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Disposable medicine dispensing device

  • US 7,753,879 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2005
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A disposable, wearable medicine dispensing device comprisinga housing;

  • means for attaching said housing to the skin of a user of said device,a medicine container disposed in the housing;

    a flexible piston rod having an outer thread pattern on at least a portion thereof, wherein the piston rod moves from a flexed configuration in the housing toward a forward longitudinal direction to force medicine from the medicine container;

    a ratchet wheel having an inner thread pattern on a central aperture to mate with the outer thread pattern of the flexible piston rod such that rotation of said ratchet wheel in a forward rotational direction displaces the flexible piston rod in the forward longitudinal direction;

    a pivotable body disposed in the housing and adjustable between a forward position and a reset position, wherein adjustment of the pivotable body from the reset position to the forward position causes the ratchet wheel to rotate in said forward rotational direction;

    a spring device to bias said pivotable body toward the forward position; and

    an actuation system to controllably adjust the pivotable body toward the reset position, the actuation system comprising;

    a thread member coupled to the pivotable body, anda battery powered actuator coupled to the thread member so as to apply a tension force to the thread and thereby adjust the pivotable body.

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