A medication delivery device usable with a medication container wherein advancement of a piston within the container expels medication. The device includes a housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a drive ribbon having distal and proximal edge sections. The drive ribbon has a retracted configuration defining a spiral and an extended configuration defining a helix. The drive ribbon is movable from the retracted configuration to the extended configuration with such movement defining a drive axis and advancing the piston. In some embodiments, the drive ribbon may not rotate as it is advanced while in other embodiments, the ribbon does rotate. The disclosed drive assemblies include manually driven assemblies, spring driven assemblies and motor driven assemblies. The containers may be replaceable to allow for reuse of the device. In some embodiments, replaceable cartridges which includes both a medication container and a drive ribbon are employed.

Disclosed is an auto injector and a method for administering a medicament. The auto injector comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod configured to move a first stopper; a temperature sensor configured to provide a temperature signal indicative of the temperature of the medicament in the cartridge; a processing unit configured to: receive the temperature signal; control the drive module to move the plunger rod from a first plunger rod position to a mix plunger rod position wherein the movement from the first plunger rod position to the mix plunger rod position is based on the temperature signal.

A computerized electro-mechanical drug delivery device configured to deliver at least one dose of two or more medicaments. The device comprises a control unit. An electro-mechanical drive unit is operably coupled to the control unit and a primary reservoir for a first medicament and a secondary reservoir for a fluid agent, e.g. a second medicament. An operator interface is in communication with the control unit. A single dispense assembly is configured for fluid communication with the primary and the secondary reservoir. Activation of the operator panel sets a first dose from the primary reservoir and based on the first dose and a therapeutic dose profile, the control unit is configured to determine a dose or range of the fluid agent. Alternatively, the control unit determines or calculates a dose or range of a third medicament. Further, a dispense interface for use with a drug delivery device is disclosed.

Disclosed is a method for controlling an auto injector and an auto injector for administering a medicament from a cartridge having a first cartridge end and a second cartridge end and having a cartridge outlet at the first cartridge end, the cartridge comprising a cartridge compartment with a first cartridge subcompartment containing a first medicament component of the medicament and a second cartridge subcompartment containing a second medicament component of the medicament. The auto injector comprises: a housing; a cartridge receiver; a cartridge sensor; a drive module; an orientation sensor; and a processing unit.

An activation mechanism for an on-body medicament delivery device, wherein the activation mechanism comprises: an activation button structure configured to be moved between an initial position and an activation position, an activation pin sleeve, and a biased activation pin received by the activation pin sleeve, the activation pin being configured to be linearly movable from an initial retracted position relative to the activation pin sleeve to an extended position towards which the activation pin is biased, the activation button structure being configured to interact with the activation pin sleeve in the initial position to cause the activation pin sleeve to engage with and maintain the activation pin in the retracted position, and wherein the activation button structure is configured to interact with the activation pin sleeve when the activation button structure is moved linearly towards the activation position causing the activation pin sleeve to release the activation pin from the retracted position.

In a needleless syringe according to the present invention, a current is supplied to a solenoid coil to generate a magnetic field so as to move a moving magnetic body and a piston forward, and when the current to the solenoid coil is cut off, an elastic member for the moving magnetic body moves the moving magnetic body backward and an elastic member for the piston moves the piston backward, so that the piston to be injected by pressurizing a drug is configured to reciprocate repeatedly forward and backward and thus, a predetermined drug can be repeatedly injected at high speed. In addition, according to the present invention, time for which the current is applied to the solenoid coil, is adjusted to minimize recoil without adding a recoil offset structure so that the structure is simple and convenience of use can be improved.

An injection pen to deliver a predefined dose of substance according to a prescribed schedule is disclosed. The injection pen includes a first portion having a medicinal chamber and a removable cover. The medicinal chamber is coupled to a piston on one end and attachable to an injection needle on an opposite end. The removable cover includes a solution dispenser. The injection pen includes a second portion couplable to the first portion. The second portion includes an actuator coupled to the piston for actuating the piston in an injection. The actuator may be controlled by an electronic circuit board embedded within the injection pen to regulate the delivery of a substance in the medicinal chamber based on a prescribed dose and injection schedule.

Disclosed is an auto-injector for administering a medicament, comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver configured to receive a cartridge comprising a first stopper; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod configured to move the first stopper; a resistance sensor configured to provide a resistance signal indicative of resistance against movement of the plunger rod; and a processing unit coupled to the drive module and to the resistance sensor. The processing unit being configured to: control the drive module to move the plunger rod towards the extended plunger rod position; determine present plunger rod position; receive the resistance signal; determine a cartridge parameter based on the resistance signal and the present plunger rod position; and control the drive module to adjust the movement of the plunger rod based on the cartridge parameter.

Disclosed is a method and an auto-injector for administering a medicament. The auto injector comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver configured to receive a cartridge comprising a first stopper; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod between a retracted plunger rod position and an extended plunger rod position, the plunger rod being configured to move the first stopper; a resistance sensor configured to provide a resistance signal indicative of resistance against movement of the plunger rod; and a processing unit coupled to the drive module and to the resistance sensor. The processing unit being configured to: control the drive module to move the plunger rod towards the extended plunger rod position with a plunger rod speed; determine plunger rod position; receive the resistance signal; and control the drive module to adjust movement of the plunger rod if the resistance signal is indicative of resistance against movement of the plunger rod above a high resistance threshold, wherein the high resistance threshold is based on the plunger rod position.

The invention relates to a computer-controlled injector, comprising: a housing configured to receive a medicament cartridge; an injection drive mechanism comprising a computer-controlled motor for driving a piston within said medicament cartridge, for injecting the medicament; a data tag attachable to said medicament cartridge; and an electromagnetic detector disposed within said housing and being connectable to the data tag upon mounting of said medicament cartridge into said housing, said electromagnetic detector permitting data to be read from or written to said data tag. The electromagnetic detector is configured to read or write data irrespectively of a rotational orientation of said medicament cartridge within said computer-controlled injector.