Medicament training device and system

• US 9,767,708 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2014
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Noble International, Inc. (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Genia Medical, Inc. (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Baker, Jeff, van der Pol, Paul, Baker, Craig, Bunker, Mark, Freytag, Seth, Marulanda, Karina, Siemer, Francis Michael, Palyo, Matthew, Shuang, Hou Shi, Chung, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai, Xuan
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAGE, EVAN RANDALL
• Application Number:
  US14/505,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170545A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/285 for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas

Abstract

In one embodiment, a medicament system configured to communicate information about a medicament device or about a use of a medicament device, or a combination thereof, to a user, is provided. The medicament system may include a medicament device including a housing, and a collateral device, wherein the collateral device may include an information detecting and/or receiving component configured to receive information from the medicament device and/or a sending component configured to send information to the medicament device, and optionally at least one of: a) a signal output component; b) a microprocessor; c) a storage medium component; and d) a power source, and wherein the medicament device may be configured to generate information detectable by the collateral device, or transmit information to the collateral device, wherein the collateral device may be configured to detect and/or receive information about the medicament device from the medicament device and provide information about the medicament device and/or a feedback about a use of the medicament device to a user of the system. The medicament device may further include a transmitter configured to communicate information and/or signals from the medicament device to the collateral device and/or a remote device, and/or receive information and/or signals from a collateral device and/or a remote device.

Claims

1. A medicament system configured to communicate information about a medicament device or about a use of a medicament device, or a combination thereof, to a user, said medicament system comprising:

a medicament device comprising a housing and a mechanism comprising one or more mechanical components that move relative to one another to produce a vibration or mechanical sound during use; and

a collateral device to provide information to a user during use of the medicament device, said collateral device comprising

(a) a vibration sensor, a microphone, or a combination thereof to sense the vibration or mechanical sound;

(b) a microprocessor;

(c) a signal output component;

(d) a storage module component; and

(e) an additional sensor that detects removal or placement of the medicament device onto the user;

wherein the collateral device is configured to (i) determine whether the vibration or mechanical sound relates to a condition of the medicament device, (ii) to detect a condition of the medicament device based on information sensed by the vibration sensor and/or microphone and the additional sensor, and (iii) to provide feedback to the user based on the detected condition.

2. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the condition is an error condition.

3. The medicament system of claim 2, wherein the error condition is incorrect positioning or contact between the device and the user.

4. The medicament system of claim 2, wherein the error condition is an out of sequence operation of the medicament device.

5. The medicament system of claim 4, wherein the out of sequence operation is a wet injection.

6. The medicament system of claim 1, further comprising an attachment component for attaching the collateral device to the medicament device.

7. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the additional sensor comprises a contact sensor, proximity sensor, tilt sensor or perpendicularity sensor.

8. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein said signal output component is configured to output an audio, a visual, a tactile, a gustatory, or an olfactory signal, or a combination thereof, to the user.

9. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the collateral device comprises a Smartphone.

10. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the collateral device comprises a power source.

11. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the collateral device further comprises a camera and/or a motion sensor.

12. The medicament system of claim 11, wherein the camera is configured to receive a signal from the medicament device, said signal provides information about the medicament device, a medicament associated with the device, and/or a use of the medicament device.

13. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the medicament device is a medicament training device, a medicament delivery device, or a combination thereof.

14. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the collateral device is configured to download or receive information from a database, the Internet, and/or another device, said information comprises information about a medicament, a medicament device including instructions for use, contraindication of medicaments, information about a user, medicament dosage information, storage information, prescribing physician information, pharmacy information, manufacturer information, warning information, recall information, environmental data, geographical information, time zone information, MET (meteorological) data, storage information, supply chain information, transit data, and/or temperature data.

15. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the signal output component comprises a speaker, a display, a light, a vibration component, a smell-emitting component, or a temperature-changing component, or a combination thereof.

16. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the storage module comprises pre-programmed information about a medicament device and/or instructions for use for a medicament device and/or a medicament associated therewith.

17. The medicament system of claim 1, wherein the attachment component comprises:

a hook, a clip, a magnet, or a holder which may be contoured to receive the medicament device, or a combination thereof.

18. A medicament system configured to communicate information about a medicament device or about a use of a medicament device, or a combination thereof, to a user, said medicament system comprising:

a medicament device comprising a housing and a mechanism comprising one or more mechanical components that move relative to one another to produce a vibration or mechanical sound during use; and

a collateral device to provide information to a user during use of the medicament device, said collateral device comprising

(a) a vibration sensor, a microphone, or a combination thereof to sense the vibration or mechanical sound;

(b) a microprocessor;

(c) a visual signal output component;

(d) a storage module component; and

wherein the collateral device is configured to determine whether the vibration or mechanical sound relates to a condition of the medicament device.