A61M5/315

Dose detection module for a medication delivery device

The present disclosure relates to a dose detection system for use with a medication delivery device in which a dose setting member rotates relative to an actuator during dose delivery. The dose detection system includes a module which is removably attached to the medication delivery device. The module includes a rotation sensor attached to the actuator during dose delivery. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes surface features detectable by the rotation sensor. The rotation sensor comprises a following member including a contact portion resting against and spring-biased in the direction of the surface features. The contact surface is positioned to move over the surface features during rotation of the sensed element, and the rotation sensor is responsive to the movement of the contact portion over the surface features to detect the rotation of the dose setting member.

Injection device

Injection monitoring circuitry is provided for coupling to part of an injection device having a syringe and a plunger rod. The injection monitoring circuitry has an input to receive force measurement data from a force sensor, the force measurement data includes a plurality of timestamped force measurements of force applied by a user to the injection device when an injection is administered to an injection site. Processing circuitry is provided to determine from the force measurement data when an end of injection has been reached, the end of injection corresponding to the plunger rod having reached an end position in a distal portion of the barrel of the syringe during administration of the injection by the user. Machine readable instructions and an injection monitoring method are also provided.

Cover for liquid delivery system with integrated plunger position sensing using focused optical beam and linear potentiometer
11529471 · 2022-12-20 · ·

A sliding cover for a liquid delivery device, such as a cap (100) for a pen injector (200), incorporates a set of sensors including an optical sensor (110) with an output which changes during uncapping or capping motions on passing of a plunger (220) of the pen injector. This output is used together with a position sensor (120) to determine the position of the plunger along a cylinder (210) of the liquid delivery device. By monitoring changes in the plunger position, the quantity of dosages delivered by the liquid delivery device can be determined, displayed, stored and/or transmitted to an external device for further data processing or storage. Preferred implementations of the invention employ optical sensors with a converging beam (115), and/or position sensors employing linear potentiometer strips (132).

Fertility kits with syringes and collection jars, and method of use
11529172 · 2022-12-20 · ·

A fertility kit for performing self-insemination, comprising a package with three sets of sterilized disposable syringes and collection jars. Each fertility syringe comprises: an outer rigid tubular barrel and an inner plunger. The barrel comprises a curved distal end with a small circular distal opening, and a sealed proximal end, and an inner hollow tube housing the plunger. The barrel's proximal end also comprises two opposing circular members to fit a user's fingers; and a plunger flat end fitting in-between. The plunger distal end has a has a funnel-like shape that fits into the barrel curved end to push all the semen out while preventing a backflow. The collection jar comprises a sealable lid, and an inner surface comprising smooth seamless edges. Fresh or frozen, unwashed semen is deposited into the jar, pulled into the syringe, and administered cervically during a user's maximum monthly level of luteinizing hormone.

Chemical wake-up mechanism for active electronics in pen injectors

Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to conserving energy of an injection device that includes an energy source configured to power an electronic component, a priming component configured to generate a trigger, a reactant configured to generate an instantiation signal in response to the trigger, and a sensor configured to detect and process the instantiation signal and generate an activation signal to activate the energy source.

Detector Arrangement and Position Detector for a Cartridge
20220395645 · 2022-12-15 ·

The disclosure relates to a detector arrangement for detecting a position of an object with regard to a first direction, wherein the object includes a front edge and a rear edge separated from each other in the first direction and wherein the object is movable relative to the detector arrangement in the first direction. The detector arrangement includes a first detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation, the first detector including a first detection area sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation, wherein the detection area is confined by a first detection front edge and by a first detection rear edge, wherein the first detection front edge is separated from the first detection rear edge in the first direction. At least one of the first detection front edge and the first detection rear edge extends non-parallel to at least one of the front edge and the rear edge of the object.

Securing communication between a wireless data communication accessory for a drug delivery device and an external device
20220400377 · 2022-12-15 ·

A system comprising a wireless data communication accessory and a drug delivery device is disclosed, wherein the wireless data communication accessory is configured for data exchange with the drug delivery device and to secure data from the drug delivery device using cryptographic information assigned to the drug delivery device.

Securing communication between a wireless data communication accessory for a drug delivery device and an external device
20220400377 · 2022-12-15 ·

A system comprising a wireless data communication accessory and a drug delivery device is disclosed, wherein the wireless data communication accessory is configured for data exchange with the drug delivery device and to secure data from the drug delivery device using cryptographic information assigned to the drug delivery device.

MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE
20220395642 · 2022-12-15 ·

A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing with a proximal end and a distal end, a medicament container arranged within the housing, a biased delivery member cover associated with the housing and movable in relation to the housing, a biased plunger rod associated with the medicament container and movable in relation to the housing, a tubular rotator associated with both the delivery member cover and the biased plunger rod, and a cap assembly associated with the housing, wherein a gap is defined between the proximal end of the biased plunger rod and the stopper of the medicament container when the medicament delivery device is in an assembled state, and wherein the proximal end of the biased plunger rod is in contact with the stopper of the medicament container when the medicament delivery device is in a calibrated state.

MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE ADD-ON
20220395640 · 2022-12-15 ·

A device is presented having an electronic circuit, where the device can be a medicament delivery device or a medicament delivery device add-on component that includes an electronic circuit having a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature, where the electronic circuit is configured to passively remain in a first mode when the temperature is on a first side of a set temperature and to transition to a second mode when the temperature transitions to a second side of the set temperature. In some embodiments, the electronic circuit can have one or more of a feedback portion configured to switch from a first state to a second state in response to the electronic circuit transitioning from the first mode to the second mode, a lock, and a recordal portion to record when the electronic circuit transitions from the first mode to the second mode.