Drug Delivery Device With Skin Contact Sensor

Abstract

Provided herein is a wearable drug delivery device including a housing having a skin-facing surface defining a cannula opening, the skin-facing surface configured to releasably attach to a patient's skin, a microcontroller received within the housing and including at least one processor, a sensor in communication with the microcontroller, the sensor configured to detect the patient's skin, a container disposed within the housing and configured to store a pharmaceutical composition therein, and a cannula in fluid communication with the container, the cannula transitionable from an initial position in which the cannula is disposed within the housing to a use position in which the cannula extends through the cannula opening.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.