APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINES AND OTHER MEDICAMENTS

• US 20170049954A1
• Filed: 11/04/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaleo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Kaleo, Inc.
• Inventors: EDWARDS, Eric S., EDWARDS, Evan T., LICATA, Mark J., MEYERS, Paul F., WEINZIERL, David A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,258,735 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
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Abstract

A medicament delivery device includes a housing, a medicament container disposed within the housing, an activation mechanism, a cover and an electronic circuit system. The activation mechanism includes an energy storage member configured to produce a force to deliver the dose of a medicament and/or vaccine. The cover is configured to receive at least a portion of the housing. The electronic circuit system is coupled to the housing such that a protrusion of the cover electrically isolates a battery from a portion of the electronic circuit system when the portion of the housing is received by the cover. The electronic circuit system is configured to be electrically coupled to the battery and to produce a recorded speech output when the portion of the housing is at least partially removed from the cover. The electronic circuit system configured to produce a signal when the activation mechanism is actuated.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

moving a lid of a container from a first position to a second position such that a first switch of an electronic circuit system is actuated when the lid moves from the first position to the second position, the lid configured to cover a volume of the container when the lid is in the first position, the volume being exposed to allow access to a medical injector when the lid is in the second position, the electronic circuit system configured to produce a first signal when the first switch is actuated; and

removing the medical injector from the container such that a second switch of the electronic circuit system is actuated, the electronic circuit system configured to produce a second signal when the second switch is actuated, the second signal being a short-range radio frequency signal indicating that the medical injector has been removed from the container.

2. An apparatus comprising:

a medicament delivery device configured to deliver a medicament, the medicament delivery device including a first housing and a medicament container, a distal end portion of the medicament container including a delivery member through which the medicament is conveyed, a side wall of the first housing defining an interior volume within which the distal end portion of the medicament container is movably disposed;

a second housing of the medicament delivery device formed separately from the first housing, the second housing including a connection portion configured to be matingly coupled to a corresponding portion of the first housing; and

an electronic circuit system coupled to the second housing, the electronic circuit system including a switch, an audible output device and a wireless network interface device, the electronic circuit system configured to produce an audible output via the audible output device when the switch is changed from a first state to a second state, the electronic circuit system configured to receive an actuation signal associated with an actuation of the medicament delivery device, the electronic circuit system configured to output, via the wireless network interface device, a wireless signal associated with the actuation signal.

3. A method, comprising:

removing a medical injector from a container such that a switch of an electronic circuit system is actuated, the electronic circuit system producing a first signal when the switch is actuated, the first signal being a short-range radio frequency signal indicating that the medical injector has been removed from the container, and

moving an actuator of the medical injector from a first position to a second position to initiate the delivery of a medicament into a body, the actuator coupled to the electronic circuit system such that the electronic circuit system outputs a second signal when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position.