公开(公告)号：US20190053985A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104067

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Brian NIZNIK ,  Robert GANTON

IPC: A61J7/04

Abstract: Disclosed are hypodermic needle devices having an easily-observed, visual indication that the drug contents of the device have expired. The visual indication may be triggered when a counter maintained by a processor of the hypodermic needle device has exceeded a time threshold. The time threshold may be configured based on the drug threshold, and the counter and time threshold may be manually or dynamically adjusted as real-world conditions change to alter the time to expiration. For instance, an prolonged increase in temperature detected by the temperature sensor may speed up the expiration rate of the drug and require a reduction in the time threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20190054252A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104080

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： John Earl AMSCHLER ,  Robert GANTON ,  Brian NIZNIK ,  Eugene DANTSKER ,  Paul Robert HOFFMAN

IPC: A61M5/315

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for drug delivery measurement. A medicine delivery device includes a cartridge for storing a medicine, a needle assembly coupled to a bottom of the cartridge, a piston located in the cartridge for pushing the medicine to dispense the medicine from the cartridge through the needle assembly, and a sensor configured to measure a distance between the piston and the bottom of the cartridge. The sensor includes a triangulation-based distance measurement unit, a resonant frequency-based distance measurement unit, a time-of-flight-based distance measurement unit, or a frequency-modulated continuous-wave time-of-flight-based distance measurement unit.

公开(公告)号：US20190054247A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104020

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Eugene DANTSKER ,  John Earl AMSCHLER ,  Robert GANTON ,  Brian NIZNIK ,  Paul Robert Hoffman

IPC: A61M5/315

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for facilitating administering of medicine are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20190054254A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104031

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Paul Robert HOFFMAN ,  Eugene DANTSKER ,  Robert GANTON ,  John Earl AMSCHLER ,  Brian NIZNIK ,  Robert BALLAM

IPC: A61M5/32 ,  A61M5/24

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing a flowmeter in a hypodermic needle device to measure the flow of a drug from a reservoir located within a hypodermic needle device through a needle assembly. In some embodiments a valve may be additionally provided to control the flow of the drug from a reservoir located within a hypodermic needle device through a needle assembly. Such functionality can help ensure the proper dosage is dispensed and/or determine when the drug is improperly dispensed.

公开(公告)号：US20190053981A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104042

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Brian NIZNIK ,  Robert GANTON ,  Paul Robert HOFFMAN

IPC: A61J1/18 ,  G08B21/18

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing a drug-dispensing device that tracks temperatures to which a drug stored therein is exposed, further providing means for indicating to a user that the drug has been exposed to temperatures outside a suitable temperature range and/or preventing the drug from being dispensed in such cases. According to some embodiments, an electrochromic element may be used to indicate the drug has been exposed to temperatures outside the suitable temperature range.

公开(公告)号：US20190054250A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104053

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： John Earl AMSCHLER ,  Robert GANTON ,  Brian NIZNIK ,  Eugene DANTSKER ,  Paul Robert HOFFMAN ,  James PIERONEK ,  Robert BALLAM

IPC: A61M5/315

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for drug delivery measurement. A medicine delivery device includes a cartridge for storing a medicine, a needle assembly coupled to a bottom of the cartridge, a piston located in the cartridge for pushing the medicine to dispense the medicine from the cartridge through the needle assembly, and a sensor configured to measure a distance between the piston and the bottom of the cartridge. The sensor includes a triangulation-based distance measurement unit, a resonant frequency-based distance measurement unit, a time-of-flight-based distance measurement unit, or a frequency-modulated continuous-wave time-of-flight-based distance measurement unit.

公开(公告)号：US20190054246A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104036

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Robert GANTON ,  John Earl AMSCHLER ,  Brian NIZNIK ,  Eugene DANTSKER ,  Paul Robert Hoffman

IPC: A61M5/315

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for facilitating administering of medicine are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20190054244A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16104018

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： John Earl AMSCHLER ,  Robert GANTON ,  Brian NIZNIK ,  Eugene DANTSKER ,  Paul Robert HOFFMAN

IPC: A61M5/315

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for using electrical impedance measurements to help determine whether a hypodermic needle has been inserted into the skin, thereby increasing the accuracy of information provided to the stakeholders and/or enabling other functionality based on the determination. This information can be used and/or combined with other information to help determine whether to administer the drug and/or whether the drug has been administered properly.