Drug delivery device with electronics

    公开(公告)号:US11351317B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16148046

    申请日:2018-10-01

    摘要: A device for delivering medication to a user may include a main body, an electronics module, and a slider. The main body may include a mouthpiece, a medication reservoir, and a mouthpiece cover, where the mouthpiece cover may be hinged to the main body. The electronics module may include a communication circuit, a pressure sensor, and a switch. The slider may be configured to engage the switch when the mouthpiece cover moves from a closed position to an open position. The switch may be configured to switch the electronics module from an off state or a sleep state to an active state. The electronics module may be configured to never return to the off state after the mouthpiece cover is moved to expose the mouthpiece for the first time by the user.

    INHALATION DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20220143336A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17583666

    申请日:2022-01-25

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00

    摘要: A device for delivering medication to a user may include a circular or elliptical body that include a mouthpiece, a flexible strip of medication, a lever, and a mouthpiece cover, where the mouthpiece cover is rotatable about the body. The electronics module may include a communication circuit, a sensor system, and a switch. The lever may be configured to actuate the switch when the lever is moved from a closed position to an open position. The lever is configured to advance a dose of medication on the flexible strip when moved from the closed position to the open position. When actuated, the switch may be configured to switch the electronics module from an off state to an active state wen the lever is actuated for a first time by a user. Thereafter, the electronics module is configured to not return to the off state.

    Inhalation device with integrated electronics

    公开(公告)号:US11266796B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16463838

    申请日:2017-12-05

    摘要: A device (400) for delivering medication to a user includes a circular or elliptical body (410) that includes a mouthpiece (420), a flexible strip (401) of medication, a lever (424), and a mouthpiece cover (491), where the mouthpiece cover is rotatable about the body. An electronics module (120) includes a communication circuit (134), a power supply (126), a sensor system (128), and a switch. The lever is configured to actuate the switch when the lever is moved from a closed position to an open position. The lever is further configured to advance a dose of medication on the flexible strip when moved from the closed position to the open position. The switch switches the electronics module from an off state to an active state when the lever is actuated for a first time by a user. The electronics module is configured to not return to the off state thereafter.

    INHALER SYSTEM
    124.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220005573A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17366634

    申请日:2021-07-02

    IPC分类号: G16H20/13 A61M15/00

    摘要: A system may include a plurality of inhalers, where each inhaler comprising medicament, a processor, memory, and a transmitter, multiple processing modules that may reside at least partially on a user device, a digital health platform (DHP) that is configured to receive and aggregate inhaler data from inhalers that are associated with a plurality of different users and a plurality of different medicament types. The DHP may determine a subset of the usage events based on the determined medication type, the determined time of day, and/or the determined date range. The DHP may determine a filtered list of users out of the plurality of users based on a comparison of the selected inhalation count threshold with the number of usage events that are associated with the same user and medication type.

    TESTING METHOD FOR A DRY POWDER INHALER

    公开(公告)号:US20210283350A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17337328

    申请日:2021-06-02

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00 A61M16/14 G01N15/06

    摘要: The invention provides a method of testing an inhaler based on performing an optical analysis of a dry powder medicament plume discharged from the inhaler upon actuation. More particularly, embodiments of the invention comprise illuminating the dry powder plume with a source of electromagnetic radiation and capturing one or more images of a pattern of radiation reflected or diffracted by the illuminated plume. The images are subsequently processed to determine and/or analyse one or more geometric and/or dynamic characteristics of the plume.

    TESTING METHOD FOR A DRY POWDER INHALER

    公开(公告)号:US20210283348A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17337325

    申请日:2021-06-02

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00 A61M16/14 G01N15/06

    摘要: The invention provides a method of testing an inhaler based on performing an optical analysis of a dry powder medicament plume discharged from the inhaler upon actuation. More particularly, embodiments of the invention comprise illuminating the dry powder plume with a source of electromagnetic radiation and capturing one or more images of a pattern of radiation reflected or diffracted by the illuminated plume. The images are subsequently processed to determine and/or analyse one or more geometric and/or dynamic characteristics of the plume.

    Compliance monitoring module for a breath-actuated inhaler

    公开(公告)号:US10918816B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16148075

    申请日:2018-10-01

    IPC分类号: A61M16/00 A61M15/00

    摘要: A compliance monitoring module for a breath-actuated inhaler comprising: a miniature pressure sensor, a sensor port of said sensor being pneumatically coupled to a flow channel through which a user can inhale; a processor configured to: receive a signal originating from a dosing mechanism of the inhaler indicating that medication has been released; receive data from a sensing element of the sensor; and based on said signal from said dosing mechanism and said data from said sensing element, make a determination that inhalation of a breath containing medication through said flow channel complies with one or more predetermined requirements for successful dosing; and a transmitter configured to, responsive to said determination, issue a dosing report.

    DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE WITH ELECTRONICS AND POWER MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210001061A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US16921193

    申请日:2020-07-06

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00

    摘要: A system may limit the number of times an inhalation device transmits inhalation data to a single time to reduce the battery usage of the inhalation device. The system may include an inhalation device that has medicament and an electronics module. The system may limit the number of times the inhalation device transmits new inhalation data to any mobile device to a single time by causing the server to receive the new inhalation data from one of the mobile devices and causing the server to transmit the new inhalation data to other of the mobile devices prior to the other mobile devices transmitting a request for the new inhalation data to the inhalation device. The inhalation device may include a Quick Response (QR) code, and a mobile application may determine at least one of a medication type or a number of doses of the inhalation device from the QR code.