Mass vaccination device

• US 10,384,003 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Syrinjector Limited
• Original Assignee: Syrinjector Limited
• Inventors: Cohen, Nahum
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Shefali D
• Application Number:
  US14/417,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20150174321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,216 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61D 1/025 Vaccination appliances hypodermic syringes A61M
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1726 the body parameters being measured at, or proximate to, the infusion site
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2013 triggering of discharging means by contact of injector with patient body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2026 Semi-automatic, e.g. user activated piston is assisted by additional source of energy
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/13 with means for the detection of operative contact with patient, e.g. lip sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3324 PH measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3327 Measuring
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2250/00 Specially adapted for animals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1407 Infusion of two or more substances
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14216 Reciprocating piston type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16827 controlling delivery of multiple fluids, e.g. sequencing, mixing or via separate flow-paths infusion of multiple fluids without using a controller A61M5/1407
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/204 connected to external reservoirs for multiple refilling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2066 comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3294 comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3295 Multiple needle devices, e.g. a plurality of needles arranged coaxially or in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/445 : the media being heated in the reservoir, e.g. warming bloodbags

Abstract

A system for mass vaccinations including an electronic injector device having at least one needle for administering a measured amount of a vaccine; and an electronic fluid delivery device to deliver variable vaccine dosages to the injector device, and to deliver the measured amount of the vaccine.

Claims

1. A portable system for mass vaccinations comprising:

an electronic injector device comprising at least two needles for simultaneous injection delivery of a measured amount of multiple vaccines of different types in varied dosages to a body tissue;

an electronic fluid delivery device comprising at least one variable-volume pump, adapted to quickly deliver said varied dosages of said multiple vaccines of different types to each of said at least two needles, and further adapted to deliver said measured amount of said multiple vaccines of different types;

a vaccine quality detector to measure at least one of;

a wavelength, a specific gravity, a density and a pH, to generate at least one measurement and to determine a quality of said measured amount of said multiple vaccines of different types according to said at least one measurement;

a syringe driver module to accommodate said at least two needles;

a contact sensing module to sense proximity to said body tissue; and

a single injector control module to control mixing of said varied dosages, and to activate said syringe driver module responsive to a user pressing a trigger and to signaling received from said vaccine quality detector and said contact sensing module.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said at least two needles are poultry vaccination needles.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said injector device is a single hand handheld device.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic fluid delivery device is a portable device.

5. The system according to claim 1 further comprising an interconnecting cable for fluidly communicating said injector device and said fluid delivery device.

6. The system according to claim 5 wherein said cable is a flexible cable.

7. The system according to claim 5 wherein said cable comprises a fluid conductor for delivering variable vaccine dosages and said measured amount of said multiple vaccines of different types.

8. The system according to claim 5 wherein said cable comprises a power conductor for sharing electrical power between said injector device and said fluid delivery device.

9. The system according to claim 5 wherein said cable comprises a data communication conductor for communicating between said injector device and said fluid delivery device.

10. The system according to claim 1 wherein said injector device comprises a plurality of fluid mixing compartments for mixing said measured amount of said multiple vaccines of different types.

11. The system according to claim 10 wherein said injector device comprises a means to distribute said measured amount of said multiple vaccines of different types among said plurality of fluid mixing compartments.

12. The system according to claim 1 wherein said contact sensing module is a pressure sensor.

13. The system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic fluid delivery device includes one or more vaccine containers and at least one temperature storage module for controlling a temperature of said measured amount of said multiple vaccines of different types prior to injection.

14. The system according to claim 13 wherein said one or more vaccine containers are flexible bags.

15. The system according to claim 13 wherein said one or more vaccine containers are bottles.

16. The system according to claim 1 wherein said injector control module comprises motors to adjust a protrusion length for each of said at least two needles independently.