Self-administration injection system

A self-administration injection apparatus for allowing a user to inject a fluid medicament into a selected tissue of the user at a level of at least one injection parameter that the user finds comfortable and can set for an injection process, the apparatus comprising:

• a platform;
• a fluid medicament containing cartridge that is disposable and is detachably connected to the platform;
• a cartridge holder capable of accepting the fluid medicament containing cartridge and being connected to the platform;
• a handpiece with tubing connected to at least one of the cartridge and cartridge holder, and a needle connected to the tubing, the handpiece being held by the user for manual insertion of the needle into a selected tissue of the user at any one of a plurality of injection sites, the tissue at each injection site being associated with at least one injection parameter that is different for each injection site;
• a drive unit in the platform for driving fluid medicament from the cartridge, through the tubing and the needle, and into a selected tissue of the user at the one of the injection sites selected by the user, during the injection process, and at the injection parameter that is associated with the selected tissue at the injection site that is selected by the user;
• a drive unit control for controlling the drive unit to drive medicament from the cartridge at the injection parameter;
• a central processing unit connected to the drive unit for control performing of the injection process at one of the injection parameters corresponding to the injection site selected by the user;
• a memory connected to the central processing unit for storing a plurality of the different injection parameters associated with tissues at the plurality of injection sites for the user;
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• operation input means connected to the central processing unit and being operated by the user to selecting the injection site for the injection process and for controlling initiation of the injection process, the central processing unit responding to a user selection of one of the injection sites to control the injection process to proceed at the injection parameter for the associated tissue at the selected injection site;
• the central processing unit being programmed to perform a training session to determine from the user, a user-selected level of at least one of the injection parameters that the user finds comfortable for an injection process into the selected tissue, and for storing the level in the memory, the central processing unit causing each injection process to be performed at not greater than the level of the at least one of the injection parameters that the user finds comfortable.

A self-administration injection apparatus used by an individual user on oneself in which parameters of the injection are defined contemporaneously with the injection by said user based on a subjective pain response of the user during said injection, the apparatus comprising:

• a platform;
• a fluid medicament containing cartridge that is disposable and is detachably connected to the platform;
• a cartridge holder capable of accepting the fluid medicament containing cartridge and being connected to the platform;
• a handpiece with tubing connected to at least one of the cartridge and cartridge holder, and a needle connected to the tubing, the handpiece being held by the user for manual insertion of the needle into a selected tissue of the user at any one of a plurality of injection sites, the tissue at each injection site being associated with at least one injection parameter that is different for each injection site;
• a drive unit in the platform for driving fluid medicament from the cartridge, through the tubing and the needle, and into a selected tissue of the user at the one of the injection sites selected by the user, during the injection process, and at the injection parameter that is associated with the selected tissue at the injection site that is selected by the user;
• a drive unit control for controlling the drive unit to drive medicament from the cartridge at the injection parameter;
• a central processing unit connected to the drive unit for control performing of the injection process at one of the injection parameters corresponding to the injection site selected by the user;
• a memory connected to the central processing unit for storing a plurality of the different injection parameters associated with tissues at the plurality of injection sites for the user;
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• operation input means connected to the central processing unit and being operated by the user to selecting the injection site for the injection process and for controlling initiation of the injection process, the central processing unit responding to a user selection of one of the injection sites to control the injection process to proceed at the injection parameter for the associated tissue at the selected injection site;
• the central processing unit being programmed to perform a training session to determine from the user, a user-selected level of at least one of the injection parameters that the user finds comfortable for an injection process into the selected tissue, and for storing the level in the memory, the central processing unit causing each injection process to be performed at not greater than the level of the at least one of the injection parameters that the user finds comfortable.