Pen-type injector having an electronic control unit
First Claim
1. An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge through a needle arrangement, a processor to control the drive mechanism 42, a dispense button 18 to generate a signal to the processor to cause the medicament to be expelled and a priming detector to detect a predetermined orientation of the of the injection device, characterised in that when the predetermined orientation is detected the processor will only actuate the drive mechanism to expel a small amount of medicament
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Abstract
An injection device (2) having a drive mechanism (42) to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge (40) through a needle arrangement is disclosed. The injection device (2) also comprises a processor to control the drive mechanism (42), a dispense button (18) to generate a signal to the processor to cause the medicament to be expelled and a priming detector to detect a predetermined orientation of the injection device. When the predetermined orientation is detected the processor will only actuate the drive mechanism (42) to expel a small amount of medicament.
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- 1. An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge through a needle arrangement, a processor to control the drive mechanism 42, a dispense button 18 to generate a signal to the processor to cause the medicament to be expelled and a priming detector to detect a predetermined orientation of the of the injection device, characterised in that when the predetermined orientation is detected the processor will only actuate the drive mechanism to expel a small amount of medicament
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