Large volume skin patch medicament delivery device with integrated skin sterilization mechanism for the injection site
AssigneeSanofi
InventorFlorian Schauderna
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Abstract
A skin-patch type medicament delivery device (10, 30, 50) comprises a housing (11) containing a medicament delivery mechanism (12) including an injection needle (13). An adhesive surface (19) is provided for securing the housing (11) to a patient's skin during a medicament delivery process. A sterilizing mechanism is connected to the housing (11) and thus integrated into the device, and comprises a pad (18) impregnated with sterilizing agent which contacts the skin once the housing (11) is secured to a patient, and which can, respectively has to be moved in a swiping action across the injection site to sterilize the latter before the needle insertion and drug administration can be performed.
Claims20
A medicament delivery device comprising a housing containing a medicament delivery mechanism including an injection needle, a sterilizing mechanism connected to the housing, and an adhesive surface for securing the device to a patient's skin during a medicament delivery process, wherein the sterilizing mechanism comprises a sterilizing pad impregnated with a sterilizing agent, and the sterilizing pad is repeatedly moveable relative to the adhesive surface such that, in use when the device is secured to a patient's skin, the sterilizing pad can be repeatedly moved in contact with the patient's skin to sterilize an area of the patient's skin to serve as an injection site.
A method of delivering medicament to a patient, the method comprising:
- securing a housing of a medicament delivery device to skin tissue of the patient by applying an adhesive surface of the medicament delivery device to the skin tissue;
- actuating a sterilizing mechanism disposed in the housing of the medicament delivery device to sterilize an area of the skin to serve as an injection site;
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- administering the medicament into the injection site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.