US 8,226,610 B2 · Medical injector with compliance tracking and monitoring

Abstract

A system includes a medicament delivery device and a container configured to receive at least a portion of the medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes an actuator and a first electronic circuit system. The actuator is configured to initiate delivery of a medicament into a body when the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position. The first electronic circuit system is configured to output a first electronic signal when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position. The container includes a second electronic circuit system configured to receive the first electronic signal. The second electronic circuit system is configured to output a second electronic signal associated with the first electronic signal.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a medicament delivery device including an actuator and a first electronic circuit system, the actuator configured to initiate delivery of a medicament when the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, the first electronic circuit system including a switch and a printed circuit board, the first electronic circuit system configured to output a first electronic signal when the switch is actuated, a portion of the actuator configured to disrupt a portion of the printed circuit board to irreversibly actuate the switch when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position;
and
a container configured to receive at least a portion of the medicament delivery device, the container including a second electronic circuit system configured to receive the first electronic signal and to output a second electronic signal associated with the first electronic signal.

An apparatus, comprising:

a medical injector including:
a housing;
a medicament container disposed within an internal volume defined by the housing;
an actuator having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion configured to each move in a first direction when the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position;
a spring configured to initiate delivery of a medicament from the medicament container, the first portion of the actuator is configured to release the spring when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position;
and
an electronic circuit system coupled to the housing, the electronic circuit system including a switch disposed outside of the internal volume, the electronic circuit system configured to output an electronic signal when the switch is moved from a first state to a second state, the second portion of the actuator configured to move the switch from the first state to the second state when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position.

4 more elements

An apparatus, comprising:

a housing;
a medicament container disposed within the housing;
a delivery mechanism configured to deliver a medicament within the medicament container to a target location, the delivery mechanism including an actuator, a first portion of the actuator configured to engage the target location to move the actuator from a first position to a second position to initiate delivery of the medicament;
a lock member removably coupled to the housing to limit movement of the actuator such that the actuator is configured to move from the first position to the second position when the lock member is removed from the housing;
and
an electronic circuit system configured to be coupled to the housing, the electronic circuit system including a switch, the electronic circuit system configured to output an electronic signal when the switch is moved from a first state to a second state,
a second portion of the actuator configured to move the switch from the first state to the second state when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/017,405Filed 22 Jan 2008 · continuation in part

Priority

1 Feb 2005

Published

US 2009/0024112 A122 Jan 2009

Granted

24 Jul 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification41 codes

G16H 20/17
Relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients: delivered via infusion or injection
A61M 5/19
Syringes: having more than one chamber
A61M 5/20
Syringes: automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically
A61M 5/2033
Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically: spring-loaded one-shot…

Family

Application60/648,822Us provisional application · filed 1 Feb 2005

Application60/731,886Us provisional application · filed 31 Oct 2005

PCT/US2006/003415Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 Feb 2006

Application60/787,046Us provisional application · filed 29 Mar 2006

Application11/621,236Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Jan 2007

Application60/885,969Us provisional application · filed 22 Jan 2007

Application11/671,025Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Feb 2007

US 2009/0024112 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Jan 2009

US 7,731,686 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application10/572,148Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 7,749,194 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2007/0129708 A1Published application

US 2008/0033393 A1Published application

US 2008/0306436 A1Published application

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Medical injector with compliance tracking and monitoring

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Medical injector with compliance tracking and monitoring

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Abstract

Claims30