Abstract:
An electro-mechanical drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952) comprises a main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) having a distal end (808, 828, 910) and a proximal end (806, 826, 958). The distal end (808, 828, 910) is configured to attach to a dispense interface. A separable housing (804, 824, 854, 904, 962) that can prevent an administration of a drug by the drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952), the housing configured to cover at least a portion of the distal end (808, 828, 910) of the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) when the separable housing (804, 824, 854, 904, 962) is coupled to the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) of the drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952). A conduction element (856, 906) is provided by the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) and configured for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical connector (849, 862, 968). Establishment of the electrical connection is prevented when the housing does not cover at least a portion of the distal end (808, 828, 910) of the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956). The electrical connection may be established when the housing covers at least a portion of the distal end (808, 828, 910) of the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) of the drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952).
Abstract:
An electro-mechanical drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952) comprises a main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) having a distal end (808, 828, 910) and a proximal end (806, 826, 958). The distal end (808, 828, 910) is configured to attach to a dispense interface. A separable housing (804, 824, 854, 904, 962) that can prevent an administration of a drug by the drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952), the housing configured to cover at least a portion of the distal end (808, 828, 910) of the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) when the separable housing (804, 824, 854, 904, 962) is coupled to the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) of the drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952). A conduction element (856, 906) is provided by the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) and configured for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical connector (849, 862, 968). Establishment of the electrical connection is prevented when the housing does not cover at least a portion of the distal end (808, 828, 910) of the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956). The electrical connection may be established when the housing covers at least a portion of the distal end (808, 828, 910) of the main body (802, 822, 852, 902, 956) of the drug delivery device (800, 821, 850, 952).
Abstract:
A metering valve for a pressurised dispensing container comprising a metering chamber (5); an inlet (9) to the metering chamber; an outlet (10) to the metering chamber; one or more inlet sealing members (7) for sealing the inlet (9) to the metering chamber (5), and one or more outlet sealing members (8) for sealing the outlet (10) to themetering chamber (5). The metering chamber (5) is static and the one or more inlet sealing members (7) are rotatable between a first position, in which the inlet (9) to the metering chamber is open, and a second position, in which the inlet (9) to the metering chamber is closed, and the one or more outlet sealing members (8) are rotatable between a first position, in which the outlet (10) to the metering chamber is closed, and a second position, in which the outlet (10) to the metering chamber is open.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a medicament injection apparatus, particularly suitable for use by those with diabetes in which, in use, once a desired dosage of medicament has been selected and expelled from the medicament cartridge into the body of the patient, the injected medicament is allowed to disperse locally from the injection site within the patient's body before the needle arrangement is removed from the patient's body. It is considered to be a problem that in known medicament injection devices the injection interval, that is the time elapsed since a previous injection, is measured following completion of a delivery stroke rather than from dispersion of the injected medicament. A medicament injection device is disclosed in which the time elapsed following an injection operation is calculated from the end of a predetermined period during which medicament is permitted to disperse subsequent to completion of an injection stroke.