Medicament injection apparatus
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1. A medicament injection apparatus suitable for the self-administration of a medicament, comprising:
- a display; and
a timer, the timer being actuated upon commencement of an injection operation, wherein the timer runs to a predetermined time following completion of the injection operation, the predetermined time following completion of the injection operation being a time sufficient to allow the injected medicament adequately to disperse locally from an injection site within a patient, and the display operates while the timer runs;
wherein the display runs from the commencement of the injection operation without any indication of the completion of the injection operation until said predetermined time has elapsed and then stops, thereby indicating to the user when to remove a needle from a body of the user after said dispersion of the injected medicament; and
the timer and the display automatically stop upon expiration of the predetermined time.
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Abstract
A medicament injection apparatus that permits injection of a fluid medicament into a patient through a needle. The medicament injection apparatus includes a timer and a display, the timer being actuated upon commencement of an injection operation, in which the timer runs to a predetermined time until completion of the injection operation and the display is operated while the timer runs. Thus, informing a user of when a required period for dispersal of an injected medicament has lapsed so that the user knows when to withdraw a needle from the body after the injection.
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1. A medicament injection apparatus suitable for the self-administration of a medicament, comprising:
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a display; and a timer, the timer being actuated upon commencement of an injection operation, wherein the timer runs to a predetermined time following completion of the injection operation, the predetermined time following completion of the injection operation being a time sufficient to allow the injected medicament adequately to disperse locally from an injection site within a patient, and the display operates while the timer runs; wherein the display runs from the commencement of the injection operation without any indication of the completion of the injection operation until said predetermined time has elapsed and then stops, thereby indicating to the user when to remove a needle from a body of the user after said dispersion of the injected medicament; and the timer and the display automatically stop upon expiration of the predetermined time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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