Drug delivery technology
First Claim
1. A drug delivery device comprising a housing, said housing comprising:
- i) an upper barrel at one end of the device which houses a generator of a force capable of pushing a drug from a packaging into a human or animal body; and
ii) a lower barrel, at the end remote from the upper barrel, which houses;
a) a packaged drug assembly;
b) a striker to cause the drug to be pushed from the packaged drug assembly;
c) a receiver for receiving the packaged drug assembly;
d) a trigger device; and
said lower barrel being in operative communication with said upper barrel;
and wherein the packaged drug assembly and striker are slidably mounted in the device, and pushing the device against the skin with sufficient force causes the packaged drug assembly and striker to slide up the lower barrel and the device to be primed and actuated.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient; to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile for use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate. The invention also relates to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound, or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound (hereafter drug) to a patient, and a method for administering a drug to a patient using said device. It also relates to a packaged drug for use with said device.
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1. A drug delivery device comprising a housing, said housing comprising:
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i) an upper barrel at one end of the device which houses a generator of a force capable of pushing a drug from a packaging into a human or animal body; and ii) a lower barrel, at the end remote from the upper barrel, which houses; a) a packaged drug assembly; b) a striker to cause the drug to be pushed from the packaged drug assembly; c) a receiver for receiving the packaged drug assembly; d) a trigger device; and said lower barrel being in operative communication with said upper barrel; and wherein the packaged drug assembly and striker are slidably mounted in the device, and pushing the device against the skin with sufficient force causes the packaged drug assembly and striker to slide up the lower barrel and the device to be primed and actuated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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