Drug cassette, autoinjector, and autoinjector system
First Claim
1. A cassette for an injector, the cassette comprising:
- a housing;
a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette, the code being detectable and decipherable by the injector, the cassette ID disposed on the housing, embedded within the housing, provided on or in a separate structure contained within the housing, or any combination thereof;
a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, the sleeve for directly or indirectly holding a drug container; and
a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing, the locking arrangement comprising a spring-biased member associated with one of the housing and the sleeve and biased toward the other one of the housing and the sleeve when the locking arrangement is in a locked position, and a fixed member associated with the other one of the housing and the sleeve for interlocking with the spring-biased member;
wherein the spring-biased member comprises at least one locking foot and the fixed member comprises at least one slot, the at least one locking foot engaging the at least one slot when the locking arrangement is in the locked position, to interlock the sleeve with the housing.
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Abstract
A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled. Still further, a method of treating a patient in need thereof wherein a cassette containing a drug is provided and administered to the patient using an injector.
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39 Claims
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1. A cassette for an injector, the cassette comprising:
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a housing; a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette, the code being detectable and decipherable by the injector, the cassette ID disposed on the housing, embedded within the housing, provided on or in a separate structure contained within the housing, or any combination thereof; a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, the sleeve for directly or indirectly holding a drug container; and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing, the locking arrangement comprising a spring-biased member associated with one of the housing and the sleeve and biased toward the other one of the housing and the sleeve when the locking arrangement is in a locked position, and a fixed member associated with the other one of the housing and the sleeve for interlocking with the spring-biased member; wherein the spring-biased member comprises at least one locking foot and the fixed member comprises at least one slot, the at least one locking foot engaging the at least one slot when the locking arrangement is in the locked position, to interlock the sleeve with the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A cassette for an injector, the cassette comprising:
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a housing having an aperture; a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette, the code being detectable and decipherable by the injector, the cassette ID disposed on the housing, embedded within the housing, provided on or in a separate structure contained within the housing, or any combination thereof; a drug container disposed in the housing, the drug container having an injection needle and a needle shield disposed over the injection needle; a cassette cap for removing the needle shield, the cassette cap comprising a generally cylindrical body portion and a key portion disposed adjacent to the cylindrical body portion, the cylindrical body portion engaging the needle shield, the cylindrical body portion having a portion extending through the aperture in the housing configured to be gripped to withdraw the cassette cap from the housing to remove the needle shield; and an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap, the cassette cap having at least first member associated with the key portion and the housing having at least a second member for interacting with the first member; wherein the first member comprises a first pair of tabs and a second pair of tabs spaced from the first pair of tabs. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A cassette for an injector, the cassette comprising:
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a housing having an aperture; a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette, the code being detectable and decipherable by the injector, the cassette ID disposed on the housing, embedded within the housing, provided on or in a separate structure contained within the housing, or any combination thereof; a drug container disposed in the housing, the drug container having an injection needle and a needle shield disposed over the injection needle; a cassette cap for removing the needle shield, the cassette cap comprising a generally cylindrical body portion and a key portion disposed adjacent to the cylindrical body portion, the cylindrical body portion engaging the needle shield, the cylindrical body portion having a portion extending through the aperture in the housing configured to be gripped to withdraw the cassette cap from the housing to remove the needle shield; and an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap, the cassette cap having at least first member associated with the key portion and the housing having at least a second member for interacting with the first member; wherein the second member comprises a pair of ribs. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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Specification