3186results about "Automatic syringes" patented technology

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice intended to be applied against an injection site. The syringe is slidably arranged with respect to the housing. A spring capable of, upon activation: pushing the needle from a covered position inside the housing into an advanced position through the orifice and past the proximal end (P), operating the syringe to supply the dose of medicament (M), and retracting the syringe with the needle into the covered position. After delivering the medicament, an activator arranged to lock the spring in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring for injection.

According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slidably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).

According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slidably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).

A drug delivery device may include a housing having an opening and a drug storage container including a delivery member having an insertion end configured to extend at least partially through the opening during a delivery state. The device may also include a guard moveably positioned adjacent to the opening and a plunger having a generally cylindrical body portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the container and at least one flange extending radially outwardly from the body portion, wherein the plunger is moveable toward the distal end of the container to expel a drug through the delivery member. The device may further include a plunger biasing member configured to urge the plunger toward the distal end of the container and a releaser member defining a guide configured to receive the at least one flange and an indicator configured to generate an audible signal indicating an end of drug delivery.

According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slidably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).

A method, computer program product, and computer system for a cloud-based medication tracking system. The system may include a plurality of intelligent injection devices across multiple healthcare facilities, each having: a barrel in fluid communication with a needle, a piston including a plunger, a microprocessor, a wireless communication module a supply chain tracking system configured to: monitor distribution of an injectable medication, verify availability of the injectable medication, track a global medication delivery pattern relating to the injectable medication, a machine learning system trained to: analyze medication usage data across healthcare entities, predict a supply chain event, optimize an inventory level, and improve a distribution datum.

The clutch injection structure comprises a shell, a release button, a clutch cylinder, a small push rod, a large push rod, a torsion spring and a push rod driving piece, the push rod driving piece is installed in the shell, a first driving ratchet wheel is arranged on the push rod driving piece, the lower end of the large push rod is connected with the push rod driving piece, and a second driving ratchet wheel is arranged at the lower end of the large push rod. A first driving ratchet is arranged at the lower end of the large push rod, the push rod driving piece is in threaded connection with the small push rod, a second driving ratchet is arranged on the large push rod, a second driving ratchet is arranged at the lower end of the clutch cylinder, a gap is formed between the lower end of the clutch cylinder and the large push rod, and the torsion spring is connected with the shell and the clutch cylinder. The release button is connected with the clutch cylinder and can drive the lower end of the clutch cylinder to be connected with the large push rod. The design is simple in structure, convenient to produce and assemble and low in cost.

A spiral excitation assembly of a prefilled automatic injection pen and a prefilled automatic injection pen comprising the spiral excitation assembly. The spiral excitation assembly of the prefilled automatic injection pen comprises: a cavity (6) for changing a rotary motion of a threaded push rod (5) into an axial forward movement; a nut (9), which is capable of being rotatably mounted in the cavity (6) relative to the cavity (6), with a torsion spring (7) capable of driving the nut (9) to rotate being arranged between the nut (9) and the cavity (6); the threaded push rod (5), which is in threaded connection with the interior of the nut (9) and driven by the rotation of the nut (9) to move forward and then drive a prefilled syringe (4) to move to complete automatic needle insertion; a clutch member (10), which is sleeved outside the nut (9) and capable of being driven by an excitation sleeve (3) of the prefilled automatic injection pen to move from an engaged position to an excitation position, wherein the clutch member engages with the nut (9) to stop the nut (9) when in the engaged position, and the nut (9) can rotate when the clutch member is in the excitation position; and a clutch spring (8), which is mounted between the clutch member (10) and an end cover (11) and is used for driving the clutch member (10) from the excitation position into a limiting position to limit backward movement of the excitation sleeve (3) to achieve needle protection post-injection, and to cause the clutch member (10) to collide with the nut (9) to produce a sound.

The application relates to a lock ring for a medicament delivery device. The lock ring comprises a hollow main body formed from a plurality of circumferentially extending portions. Each portion is defined between tool split lines defining circumferential ends of the portions. Each circumferential end of a portion is connected to an adjacent portion along a tool split line. The main body comprises a plurality of bearing elements configured to contact a body of a medicament delivery device. Each of the plurality of bearing elements is configured to form a low friction rotation interface. At least one of the plurality of bearing elements is formed proximate to one of the circumferential ends of a portion of the main body.

According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slidably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).

The invention discloses an automatic injection pen with a double-cavity structure, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. Comprising a shell, a refill frame, a double-cavity clamping type bottle, a push rod, a base, an unlocking piece, a releasing piece, an injection spring and a button, the push rod is provided with a first hook hole, the base is provided with a first clamping hook matched with the first hook hole, the base is further provided with a second hook hole, and the unlocking piece is provided with a second clamping hook matched with the second hook hole; the unlocking piece is used for keeping or releasing matching of the first hook hole and the first clamping hook; and the release piece is used for keeping or releasing matching of the second hook hole and the second clamping hook, so that before the release piece releases the second hook hole and the second clamping hook, the button cannot be pressed down, and the unlocking piece cannot slide by pressing the button. The release piece and the unlocking piece ensure that double-cavity liquid medicine cannot be triggered before being mixed, operation is easy, stability is high, and a patient can conveniently and safely conduct injection.

