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Apparatus and methods for self-administration of vaccines and other medicaments

  • US 8,361,026 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2009
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a medicament container disposed within the housing, the medicament container coupled to a needle and configured to contain a dose of a medicament;

    an activation mechanism including an energy storage member configured to produce a force to initiate movement of the needle between a first needle position and a second needle position, the needle being within the housing when the needle is in the first needle position, an end of the needle being outside of the housing through an opening defined by a distal end portion of the housing when the needle is in the second needle position to deliver the dose of the medicament;

    an actuator having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion configured to move when the actuator is actuated, the first portion of the actuator configured to actuate the activation mechanism when the actuator is actuated;

    a container configured to receive at least a portion of the housing, the first container configured to be connected to a computing device;

    andan electronic circuit system coupled to at least one of the housing or the container, the electronic circuit system including a switch, the electronic circuit system configured to produce a wireless signal when the switch is moved from a first state to a second state, the second portion of the actuator configured to move the switch from the first state to the second state when the actuator is actuated, the electronic circuit system configured to transmit the wireless signal such that the computing device produces an output.

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