MEDICAL INJECTOR WITH COMPLIANCE TRACKING AND MONITORING

• US 20130184649A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaleo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intelliject Incorporated
• Inventors: EDWARDS, Eric S., LICATA, Mark J., MEYERS, Paul F., WEINZIERL, David A., EDWARDS, Evan T., WILLIAMSON, T. Spencer IV
• Granted Patent: US 9,327,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/195
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0001 Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/008 Electronic counters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/009 using medicine packages with incorporated spraying means, e.g. aerosol cans pocket atomiser of the injector type A61M11/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2013 triggering of discharging means by contact of injector with patient body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/206 With automatic needle insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2073 preventing premature release, e.g. by making use of a safety lock
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/314 Flat shaped barrel forms, e.g. credit card shaped
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/14 Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/43 making noise when used correctly
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 : by audible feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/582 : by tactile feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 : by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 : providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6036 : characterised by physical shape, e.g. array of activating switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 : battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/19 : having more than one chamber , e.g. including a manifold coupling two parallelly aligned syringes through separate channels to a common discharge assembly surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491
• 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 5/2033 : Spring-loaded one-shot injectors with or without automatic needle insertion multishot dosing syringes A61M5/31525, needle insertion only A61M5/3287
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2053 : Media being expelled from injector by pressurised fluid or vacuum for infusion A61M5/145, A61M5/155
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 : Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2448 : comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3129 : Syringe barrels A61M5/3205 and A61M5/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/315 : Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3204 : Needle cap remover, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or needle hub, e.g. deshielding devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/326 : Fully automatic sleeve extension, i.e. in which triggering of the sleeve does not require a deliberate action by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 : delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system includes a medicament delivery device and a container configured to receive at least a portion of the medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes an actuator and a first electronic circuit system. The actuator is configured to initiate delivery of a medicament into a body when the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position. The first electronic circuit system is configured to output a first electronic signal when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position. The container includes a second electronic circuit system configured to receive the first electronic signal. The second electronic circuit system is configured to output a second electronic signal associated with the first electronic signal.

Claims

1. An system, comprising:

a medicament delivery device including an actuator and a first electronic circuit system, the actuator configured to initiate delivery of a medicament into a body when the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, the first electronic circuit system configured to output a first electronic signal when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position; and

a container configured to receive at least a portion of the medicament delivery device, the container including a second electronic circuit system configured to receive the first electronic signal and to output a second electronic signal associated with the first electronic signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first electronic signal is a short-range radio frequency signal having a range of approximately 100 meters or less.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit system are Bluetooth™

-enabled circuit systems.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first electronic circuit system includes a radio frequency identification tag configured to output the first electronic signal.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second electronic signal is associated with an audible output associated with at least one of a use of the medicament delivery device, a use of the container, a post-use procedure, or a compliance tracking procedure.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the second electronic circuit system is configured to be operatively coupled to a communications network; and

the second electronic signal is configured to be transmitted to a device operatively coupled to the communications network and located remotely from the container.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second electronic signal includes a communications signal configured to be received by an emergency response system.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second electronic circuit system includes a memory device configured to store the first electronic signal.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first electronic circuit system includes a radio frequency identification tag configured to output the first electronic signal; and

the actuator includes a shield portion configured to prevent the transmission of the first electronic signal from the radio frequency identification tag when the actuator is in the first position.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first electronic circuit system includes a switch, the first electronic circuit system configured to output the first electronic signal when the switch is moved from a first state to a second state; and

the actuator is configured to move the switch from the first state to the second state when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first electronic circuit system includes an electrical conductor and a substrate, the first electronic circuit system configured to output the first electronic signal when the electrical conductor is disrupted,

the substrate defining an opening adjacent the electrical conductor, the opening configured to receive a portion of the actuator such that when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position the portion of the actuator disrupts the electrical conductor.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the medicament delivery device is a medical injector having a needle through which the medicament is delivered into the body; and

the actuator is configured to move the needle between a first needle position and a second needle position, in the first needle position the second end of the needle is within the housing, in the second needle position the second end of the needle is outside the housing.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the medicament delivery device is a single-use medical injector.