Method for ensuring constant speed of a motor in an injection device

• US 7,993,300 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Original Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Inventors: Nyholm, Kim, Jensen, Bo Vestergård
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro; Bentsu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Paul; Antony M
• Application Number:
  US11/816,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20080221513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,030 Days
• Field of Search: 318/66, 318/135, 318/280, 318/400.01, 318/644, 318/687, 318/55, 318/59, 318/163, 318/268, 318/779, 604/232, 604/233, 604/154, 604/6.12, 604/30, 604/208
• US Class Current: 604/67
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3365 Rotational speed
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/70 with testing or calibration facilities
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1452 pressurised by means of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 7/2805 whereby the speed is regulated by measuring the motor speed and comparing it with a given physical value

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for ensuring a constant target speed of a battery driven electrical motor, the battery driven electrical motor being adapted to move a piston rod in an injection device so as to inject a set dose of medicine from the injection device, the method comprising the steps of setting a first target speed to be reached by the motor, determining whether the first target speed can be reached, and, if the first target speed can be reached, maintaining the first target speed until a set dose of medicine has been injected from the injection device, or if the first target speed cannot been reached, setting a second target speed.

Claims

1. A method for ensuring a constant target speed of a battery driven electrical motor, the battery driven electrical motor for moving a piston rod in an injection device so as to inject a set dose of medicine from the injection device, the method comprising:

setting a first target speed to be reached by the piston rod,

determining whether the first target speed can be reached, and,

if the first target speed can be reached, maintaining the first target speed until the set dose of medicine has been injected from the injection device, and

if the first target speed cannot been reached, setting a second target speed,

determining whether the second target speed can be reached, and

if the second target speed can be reached, maintaining the second target speed until the set dose of medicine has been injected from the injection device, and

if the second target speed cannot be reached, setting a third target speed,

determining whether the third target speed can be reached, and,

if the third target speed can be reached, maintaining the third target speed until the set dose of medicine has been injected from the injection device, and,

if the third target speed cannot been reached, shutting down the motor.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining of the speed of the piston rod comprises measuring the speed of the motor.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising measuring the current provided to the motor.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising shutting down the motor if the current provided to the motor exceeds a predetermined value.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first target speed is higher than a second target speed which is higher than a third target speed.

6. A computer readable medium for carrying out the method according to claim 1 when said computer readable medium is run on a microprocessor.

7. A method for ensuring a constant target speed of a battery driven electrical motor, the battery driven electrical motor for moving a piston rod in an injection device so as to inject a set dose of medicine from the injection device, the method comprising:

setting a first target speed to be reached by the piston rod,

determining whether the first target speed can be reached, and,

if the first target speed can be reached, maintaining the first target speed until the set dose of medicine has been injected from the injection device, and

if the first target speed cannot been reached, setting a second target speed

further comprising generating a battery alarm signal when the second target speed is set, the battery alarm signal being provided to a control module of the injection device so as to warn the user of the device that the capacity of the battery is insufficient to reach the first target speed.