Administering apparatus with a resettable activating block

• US 7,500,966 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2004
• Issued: 03/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Inventors: Hommann, Edgar
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi; Nicholas D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Campbell; Victoria P
• Application Number:
  US11/023,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20050137571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,534 Days
• Field of Search: 604/187, 604/208, 604/211, 604/218, 604/500, 604/224, 604/228, 604/234, 604/240
• US Class Current: 604/211
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3125 specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3126 Specific display means related to dosing
• 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 5/31535 Means improving security or handling thereof, e.g. blocking means, means preventing insufficient dosing, means allowing correction of overset dose
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31543 piston rod reset means, i.e. means for causing or facilitating retraction of piston rod to its starting position during cartridge change
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31553 without axial movement of dose setting member
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31558 using scaling up or down transmissions, e.g. gearbox
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3158 performed by axially moving actuator operated by user, e.g. an injection button
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31585 performed by axially moving actuator, e.g. an injection button
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31593 Multi-dose, i.e. individually set dose repeatedly administered from the same medicament reservoir

Abstract

An administering apparatus for administering an injectable substance in doses is provided. The apparatus includes a casing with a reservoir for the substance, a conveying mechanism which acts to deliver a selected dose of the substance from the reservoir, a dosing and activating mechanism which performs a dosing movement and a delivery movement, and which is coupled to the conveying mechanism such that the delivery movement causes the selected dose to be delivered, a dosage indicator sleeve coupled to the dosing and activating mechanism, and a blocking member in a blocking engagement with the dosing and activating mechanism.

Claims

1. An administering apparatus for administering an injectable product in doses, said administering apparatus comprising:

a) a casing with a reservoir for the product;

b) a conveying means which acts on the product in order to deliver a selected product dosage from the reservoir;

c) a dosing and activating means which performs a dosing movement for selecting the product dosage in a dosage selection position and performs a delivery movement in an activating direction as far as a front end position, for delivering the selected product dosage, and which is coupled to the conveying means such that the delivery movement causes the selected product dosage to be delivered;

d) a dosage indicator sleeve which is coupled to the dosing and activating means such that the dosage indicator sleeve is moved relative to the casing by the dosing movement of the dosing and activating means, in order to indicate the selected product dosage; and

e) a blocking member which is in a blocking engagement with the dosing and activating means in the front end position of the dosing and activating means to prevent the dosing and activating means from moving counter to the activating direction;

f) wherein the blocking member can be moved out of the blocking engagement against an elasticity force;

g) wherein a reset cam protrudes from the dosage indicator sleeve, via which the dosage indicator sleeve presses the blocking member out of the blocking engagement, when the dosage indicator sleeve is moved to a zero-dosage position relative to the casing; and

h) wherein a counter reset cam protrudes from the blocking member, and wherein the reset cam presses against the counter reset cam in the zero-dosage position of the dosage indicator sleeve.

2. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dosage indicator sleeve surrounds the blocking member and the reset cam protrudes from an inner surface area of the dosage indicator sleeve.

3. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the reset cam is widened on at least one side, as far as the inner surface area of the dosage indicator sleeve.

4. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocking member is formed by an at least partially annular body, and the elasticity force acts on a side of the at least partially annular body opposite the counter reset cam with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the at least partially annular body and is directed towards the counter reset cam.

5. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dosage indicator sleeve is connected to the casing via a threaded engagement which defines the movement of the dosage indicator sleeve.

6. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 5, further comprising a mechanism holder connected to the casing such that it cannot move with respect to the dosing movement and the delivery movement, said mechanism holder comprising an outer thread and the dosage indicator sleeve comprising an inner thread, said threads in engagement with each other.

7. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein an upper surface area of the dosage indicator sleeve comprises a dosage scale which encircles a longitudinal axis of the dosage indicator sleeve in a spiral.

8. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocking member is permanently pressed against the dosing and activating means, transversely with respect to the activating direction, by the elasticity force, and the dosing and activating means comprises a cavity in a portion against which the blocking member presses during the delivery movement of the dosing and activating means, wherein the blocking member is pressed into said cavity in order to establish the blocking engagement in the front end position of the dosing and activating means.

9. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dosing and activating means comprises an activating part which protrudes backwards out of the casing and can be moved in the activating direction relative to a transfer means of the dosing and activating means, against an elasticity force, in order to enable the dosing and activating means to spring-deflect in the front end position.

10. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the blocking member forms the blocking engagement with the activating part.

11. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein the blocking member forms a stopper for the activating part, wherein said stopper stops the activating part moving in the activating direction.

12. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dosing and activating means is connected to the dosage indicator sleeve, secured against rotating in the dosage selection position but such that it can move in the activating direction relative to the dosage indicator sleeve.

13. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the operable coupling between the dosing and activating means and the dosage indicator sleeve causes the dosage indicator sleeve to be slaved during the dosing movement of the dosing and activating means, but permits the delivery movement of the dosing and activating means relative to the dosage indicator sleeve.

14. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 13, wherein the operable coupling is released in the front end position of the dosing and activating means.

15. The administering apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the dosing movement is a rotational movement about a rotational axis and the delivery movement is a translational movement along the rotational axis.