Device with Display and control

• US 7,595,726 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Issued: 09/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Disetronic Licensing Ag
• Inventors: Sigrist, Reto, Friedli, Kurt, Etter, Philip, Lindegger, Stefan, Nissels, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout; Brent
• Application Number:
  US11/531,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20080180268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 340/540, 340/686.1, 340/539.29, 340/539.12, 340/693.5, 345/700, 345/169, 345/762, 379/433, 379/433.06, 455/575.1, 341/22
• US Class Current: 340/539.29
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/215 Tilt detection, e.g. for warning or shut-off
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/586 Ergonomic details therefor, e.g. specific ergonomics for left or right-handed users
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body

Abstract

A device including a display for displaying operational and/or functional parameters of the device and a control unit with at least one control element for controlling the display and/or device, wherein the display is at least partly rotatable with respect to the device, and/or wherein the position of the at least one control element is modifiable or changeable with respect to the device. In some embodiments, the control functions of at least two control elements of the device are interchangeable. In some embodiments, the display is provided by data sent to the display at intervals, whereby the display is updated. In embodiments in which several display parts are rotatable, data is processed by a processing module prior to being sent to the display. A method of display and/or display and control manipulation is encompassed.

Claims

1. A device for delivering an injectable substance in doses, the device comprising:

a housing configured to hold a reservoir disposed therein containing the product to be administered;

a delivery means for delivering the product from the reservoir in doses;

a display arranged on an exterior of the housing for displaying at least operational and functional parameters of the device, wherein the display is at least partially rotatable with respect to the housing of the device; and

a control unit comprising one or more control elements, the control unit configured such that a position of one or more control elements can be changed with respect to the housing or a function of the control element can be changed;

wherein at least one control element comprises a dose-selector button having a first position and a second position, wherein the rotation of the display or the change of position or a function of the at least one control element takes place in the first position of the dose-selector button.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises a plurality of control elements each with a different function, and at least two of the control elements are interchangeable in respect of their function, the respective position of these at least two control elements on the housing being fixed.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display is arranged on a display unit which is mechanically rotatable relative to the housing of the device.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit is formed at least partially by a control means which is mechanically movable relative to the housing of the device.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display comprises a plurality of display parts on a display field, the display field being fixed on the housing of the device, at least one of the display parts being rotatable on the display field.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one of the display parts is displaceable on the display field.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises at least two control elements and the arrangement of the control elements on the housing of the device is fixed, the control function of the at least two control elements is interchangeable.

8. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the display field is square.

9. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the display field is an electronic display field.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotation at least of parts of the display, a changing or an interchanging of control elements and an interchanging of control functions takes place manually or automatically.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a sensor configured to measure the orientation of the device with respect to a reference system, and a rotation at least of parts of the display, a changing or an interchanging of control elements and an interchanging of control functions takes place in accordance with the sensor measurement.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit comprises a switch upon whose actuation the display is rotated, the position of the at least one control element is changed or the functions of control elements of the control unit are interchanged.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the switch is arranged in a recessed position on the housing and is formed as a push-button.

14. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the switch is shaped and arranged on the housing in such a way that it can be actuated only by means of a thin actuating pin.

15. The device as claimed in claim 12, in which the switch is formed by a reset button upon whose actuation the display can be reset to a selected state.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein the first position of the dose-selector button corresponds to a dose selecting position and the second position corresponds to a dose dispensing position, wherein in the dose selecting position, the dose-selector button is for selecting a dose of the product to be administered by the device, and is configured to execute a dosing movement relative to the housing, and, in the dose dispensing position, the dose-selector button is for administering the selected dose, and is configured to execute a dispensing movement.

16. A device for delivering an injectable substance, the device comprising:

a housing configured to hold a reservoir containing the product to be administered;

a delivery means for delivering the product from the reservoir;

a display arranged on an exterior of the housing for displaying at least operational and functional parameters of the device; and

a control unit comprising at least one control element, one of the control elements comprising a dose selection position and a dispensing position, wherein when the control element is arranged in the dose selection position, the display is at least partially rotatable with respect to the housing of the device, and when the control element is arranged in the dispensing position, the display is non-rotatable with respect to the housing of the device.

17. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the control unit comprises a switch upon whose actuation, and when the control element is arranged in the dose selection position, the display is at least partially rotated.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the switch is arranged in a recessed position on the housing and is formed as a push-button.

19. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the switch is shaped and arranged on the housing in such a way that it can be actuated only by means of a thin actuating pin.

20. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the switch comprises a reset button upon whose actuation the display can be reset to a selected state.