DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATION AID

• US 20150335814A1
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arzneimittel GmbH Apotheker Vetter & Co. Ravensburg
• Original Assignee: Arzneimittel GmbH Apotheker Vetter & Co. Ravensburg
• Inventors: KAVALLAR, Guenter, GOEDERLE, Hubert, STEIB, Janosch
• Granted Patent: US 10,279,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2207/00 Methods of manufacture, assembly or production
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2207/10 Device therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/08 Supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/082 Mounting brackets, arm supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/00 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests vaccination appliances for veterinary use A61D1/025 ; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; combinations of vial and syringe for mixing or transferring their contents A61J1/20; holders for containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1782 Devices aiding filling of syringes in situ combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents A61J1/2096, filling of medical containers in general B65B3/003
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2448 comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49766 torquing threaded assemblage or determining torque herein
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49771 Quantitative measuring or gauging
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49828 Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled portion of work
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53061 Responsive to work or work-related machine element
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53539 including work conveyor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53961 with work-holder for assembly

Abstract

A device (1) for assembly of a pharmaceutical application aid (51), particularly a pen, is proposed. The device (1) is characterized by a holding device (3) for fixation of a first housing sleeve (5) that accommodates a pharmaceutical container, particularly a carpule (23), and by a stop (43) for limiting a displacement of a second housing sleeve (35) relative to the first housing sleeve (5).

Claims

1-31. -31. (canceled)

32. An assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen having a first housing sleeve for receiving a carpule and a second housing sleeve, the second housing sleeve displaceable a first axial distance relative to the first housing sleeve for assembly of the pharmaceutical application pen and displaceable a second, further distance for dispensing a treatment therefrom, the device comprising:

an accommodation unit for accommodating and guiding the first housing sleeve;

a holding device for fixating the first housing sleeve within the device;

a stop element for limiting insertion of the first housing sleeve into the device in an axial direction; and

a stop for abutting a surface of the second housing sleeve and limiting displacement of the second housing sleeve relative to the first housing sleeve in the axial direction.

33. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, wherein the holding device fixates the first housing sleeve within the device in both a radial direction and an axial direction.

34. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, wherein the stop is defined by the accommodation unit.

35. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 34, wherein the stop is a shoulder of the accommodation unit.

36. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, wherein the stop element is axially spaced from the stop.

37. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, wherein the accommodation unit is generally cylindrical and defines an opening for receiving the first housing sleeve.

38. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, wherein the holding device extends through openings in the accommodation unit for engaging the first housing sleeve.

39. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, further comprising a mantling circumferentially surrounding the holding device and the accommodation unit.

40. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, further comprising a first sensor for sensing a specific position of the first housing sleeve within the device, the first sensor operative to automatically activate the holding device to fixate the first housing sleeve within the device upon sensing of the first housing sleeve in the specific position.

41. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 40, wherein the first sensor is a laser sensor.

42. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, further comprising a second sensor for detecting when the second housing sleeve abuts the stop.

43. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 42, wherein the second sensor is operative to deactivate the holding device when the second housing sleeve reaches the stop.

44. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 42, wherein the second sensor is a laser sensor.

45. The assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen of claim 32, in combination with the pharmaceutical application pen.

46. The combination of claim 45, wherein the carpule is a dual-chamber carpule including a first stopper and a second stopper, the second stopper separating first and second chambers from one another, a lyophilisate situated in the first chamber and a liquid situated in the second chamber.

47. The combination of claim 46, wherein the first and second housing sleeves are rotatably joined to one another with a thread connection.

48. An assembly device for assembly of a pharmaceutical application pen in combination with the pharmaceutical application pen, the pharmaceutical application pen having a first housing sleeve for receiving a carpule and a second housing sleeve, the device comprising:

an accommodation unit accommodating and guiding the first housing sleeve;

a holding device fixing the first housing sleeve within the device, the holding device extends through openings in the accommodation unit for engaging the first housing sleeve;

a stop element limiting insertion of the first housing sleeve into the device in an axial direction;

a stop for abutting a surface of the second housing sleeve and limiting displacement of the second housing sleeve relative to the first housing sleeve to a first axial distance;

a first sensor for sensing a specific position of the first housing sleeve within the device, the first sensor operative to automatically activate the holding device to fixate the first housing sleeve within the device upon sensing of the first housing sleeve in the specific position; and

a second sensor for detecting when the second housing sleeve abuts the stop,

wherein the second housing sleeve is displaceable the first axial distance relative to the second housing sleeve for assembly of the a pharmaceutical application pen and displaceable a second, further distance for dispensing a treatment therefrom.

49. A method of assembling a pharmaceutical application pen with an assembly device, the pharmaceutical application pen having a first housing sleeve and a second housing sleeve, the method comprising:

inserting the first housing sleeve into an accommodation unit of the assembly device;

limiting insertion of the first housing sleeve in the axial direction into the device with a stop element;

securing the first housing sleeve in a holding device in both a radial direction and an axial direction;

displacing the second housing sleeve relative to the first housing sleeve a first axial distance,

wherein displacement of the second housing sleeve relative to the first housing sleeve is limited to the first axial distance by a stop abutting a surface of the second housing sleeve.

50. A method of assembling a pharmaceutical application pen with an assembly device, the pharmaceutical application pen having a first housing sleeve and a second housing sleeve, the method comprising:

inserting the carpule into the first housing sleeve; and

detecting the carpule in the first housing sleeve with a sensor.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein the sensor is a laser sensor.