Training device for medicine injection devices and reset device for resetting such a training device

• US 10,417,937 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: F Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Gaillot, Maxime, Chipperfield, Mark Anthony, Teucher, Mark, Hayton, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Samchuan C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Korb, Jennifer L
• Application Number:
  US14/778,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20160293058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,000 Days
• Field of Search: 434262
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/285 for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas

Abstract

The training device for medicine injection devices comprises a plunger slidably arranged in the cavity of a body. The plunger comprises a compressible element arranged at a distal end of the plunger and adapted to provide a resistance between compressible element and inner wall if the cavity of the body when the plunger is moved in the cavity towards the distal end of the body. The resistance corresponds to an injection resistance of a medicine injected into a patient. The invention also comprises a reset device for resetting the training device from a used status to a condition for reuse.

Claims

1. A training device for medicine injection devices, the training device comprising:

a body having a proximal end and a distal end and a cavity formed in the body;

a shield having a proximal end and a distal end, the shield being slidably attached to the body, slidable between a retracted position exposing a pin arranged at the distal end of the body and directing from the distal end of the body, and an extended position covering the pin;

a spring coupled to the body and the shield, the spring biasing the shield to enable the shield to advance toward the extended position;

releasable cooperating first locking members on the body and the shield for engaging the body with the shield to hold the shield in the retracted position;

releasable cooperating second locking members on the body and the shield for engaging the body with the shield to hold the shield in the extended position; and

a reset base configured to receive a distal end of the training device, the reset base having a release ramp for disengaging the releasable cooperating second locking members when the reset base and the training device are assembled,

wherein the training device further includes a plunger slidably arranged in the cavity of the body and having a compressible element adapted to exert a force when the plunger is moved in the cavity towards the distal end of the body, the force corresponding to an injection resistance of a medicine injected into a patient.

2. The training device according to claim 1, wherein:

the compressible element comprises plate springs mounted to the distal end of the plunger; and

the plate springs extend along a portion of the plunger and radially outwardly from the plunger.

3. The training device according to claim 1, wherein the pin is slidably arranged in a pin mounting element that comprises a pin biasing member adapted to be tensioned when the pin is moved in a proximal direction.

4. The training device according to claim 1, wherein the releasable cooperating first locking members comprise a release latch arranged at the proximal end of the shield, the release latch being deflectable outwardly for disengaging the releasable cooperating first locking members and thereby allowing the shield to advance to the extended position.

5. The training device according to claim 1, wherein the pin has a rounded distal tip.

6. The training device according to claim 1, wherein the body is provided with an abutment portion at its proximal end, the abutment portion being adapted to cooperate with an end stop provided at the plunger to prevent the plunger from being entirely removed from the cavity when the plunger is moved in a proximal direction.

7. The training device according to claim 6, wherein the abutment portion is a recess in an inner wall of the body and the end stop is a proximal end of the compressible element.

8. The training device according to claim 1, further comprising a reset cap having pushing elements for pushing the body of the training device into the direction of the distal end of the reset base and into the shield.

9. The training device according to claim 8, wherein the plunger comprises a plunger head arranged at a proximal end of the plunger and wherein a radial extension of the plunger head is at least equal to an extension of the open proximal end of the reset base such that the plunger head abuts an edge forming the open proximal end of the reset base when pushing the body of the training device into the direction of the distal end of the reset base.

10. A reset device for a training device for medicine injection devices according to claim 1, the reset device comprising the reset base and a reset cap, the reset base comprising:

a hollow body having an open proximal end for receiving the distal end of the training device; and

the release ramp arranged on an inner side wall of the hollow body of the reset base for disengaging the releasable cooperating second locking members of the training device thereby allowing the shield of the training device to be moved to the retracted position, and

the reset cap comprising;

a hollow body having an open distal end for receiving a proximal portion of the training device; and

wherein a push member is arranged inside the reset cap for enabling a pushing of the body of the training device farther into the reset base upon assembly of the reset device and the training device.

11. The reset device according to claim 10, wherein the reset base further comprises an alignment element arranged at the distal end of the reset base for aligning a pin protector in the reset base.

12. The reset device according to claim 10, wherein the push member of the reset cap comprises a protrusion extending from an inner side wall of the reset cap or a longitudinal pin extending from the inner proximal end wall of the reset cap.

13. A method for resetting the training device according to claim 1, comprising:

inserting the training device in a used state into a hollow body of a reset base;

putting a reset cap over a proximal portion of the training device; and

pushing the reset base and the reset cap against each other, thereby pushing a body of the training device into the direction of the distal end of the reset base, thus disengaging releasable cooperating second locking members of the training device allowing a shield of the training device to advance to a retracted position and locking the shield in the retracted position.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of abutting a plunger head attached to a proximal end of a plunger of the training device to a proximal end of the reset base, thereby retracting the plunger from the body while pushing the body into the direction of the distal end of the reset base.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein:

the step of pushing the body of the training device into the direction of the distal end of the reset base is performed by providing a push member arranged inside the reset cap; and

the step of disengaging releasable cooperating second locking members of the training device is performed by pressing a release ramp arranged on an inner side wall of the reset base against the releasable cooperating second locking members of the training device.

16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of inserting a pin protector into the reset base before inserting the training device into the reset base.