# US 2016/0354536 A1 · Dose Titration Aid > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0354536 A1 - Document ID: US20160354536A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/119,028 - Filed: 2015-02-23 - Published: 2016-12-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-24 - Assignees: Novo Nordisk A/S - Applicants: Novo Nordisk A/S - Inventors: Bo Radmer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160354536A1 ## CPC - A61M 5/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. packages for syringes or needles or kits for diabetics} - A61M 5/31: Details - A61M 5/003: {Kits for diabetics} - A61M 2005/3126: {related to dosing} - A61M 2205/581: by audible feedback - A61M 2205/582: by tactile feedback - A61M 2205/583: by visual feedback - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - 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 The present invention provides a needle arrangement (10, 20, 30) comprising a plurality of injection needles (28, 29, 39), one or more needle containers (11, 21, 22, 31, 32) for the plurality of injection needles (28, 29, 39), each of the one or more needle containers (11, 21, 22, 31, 32) being structured to hold at least one of the plurality of injection needles (28, 29, 39), and a dedication of each of the plurality of injection needles (28, 29, 39) held in the one or more needle containers (11, 21, 22, 31, 32) to one of at least two predetermined dose sizes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A needle arrangement comprising: a plurality of injection needles, one or more needle containers for the plurality of injection needles, each of the one or more needle containers being structured to hold at least one of the plurality of injection needles, and a dedication of each of the plurality of injection needles held in the one or more needle containers to one of at least two predetermined dose sizes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A needle arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the dedication of each of the plurality of injection needles held in the one or more needle containers to one of at least two predetermined dose sizes comprises a representation of the one of the at least two predetermined dose sizes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A needle arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the representation of the one of the at least two predetermined dose sizes comprises a number. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A needle arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the representation of the one of the at least two predetermined dose sizes further comprises a unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A needle arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of injection needles are arranged in groups, each group consisting of injection needles with identical dedication. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A needle arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of injection needles comprises a first number of injection needles corresponding to a first prescribed number of injections of a first predetermined dose size, and a second number of injection needles corresponding to a second prescribed number of injections of a second predetermined dose size. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A needle arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the one or more needle containers comprise a plurality of predefined positions for the plurality of injection needles, and wherein each of the plurality of predefined positions is a) adapted to hold one injection needle, and b) associated with a dose related marking. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A needle arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of predefined positions are arranged in arrays, each array holding a portion of the plurality of predefined positions which corresponds to a prescribed number of injections of one of the at least two predetermined dose sizes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A needle arrangement according to claim 8, wherein each array holds seven of the plurality of predefined positions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) A needle arrangement according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of predefined positions is a well configured to contain one injection needle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) A needle arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the one or more needle containers comprise a first box adapted to hold the first number of injection needles and comprising a representation of the first predetermined dose size, and a second box adapted to hold the second number of injection needles and comprising a representation of the second predetermined dose size. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A needle arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the one or more needle containers comprise an indication of the sequence in which the at least two predetermined dose sizes of the injectable drug are to be administered. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A system for administering at least two predetermined dose sizes of an injectable drug, the system comprising: one or more drug delivery devices, each of the one or more drug delivery devices being capable of delivering one or more of the at least two predetermined dose sizes of the injectable drug, and a needle arrangement according to claim 1.