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Medicament dispenser

  • US 7,072,738 B2
  • Filed: 04/02/2002
  • Issued: 07/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • (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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