injection amount setting module by the operation of the injection button, and
a piston rod screw-coupled to an outer side of the rod guide to deliver the drug from the cartridge embedded in the cartridge holder by making a linear motion with a rotational motion of the rod guide, and
wherein the injection button rotates simultaneously with the rotation of the dose dial, but allows a stable pushing motion through the button plate,
wherein the button plate is fixed to a plate fixing step formed along a circumferential direction on an inner surface of the dose dial on a first dial chamber formed through a partition wall in the dose dial;
wherein the injection amount setting module includes a reset tube switchably coupled to the dose dial by the operation of the injection button, a ratchet tube coupled to an outer side of the reset tube to rotate at the same time, a scale drum which slidably rotates along an axial direction on an outer surface of the ratchet tube, and the spring having two ends coupled to the housing and the ratchet tube, and wherein the rod guide coupled to the reset tube is connected to an inside of the piston rod by screw rotation coupling to allow a sub-linear motion of the piston rod through the rotation of the rod guide, thereby having a cartridge drug release structure through the screw coupling between the piston rod and the rod guide.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The drug injection control device according to claim 1, wherein comprises a spring base coupled to the housing, and the torsion spring has two ends coupled to the spring base and the ratchet tube, respectively, and
wherein during the rotation through the dose dial, a side of the torsion spring fixed to the ratchet tube rotates, while an opposite side of the torsion spring fixed to the spring base is kept in fixed state, to get the spring twisted.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The drug injection control device according to claim 1, wherein the button plate includes a guide fixing hole formed at a center of the button plate and a plurality of button guide holes radially formed with respect to the guide fixing hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The drug injection control device according to claim 1, wherein the injection button comprises a plurality of button legs respectively coupled through button guide holes of the button plate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The drug injection control device according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of button legs have leg stop ends of a curved structure at the end to prevent slip from the button guide holes.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The drug injection control device according to claim 1, wherein the reset tube includes a button coupling groove formed along a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential surface for coupling of button legs.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The drug injection control device according to claim 1, wherein the rod guide includes a guide ball protruding along an axial direction at an end of a guide body and coupled to a guide fixing hole formed at the center of the button plate.