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US 2020/0345721 A1Published application
Device for Deterring Abuse of Drugs
AssigneeEighty Eight Pharma, Inc.
InventorMatthew Iorio
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to devices for deterring drug abuse and methods thereof. More particularly, the disclosure relates to devices for deterring drug abuse by using physical deterrents and/or deterrent substances, including a mechanism that releases a deterrent substance when improper access of the drug is attempted, and methods thereof.
Claims20
A formulation comprising naltrexone hydrochloride (“HCl”) in a solution comprising ethanol and water.
A device for deterring drug abuse, the device comprising:
- a housing configured to contain a drug that may be accessed through an access port located on a lid attached to the housing;
- a rotatable portion of the housing or the lid which is capable of rotating a carousel, or rotating relative to a carousel, when in an unsecured position;
- a locking mechanism coupled with the rotatable portion of the housing or the lid, the locking mechanism having a locked mode, wherein the rotatable portion of the housing or the lid is not normally able to move from the secure position;
- the locking mechanism further coupled with a piston;
- the device being configured such that attempts to improperly access the drug:
- a. when the rotatable portion of the housing or the lid is in the secure position, and
- b. when the locking mechanism is in the locked mode,
- move the piston and activate the release of a deterrent substance to the drug.
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A method of accessing a drug provided inside a device for deterring drug abuse, the method comprising:
- providing:
- a housing configured to contain a carousel wherein a drug is stored,
- a lid attached to the housing, the lid having an access port through which the drug may be accessed,
- a physical deterrent that prevents rotation of the carousel or rotation of the lid relative to the carousel, and blocks access to the access port when the physical deterrent is in a secure position,
- a locking mechanism that prevents and/or significantly hinders the physical deterrent from moving from the secure position to an unsecured position, wherein the physical deterrent no longer blocks access to the access port when in the unsecured position, and
- a chemical deterrent substance located in the carousel that is released when the drug is accessed while the physical deterrent is in the secure position and the locking mechanism is in the locked mode;
- unlocking the locking mechanism;
- moving the physical deterrent into the unsecure position;
- and
- accessing the drug.
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20-35. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.