Medication delivery device with reminder unit

• US 8,040,236 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2005
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Original Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Inventors: Larsen, Andre
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hung T.
• Application Number:
  US11/722,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060464A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,121 Days
• Field of Search: 340/309.16, 340/573.1, 340/539.1, 340/539.16, 340/539.17, 340/825.49, 340/539.12, 340/539.13, 340/539.11, 340/309.7, 340/457, 368/10, 368/1, 700/236, 705/2, 705/3, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a medication delivery device comprising a reminder unit for reminding an individual having a medical diseases to take a medicament. The reminder unit comprises means for providing a reminder signal to the individual having the medical disease, the reminder signal being triggered by data associated with a previously occurred event, the associated data being stored in a storage means. Alternatively, the reminder signal may be triggered by a position signal generated by position determining means adapted to determine the position of the medication delivery device.

Claims

1. A medication delivery device comprising a reminder unit for reminding an individual having a medical disease to take a medicament, the reminder unit comprising

means for processing a position signal generated by position determining means, and

means for providing a reminder signal to the individual, the reminder signal being triggered in response to the position signal, and

wherein the means for processing the position further comprises a means for comparing the position of the medication delivery device to the proximity to an eating establishment and wherein the reminder signal is generated when the device is near the eating establishment and wherein the reminder signal is a reminder signal associated with taking diabetes medication.

2. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the reminder unit comprises means for providing the reminder signal as an audible signal, a visible signal, or a vibration signal or any combination thereof.

3. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the reminder signal comprises information relating to an amount of medicament to be taken by the individual.

4. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, further comprising an ejection system for assisting expelling the medicament, the injection system comprising a piston rod adapted to be driven by an electromagnetic device, such as an electromagnetic motor.

5. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, further comprising means for holding a cartridge containing the medicament.

6. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the position determining means forms an integral part of the medication delivery device.

7. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the position determining means comprises a GPS receiver unit.

8. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the position determining means is adapted to apply triangulations or field strength calculations to determine the position of the medication delivery device.

9. A medication delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the position determining means is adapted to apply a MAC address of a base unit in a wireless network to determine the position of the medication delivery device.