Medicament delivery device and methods for delivering drugs to infants and children
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- placing a distal end surface of a medical injector into contact with a target location of a patient, the medical injector including a housing, an energy storage member and a medicament container containing a dose of epinephrine effective for administration to the patient experiencing anaphylaxis, the medicament container coupled to a needle via a carrier, the carrier including a retention portion and defining a coupling volume, the retention portion of the carrier configured to retain a distal end portion of the medicament container in a first container position within the coupling volume, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically isolated from a proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the first container position, the distal end portion of the medicament container configured to move to a second container position within the coupling volume in response to an actuation force, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically coupled to the proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the second container position, the retention portion including an annular protrusion defining a bleed passageway from the coupling volume towards a proximal end portion of the carrier; and
actuating the medical injector after the placing such that the energy storage member produces the actuation force to move the needle from a first needle position to a second needle position, a distal tip of the needle extending from the distal end surface by a distance of at least 6.35 millimeters when the needle is in the second needle position, the actuation force further moving the medicament container from the first container position to the second container position, a portion of the actuation force exerted to expel the dose of epinephrine from the medicament container when the needle is in the second position.
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Abstract
A method of delivering epinephrine includes placing a distal end surface of a medical injector into contact with a target location of a patient. The medical injector includes a housing, an energy storage member, and a medicament container containing a dose of epinephrine effective for administration to the patient experiencing anaphylaxis and having a weight of less than 15 kg. The medicament container is coupled to a needle. The medical injector is actuated such that the energy storage member produces a force to move the needle from a first needle position to a second needle position. A distal tip of the needle extends from the distal end surface by a distance of between 7 millimeters and 8 millimeters when the needle is in the second needle position. A portion of the force is exerted to expel the dose of epinephrine when the needle is in the second position.
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23 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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placing a distal end surface of a medical injector into contact with a target location of a patient, the medical injector including a housing, an energy storage member and a medicament container containing a dose of epinephrine effective for administration to the patient experiencing anaphylaxis, the medicament container coupled to a needle via a carrier, the carrier including a retention portion and defining a coupling volume, the retention portion of the carrier configured to retain a distal end portion of the medicament container in a first container position within the coupling volume, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically isolated from a proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the first container position, the distal end portion of the medicament container configured to move to a second container position within the coupling volume in response to an actuation force, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically coupled to the proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the second container position, the retention portion including an annular protrusion defining a bleed passageway from the coupling volume towards a proximal end portion of the carrier; and actuating the medical injector after the placing such that the energy storage member produces the actuation force to move the needle from a first needle position to a second needle position, a distal tip of the needle extending from the distal end surface by a distance of at least 6.35 millimeters when the needle is in the second needle position, the actuation force further moving the medicament container from the first container position to the second container position, a portion of the actuation force exerted to expel the dose of epinephrine from the medicament container when the needle is in the second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a contact surface coupled to the housing, the contact surface configured to contact a target location of a patient; a medicament container at least partially disposed within the housing, the medicament container containing a dose of epinephrine effective for administration to the patient experiencing anaphylaxis, the medicament container coupled to a needle; a carrier including a retention portion and defining a coupling volume, the medicament container coupled to the needle via the carrier, the retention portion of the carrier configured to retain a distal end portion of the medicament container in a first container position within the coupling volume, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically isolated from a proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the first container position, the distal end portion of the medicament container configured to move to a second container position within the coupling volume in response to an actuation force, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically coupled to the proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the second container position, the retention portion including an annular protrusion defining a bleed passageway from the coupling volume towards a proximal end portion of the carrier; an energy storage member within the housing, the energy storage member configured to produce the actuation force to move the needle from a first needle position to a second needle position and to move the medicament container from the first container position to the second container position, a distal tip of the needle extending from the contact surface by a distance of at least 6.35 millimeters when the needle is in the second needle position; and an actuator configured to actuate the energy storage member to release the actuation force. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a contact surface coupled to the housing, the contact surface configured to contact a target location of a patient; a medicament container at least partially disposed within the housing, the medicament container containing a dose of epinephrine effective for administration to the patient experiencing anaphylaxis, the medicament container coupled to a needle; an energy storage member within the housing, the energy storage member configured to produce an actuation force to move the needle from a first needle position to a second needle position, a distal tip of the needle extending from the contact surface by a distance of at least 6.35 millimeters when the needle is in the second needle position; and an actuator configured to actuate the energy storage member to release the actuation force; wherein; the medicament container includes at least 0.3 ml of a solution containing about 0.3 mg epinephrine; a portion of the actuation force is exerted to move a plunger within the medicament container by a plunger distance to expel the dose of epinephrine when the needle is in the second needle position; and the medicament container is coupled to the needle via a carrier, a release member of the carrier configured to release the portion of the actuation force after the plunger has moved the plunger distance, the carrier configured to retain a distal end portion of the medicament container within a coupling volume, a retention portion of the carrier configured to retain the distal end portion of the medicament container in a first container position within the coupling volume, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically isolated from a proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the first container position, the distal end portion of the medicament container configured to move to a second container position within the coupling volume in response to the actuation force, the distal end portion of the medicament container fluidically coupled to the proximal tip of the needle when the medicament container is in the second container position, the retention portion including an annular protrusion defining a bleed passageway from the coupling volume towards a proximal end portion of the carrier. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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