A61M5/31551

Variable dosing syringe

A syringe includes a dosage setter operatively coupled to a plunger rod and comprising a rotatable body that comprises a set of one or more stops for engaging the set of one or more protrusions of the plunger rod depending on at least a rotational position of the set of one or more stops relative to the set of one or more protrusions, wherein a first rotational adjustment associated with the dosage setter is configured to set a first dosage increment by adjusting a relative axial position between the rotatable body and the plunger rod, and a second rotational adjustment associated with the dosage setting assembly is configured to set a second dosage increment that is larger than the first dosage increment by adjusting a relative rotational alignment between the set of one or more stops and the set of one or more protrusions.

MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE WITH ROTATION SENSOR

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 comprises a module including a rotation sensor attached to the actuator during dose delivery. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes first gear teeth. The rotation sensor comprises a driven gear including second gear teeth. The second gear teeth are operatively received by the first gear teeth and are driven in rotation as the first gear teeth rotate during dose delivery. The rotation sensor is responsive to the rotation of the second gear teeth to detect the rotation of the dose setting member.

Apparatus for Detecting a Manipulation of an Injection Device
20220409819 · 2022-12-29 ·

An apparatus configured to be arranged within a housing of an injection device and for detecting a manipulation of the injection device comprises a cam part that is configured to be rotatable relative to a follower part; a resilient member arranged to urge the cam part and the follower part towards abutment with each other wherein rotation of the cam part relative to the follower part causes reciprocating motion of the follower part, wherein the follower part is configured to move reciprocally in an axial direction of the injection device; and a contact sensor provided between the cam part and the follower part and configured to detect the reciprocating motion of the follower part. The cam part comprises a profiled section comprising an axially varying profile arranged to be in abutment with the follower part and configured to cause reciprocating motion of the follower part.

Assembly for a medication delivery device and medication delivery device comprising such an assembly

An assembly for a medication delivery device having a body, a piston rod and a setting nut. The piston rod is rotatable relative to the body in a dose setting state and is axially movable in a distal direction with respect to the body in a dose delivering state. The setting nut is secured against rotational movement with respect to the body, but is axially movable relative to the body, being helically coupled with the piston rod to axially travel in the proximal direction for setting a dose of a medication due to a helical movement of the setting nut with respect to the piston rod when the piston rod is rotated in the dose setting state, and is able to axially travel in the distal direction for delivering the set dose of the medication when the piston rod is axially moved in the dose delivering state of the assembly.

Rotary dosage sensing module for and in a disposable pen drug delivery device

A dosage sensing module for or in a pen drug delivery device and comprising a power source unit, a processor unit and a dosage sensor unit with a first sensor part adapted to be fixed to a part not rotating during dose expelling and comprising a flexible printed circuit board sheet on which a pattern of individual electrical conductive sensor areas are arranged. The sensor unit further comprises a second sensor part adapted to be fixed to the piston rod to follow the rotation thereof during dose expelling. The second sensor part comprises individual structures that together with the conductive sensor areas are adapted to, upon relative rotational movement between the first and second sensor part, provide electrical signals to a processor unit indicative of the relative rotational position between the first and second sensor part.

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.

PISTON ROD DRIVE MECHANISM
20220387725 · 2022-12-08 ·

The present invention provides a piston rod displacement mechanism for a pen injection device, comprising: a tubular housing (2) extending along a reference axis and comprising an interior housing surface (3) with a first engagement structure (4), a nut member (5) fixed within the tubular housing (2), a piston rod (15) comprising a first non-self-locking thread (18) having a first thread direction and a first thread pitch and being engaged with the nut member (5), and a second non-self-locking thread (17) superposed on the first non-self-locking thread (18), the second non-self-locking thread (17) having a second thread direction and a second thread pitch, and a dose dial sleeve (20) operable to advance the piston rod (15) in the nut member (5), the dose dial sleeve (20) comprising an exterior sleeve surface (21) with a second engagement structure (24) being in sliding engagement with the first engagement structure (4), and an interior sleeve surface (23) with a third engagement structure (29) being engaged with the second non-self-locking thread (17). One of the first engagement structure (4) and the second engagement structure (24) comprises a closed-circuit track configuration and the other of the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure comprises a track follower, and the closed-circuit track configuration comprises a helical track portion (24h) having a helical track direction equaling the second thread direction and a helical track pitch equaling the second thread pitch, and an axial track portion (24a) extending between a distal track end (24d) and a proximal track end (24p) and being connected to the helical track portion (24h) at the distal track end (24d).

Injection device with an acoustic feedback arrangement
11517680 · 2022-12-06 · ·

An injection device for setting and injecting of a dose of a medicament includes: an acoustic feedback arrangement comprising: a first feedback element having a first engaging section and having a free end section located at a predetermined distance from the first engaging section, a second feedback element having a second engaging section configured to engage with the first engaging section, wherein the first feedback element is movable, pivotable or resiliently deformable along a first direction (d1) relative to the second feedback element from an initial state (i) towards a biased state (b), and a sound generator formed by the first engaging section or audibly engageable with the free end section of the first feedback element.

A Drug Delivery Device Mitigating Dose Measurement Errors
20220379038 · 2022-12-01 ·

A drug delivery device, comprising housing comprising one or more bridging contacts; a movable dial located at least partially within the housing and arranged to move relative to the one or more bridging contacts, the movable dial comprising a series of conductive strips on an exterior surface of the movable dial, wherein the one or more bridging contacts selectively connect and disconnect conductive strips of the series of conductive strips as the movable dial moves to provide alternating electrical signals; at least one electronic component configured to: detect the alternating electrical signals; determine whether the alternating electrical signals are indicative of contact between conductive strips of the series of conductive strips and the one or more bridging contacts; and based on the alternating electrical signals, determine a medicament dosage programmed into the drug delivery device.

Drug delivery device with removably attachable sensor device

The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device for setting and injecting of a dose of an injectable medicament, the drug delivery device comprising: an elongated housing extending along a longitudinal axis and having a sidewall with at least a first aperture, at least one number sleeve rotatably supported inside the housing and comprising an outer surface, wherein a first portion of the outer surface is visible through the first aperture and wherein the number sleeve comprises a non-visible code in the region of the first portion.