Medicament dispenser
First Claim
1. A method of controlling the functioning of a portable medicament dispenser, said portable medicament dispenser being for use with a refill container, the refill container being insertable in said medicament dispenser in order to perform dispensing of medicament from said refill container, said method comprising:
- (a) providing a memory for storing one or more parameters relating to the functioning of said dispenser;
(b) storing authentication data for authenticating data for controlling a function of said dispenser;
(c) receiving control data for said dispenser in said refill container;
(d) upon insertion of said refill container in said medicament dispenser, performing authentication in said refill container of the control data using said stored authentication data;
(e) in dependence on a result of the authentication, activating one or more parameters in said memory to control functioning of said dispenser in accordance with said control data and(f) transferring the control data from the refill container to the dispenser to direct the dispenser to operate according to the control data.
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Abstract
A method of controlling the functioning of a portable medicament dispenser, said method comprising: (a) providing a memory for storing one or more parameters relating to the functioning of said dispenser; (b) storing authentication data for authenticating data for controlling a function of said dispenser; (c) receiving control data for said dispenser; (d) performing authentication of the control data using said stored authentication data; (e) in dependence on a result of the authentication, activating one or more parameters in said memory to control functioning of said dispenser in accordance with said control data.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of controlling the functioning of a portable medicament dispenser, said portable medicament dispenser being for use with a refill container, the refill container being insertable in said medicament dispenser in order to perform dispensing of medicament from said refill container, said method comprising:
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(a) providing a memory for storing one or more parameters relating to the functioning of said dispenser; (b) storing authentication data for authenticating data for controlling a function of said dispenser; (c) receiving control data for said dispenser in said refill container; (d) upon insertion of said refill container in said medicament dispenser, performing authentication in said refill container of the control data using said stored authentication data; (e) in dependence on a result of the authentication, activating one or more parameters in said memory to control functioning of said dispenser in accordance with said control data and (f) transferring the control data from the refill container to the dispenser to direct the dispenser to operate according to the control data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable medicament dispenser, said portable medicament dispenser comprising a refill container which is insertable in said medicament dispenser in order to perform dispensing from said refill container, said dispenser comprising:
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(a) a memory for storing one or more parameters relating to the functioning of said dispenser; (b) means for storing authentication data for authenticating data for controlling a function of said dispenser; (c) means, in said refill container, for receiving control data for said dispenser; (d) means, in said refill container, for performing authentication of the control data using said stored authentication data; (e) means for, in dependence on a result of the authentication, activating one or more parameters in said memory to control functioning of said dispenser in accordance with said control data characterized in that in use, said refill container stores said control data and following said authentication, and said control data is transferred from said refill container to said dispenser. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for controlling the functioning of a portable medicament dispenser, said system including a network node, a portable medicament dispenser and a refill container which is insertable in said medicament dispenser in order to perform dispensing of medicament from said refill container,
wherein said network node is connected to a communications network and has access to a database for storing one or more parameters relating to the functioning of said dispenser, said system comprising (a) means for generating control data for said dispenser using said one or more parameters; -
(b) means for generating authentication data based on said control data to produce authenticatable control data; and (c) means for transmitting said authenticatable control data to be transmitted to said dispenser, so as to allow authentication of the generated control data, characterised in that said system further comprises; means for receiving said authenticatable control data in said refill container; and means for performing authentication of the control data in said refill container, and in that said refill container is adapted to store said control data following said authentication, such that said control data can be transferred to said memory following insertion of said refill container into said dispenser. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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