Abstract:
A medicament delivery device is shown for the administration of one or more drug agents. The device has a priming mode and a drug delivery mode for administering delivery of the one or more drug agents. The device comprises a controller configured to set the device in a priming mode when one or more predetermined states of the device are identified and to disable the drug delivery mode during said predetermined state(s). When states of the device are different from said predetermined states, the controller can set the device in the drug delivery mode. A priming mode may still be enabled through a user interface.
Abstract:
The invention is related to a manifold comprising at least two valve receptacles (7666, 7672), further comprising a fluid groove arrangement (7620) comprising at least two fluid grooves (7630, 7640, 7650), wherein a first fluid groove (7630) of the at least two fluid grooves has a starting point (7632) near a first valve receptacle (7666) of the at least two valve receptacles and an end point (7634) near a second valve receptacle (7672) of the at least two valve receptacles and wherein a second fluid groove (7640) of the at least two fluid grooves has a starting point (7642) near a second valve receptacle (7672) of the at least two valve receptacles. The invention is further related to an apparatus comprising a manifold (7600) of the aforementioned kind and further comprising an inner body (2000) of a dispense interface.
Abstract:
A set of members for a drug delivery device (10) comprises at least two components for the device (10), wherein both components are provided with a marking (19, 20), the markings (19, 20) being substantially equivalent or identical. Furthermore, a drug delivery device (10) and a set of drug delivery devices (10) are provided.
Abstract:
An identifier (50) for a medicament reservoir (20) is provided, wherein the identifier (50) comprises a malleable sheet (164) of material. The sheet (164) of material comprises a top surface (54, 104) and a bottom surface (56, 112). The bottom surface (56, 112) may be used to apply the identifier (50) to a surface of the medicament reservoir (20). A first three-dimensional feature (60) is attached to the sheet (164) of material. The three-dimensional feature (60) may be representative of a medicament (26) contained in the reservoir (20) and may further comprise an alignment feature (224, 228). In addition, the three-dimensional feature (60) may be coded for a particular drug delivery device (10). Such drug delivery devices (10) could comprise pen type drug delivery devices.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device such as a pen type injector used to expel medicament from a medicament cartridge under the action of a lead screw. The medicament cartridge typically comprises a cylinder having a displaceable piston at one end displacement causing medicament contained within the cartridge to be expelled. It is of advantage to know when the plunger contacts the displaceable piston since no delivery of medicament can occur before this point. A delivery device is disclosed in which a lead screw for a medicament delivery device comprises a shaft portion and a head portion, the head portion further comprising a fixed part, a displaceable part movable with respect to the fixed part, biasing means acting normally to urge the displaceable part away from the fixed part and a sensor to detect when the displaceable part moves towards the fixed part, one of the fixed part and the displaceable part being provided with a plurality of resilient fingers extending axially with respect to the lead screw, and the other of the fixed part and the displaceable part being provided with a plurality of openings, each of the resilient fingers extending within a corresponding opening.
Abstract:
Injection devices are known for the self administration of medicament by patients in which the medicaments is typically contained within a cartridge located within the injection device. It is a problem that injection devices should be small enough to fit into a jacket pocket or a hand bag without difficulty. Also, the injection device must be of a size that enables a piston or similar used to drive a cartridge bung within the cartridge to be moved both to a maximum dispense position within the cartridge and to be fully withdrawn from the cartridge to allow for replacement of the cartridge. A drive mechanism for an injection device is disclosed in which a piston (48) is successively moved along the first axis to drive a bung (20) into a medicament cartridge (18), a displacement mechanism comprising a dose setting spindle (30) is disposed along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis, transmission means connected between the dose setting spindle (30) and the piston (20), and displacement means to displace the dose setting spindle (30) with respect to the medicament cartridge (18), a movement of the displacement means in a first direction causing movement of the dose setting spindle (30) and the piston (20) in the first direction.
Abstract:
Injection devices are known for the self administration of medicament by patients in which medicament is typically contained within a cartridge located within the injection device. It is a problem that injection devices should be small enough to fit into a jacket pocket or a hand bag without difficulty. Also, the injection device must be of a size that enables a piston or similar used to drive a cartridge bung within the cartridge to be moved both to a maximum dispense position within the cartridge and to be fully withdrawn from the cartridge to allow for replacement of the cartridge. A drive mechanism for an injection device is disclosed in which a second piston (42) is successively moved in relation to a first end of a medicament cartridge (8) containing a medicament selectively to drive a bung (10) into the medicament cartridge (8), the drive mechanism comprising a means (36) defining a passageway (38), a first piston (40) and the second piston (42), in which the passageway (38) has a first end and a second end, the first piston (40) closing the first end of the passageway (38) and a first end of the second piston (42) closing the second end of the passageway (38) to define a chamber in the passageway (38), a non-compressible medium being contained within the chamber such that a first relative movement in a first direction at the first end of the passageway (38) results in a second relative movement in a direction opposite the first direction at the second end of the passageway (38).
Abstract:
Injection devices are known for the self administration of medicament by patients. The medicament is typically contained within a cartridge located within the injection device. It is a problem that injection devices should be small enough to fit into a jacket pocket or a hand bag without difficulty. Also, the injection device must be of a size that enables a piston or similar used to drive the Cartridge bung within the cartridge to be moved both to a maximum dispense position within the cartridge and to be fully withdrawn from the cartridge to allow for replacement of the cartridge. A drive mechanism for an injection device is disclosed in which the drive mechanism comprises a displaceable dosing spindle 6, a dial dose means 8, a transmission means 10, and a cable means 12, a piston comprising a plurality of nested piston members 30,32,34, displacement of the transmission means 10 causing the cable means 12 to move at least one of one of the nested piston members to drive a cartridge bung 18.
Abstract:
A medicament delivery device is shown for the administration of one or more drug agents. The device comprises a medicament cartridge retainer for holding a medicament cartridge. A dispense interface can be attached to an attachment of the device for facilitating fluidic communication from the device. Further, an interface sensor is configured to provide an output indicative of whether the dispense interface is attached to the attachment. The device also comprises a piston rod for driving a bung of the medicament cartridge, and a drive train for advancing the piston rod to the bung. A controller is configured to control the drive train to advance the piston rod towards the bung when the output of the interface sensor indicates that the dispense interface is not on the attachment. The controller is further configured to disable advancement of the piston rod when the output of the interface sensor indicates that the dispense interface is at least partially on the attachment.
Abstract:
The present invention inter alia relates to an apparatus and a method. The apparatus comprises a body part and a cover part, wherein the body part and the cover part are configured to at least partially form a fluid channel between a surface of the body part and a surface of the cover part. The surfaces of the body part and the cover part may be facing surfaces. The method comprises manufacturing the apparatus according to the present invention.