# US 8,465,459 B2 · Medicament container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,465,459 B2 - Document ID: US8465459B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/389,866 - Filed: 2010-08-20 - Published: 2012-10-04 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2009-08-27 - Assignees: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH - Applicants: Thomas Nagel; René Richter; Robert Witt - Inventors: Thomas Nagel; René Richter; Robert Witt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465459B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/2425: {by compression of deformable ampoule or carpule wall} - A61M 11/006: {operated by applying mechanical pressure to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised} - A61M 11/06: of the injector type - A61M 15/0003: {with means for dispensing more than one drug} - A61M 5/20: Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically (A61M5/142 takes precedence) - A61M 11/041: {using heaters} - A61M 2202/04: Liquids - A61M 2205/0266: Shape memory materials - A61M 2205/3331: Pressure; Flow - A61M 2205/3368: Temperature - A61M 2205/36: related to heating or cooling - A61M 2205/368: by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. IR waves - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract The invention relates to a medicament container for a liquid medicament, the medicament container comprising a bag with an outlet, the bag being compressible or shrinkable by subjection of at least a part of the medicament container to an energy source. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medicament container for a liquid medicament, the medicament container comprising: a bag with an outlet, the bag being compressible or shrinkable by subjection of at least a part of the medicament container to an energy source, characterized in that a rigid core is arranged in the bag, where said bag consists of heat shrink material being configured to shrink when subjected to heat (q). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that the bag is compressible or shrinkable by subjection of at least a part of the medicament container to a heat source. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that an actor material is at least partially arranged around the bag, the actor material being configured to shrink when subjected to heat (Q). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Medicament container according to claim 3, characterized in that the actor material comprises several sections which may be heated separately. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) Medicament container according to claim 3, characterized in that the actor material comprises a remote section, which is not in contact with the bag and which is arranged for being subjected to heat (Q). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that the rigid core is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the bag. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that the outlet comprises an interface for receiving a hollow injection needle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one drain channel is arranged in the rigid core in a manner to connect at least one opening on a surface of the rigid core to the outlet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Medicament container according to claim 8, characterized in that the bag is subdivided into at least two consecutive bag chambers, wherein the rigid core comprises a respective segment for each bag chamber, each segment having at least one opening of the drain channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) Medicament container according to claim 9, characterized in that each segment comprises a central bulge. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one sensor is integrated in the rigid core. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Medicament container according to claim 11, characterized in that an end of the rigid core opposite the outlet is arranged as an interface for exchanging data of the sensor and/or energy from an energy store between the medicament container and at least one external component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) Medicament container according to claim 1, characterized in that an energy store is integrated in the rigid core. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) Injection arrangement for delivering a liquid medicament comprising a medicament container according to claim 1 and a hollow needle for piercing a patient's skin arranged at the outlet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) Injection arrangement according to claim 14, characterized in that a valve and a hollow needle for piercing a patient's skin are arranged at the outlet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Inhaler arrangement for delivering a liquid medicament comprising a medicament container according claim 1.