The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.

A facemask includes a facemask body, a plurality of electrical contacts and a control circuit. The facemask body has an end including an opening and a skin contact perimeter extending along a periphery of the opening, with the skin contact perimeter configured to sealingly engage with a user's face. Each electrical contact is disposed at a respective region of the skin contact perimeter, and each electrical contact is configured to sense when the respective region of the skin contact perimeter is sealingly engaged with a user's face. The control circuit is disposed on the facemask body, and the control circuit is configured to receive a signal from each electrical contact when the respective region of the skin contact perimeter is sealingly engaged with a user's face and to initiate output of an audible stimulus and/or a visual stimulus in response to receiving a concurrent signal from all of the plurality of electrical contacts.

In one aspect the present disclosure refers to a supplementary device for a manually operable injection device, the supplementary device comprising: a body attachable to an elongated housing of the injection device, at least one connector connected to the body and connectable to the housing, wherein the body is attachable to the housing via the at least one connector, a sensor arrangement coupled to at least one of the body and the at least one connector and configured to measure a longitudinal force component acting between the at least one connector and the body in a direction parallel to the elongation of the housing.

An example aerosol delivery device includes a mouthpiece having an airflow outlet, and an airflow passage extending between an airflow inlet and the airflow outlet. The example aerosol delivery device further includes a housing configured to receive a cartridge that includes an aerosolizable substance and a vapor element configured to heat the aerosolizable substance, and an internal power source configured to provide electrical power. The example aerosol delivery device further includes a controller coupled to the internal power source to receive a portion of the electrical power and configured to, when the cartridge is installed at the housing, cause the vapor element of the cartridge to heat the aerosolizable substance to release an aerosol into the airflow passage during an inhalation through the airflow outlet, and a connector configured to receive power from an external source to recharge the internal power source.

Disclosed is an injection device for injecting a hypodermic syringe along an injection direction defining an injection axis. The injection device comprises a housing for being positioned at a user's skin, and a movable element movably arranged relative to the housing between a retracted position and an injection position.

An inhaler device for pulmonary delivery of at least one substance from a drug dose cartridge to an inhaling user, including: a first conduit for conducting a carrier airflow to a proximal opening of a mouthpiece for use by the user; a holder configured to position the dose cartridge within the carrier airflow; and a second conduit for conducting a shunting airflow to the mouthpiece without passing through the dose cartridge position. In some embodiments, a controller connected to a valve controls a rate of carrier airflow, for example by controlling the shunting airflow, based on a sensor indication of airflow rate and a target airflow profile.

An assembly for a drug delivery device includes a first member and an attenuation member. The first member includes a main body and an elastically displaceable feature connected to the main body. The attenuation member mechanically cooperates with the elastically displaceable feature to influence the force which has to be exerted on the elastically displaceable feature to displace the elastically displaceable feature elastically with respect to the main body. An attenuation member can be used in a drug delivery device to tune the force required to elastically displace an elastically displaceable feature of a first member of the drug delivery device by bringing the attenuation member into mechanical cooperation with the elastically displaceable feature.

A feedback mechanism for an injection device that is configured to deliver a medicament to a user is described. The feedback mechanism has a biasing member that is arranged to apply a force to a delay element, and the delay element is configured to deform and/or break under the force. The feedback mechanism also includes an indicator arranged to generate user feedback after the delay element is deformed and/or broken. The delay element is configured to deform and/or break at a time after the force is applied by the biasing member to create a delay before the user feedback is generated.

A medicament compliance system, comprising a tonal device associated with an inhaler, the tonal device being arranged to emit a predetermined tone responsive to successful use from the respiratory device. The system also comprises a device comprising a microphone for outputting audio data, a processor, a memory, and a display. The processor is arranged to receive the audio data and to determine whether the audio data corresponds to the predetermined tone, and to display an incentive graphic in response to detection of the predetermined tone.

An automatic injection training device is presented having an elongated housing having a tubular demo container axially and rotationally fixed relative to the elongated housing and having a tubular wall, a reloadable plunger assembly having a plunger which is movable in the demo container between a first and a second position and a first energy accumulating member that moves the plunger from the first to the second position, an actuation assembly that holds the plunger in the first position, a biased needle cover that is movable in relation to the housing from an extended position to a retracted position and from the retracted position to the extended position, wherein the needle cover member interacts with the actuation assembly for releasing the plunger when the needle cover member is moved distally.