The invention relates to the technical field of pen-type injection devices, in particular to a self-driven automatic injection device which comprises a shell, a medicine bottle support, a driving device and a control device. A needle puncture-proof protection assembly is arranged on the lower portion in the shell, the needle puncture-proof protection assembly comprises a needle hiding sleeve, and the needle puncture-proof protection assembly is configured in the mode that in the injection process or after injection is completed and the needle hiding sleeve is pulled out, the needle hiding sleeve can be locked, and then injection cannot be continued; an energy storage locking assembly is arranged on the upper portion of the interior of the shell and is configured in the mode that before injection, the driving rod is locked by the needle hiding sleeve, when one end of the needle hiding sleeve is stressed to move towards the driving rod, the driving rod is unlocked, the torsional spring provides driving force to enable the driving rod to drive the push rod to move towards the medicine bottle, and injection is achieved. Stable and reliable injection power can be provided, and injection can be rapidly achieved; in addition, the needle hiding sleeve can be locked no matter the needle hiding sleeve is pulled out during injection or after injection is completed, so that the needle hiding sleeve does not retract inwards, secondary injection is prevented, and safety and reliability are achieved.

The present invention discloses a sound feedback mechanism, an injection driving mechanism and an automatic injection device, relating to the technical field of automatic syringes. The sound feedback mechanism is used for an automatic injection device, the automatic injection device includes a guiding tube, the sound feedback mechanism includes a sounding ring, a first energy storage element in an energy storage state and a sound feedback component, and the first energy storage element in the energy storage state provides kinetic energy for the sounding ring. The sound feedback component includes a guiding surface and a terminating surface, and the guiding surface includes a first abutting surface, a second abutting surface and an inclined surface located between the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface. During the movement of the sounding ring, a starting prompt sound is generated when the sounding ring moves from the mounting surface of the guiding tube to the first abutting surface. When the sounding ring moves on the inclined surface and drives the sounding ring to rotate, the first energy storage element can continue to store energy. When the sounding ring moves from the second abutting surface to the terminating surface, a terminating prompt sound is generated. The sound feedback mechanism improves the reliability and stability of sound feedback, and reduces the cost at the same time.

An apparatus includes a housing, an energy storage member, a carrier, a medicament container, and a delivery control mechanism. The housing defines a gas chamber configured to receive pressurized gas from the energy storage member to pressurize the gas chamber. The carrier has a proximal surface that defines a portion of the gas chamber. The medicament container is coupled to the carrier and has a distal end portion coupled to a delivery member. The medicament container contains at least 5 mL of medicament and includes an elastomeric member that seals the medicament within the medicament container. The delivery control mechanism is coupled to a proximal end portion of the medicament container and includes a flow restriction member for regulating a pressure supplied by the gas chamber and entering into the medicament container that acts on the elastomeric member.

An autoinjector (1) is disclosed. The autoinjector comprises a main casing (10); a cartridge assembly (30) disposed within the main casing (10). The cartridge assembly may include a cartridge (3) land a needle (40). A power pack (100) is disposed within the main casing (10) for moving the cartridge (31) and the needle (40) from a storage position to an injection position when actuated. An actuation unit (50) comprises a cartridge container (52) and a needle cover (60) disposed between the cartridge container (52) and the main casing (10). The actuation unit (50) is operably coupled to the power pack (110) and retractable from a first position to an actuation position for actuating the power pack. The needle cover (60) is extendable to an extended position covering the needle (40) when the cartridge (31) and the needle (40) are in the injection position. A safety cap (20) is removable from a mounted position on a front end of the main casing (10) to expose a front portion of the actuation unit (50).

A medicament delivery device includes: a body; a needle cover axially movable between an extended position and a retracted position; a medicament delivery mechanism including a plunger and a drive member configured to move the plunger to dispense a medicament; an actuation member configured to be actuated relative to the body; and a ratchet mechanism coupled to the medicament delivery mechanism and sequentially movable between a first configuration, second configuration and third configuration, wherein the actuation member and ratchet mechanism are arranged such that: a first actuation of the actuation member moves the ratchet mechanism from the first configuration to the second configuration to cause a first dose of the medicament to be dispensed, and a second actuation of the actuation member, subsequent to the first actuation, moves the ratchet mechanism from the second configuration to the third configuration to cause a second dose of the medicament to be dispensed.

Provided is an injection device for injecting a substance, comprising a case receiving a barrel containing the substance to be injected and comprising a stopper movable inside the barrel, a plunger unit comprising a triggering portion, the plunger unit being coupled to the stopper and movable with regard to the case from an initial, proximal position to a final, distal position to inject the substance when the barrel is provided into the case, an end-of-dose indicator movable from a hidden position to a visible position in which at least one portion of the end-of-dose indicator is visible to a user, hiding means for locking the end-of-dose indicator in the hidden position and configured to be unlocked by the triggering portion of the plunger unit when the plunger unit reaches an indicator position.

The disclosure relates to an audible indicator in combination with a drug delivery device having a resilient force member capable of resting in either of two states. In a biased state, the resilient force member is biased and stores energy and in a relaxed state, the resilient force member is relaxed. The resilient force member releases the stored energy when changing from the biased state into the relaxed state, thereby generating an audible signal, wherein the resilient force member is supported by a retaining element in the biased state in order to prevent transition into the relaxed state.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical syringes, and discloses an endocrine hormone injection auxiliary device, which comprises a syringe mechanism, a needle cylinder mechanism, a needle cylinder mechanism, a needle cylinder mechanism and a needle cylinder mechanism, and the constant pressure mechanism is arranged on the needle cylinder and is used for providing constant pressure to drive the cylinder piston. According to the endocrine hormone injection auxiliary device, a constant-pressure mechanism is arranged, based on the conversion principle of gravity and air pressure, the gravity is converted into constant air pressure by placing a weight with the fixed weight on a top light disc, and a cylinder piston is pushed to move in a needle cylinder at the uniform speed; and the problem of unstable injection speed caused by non-uniform hand force during manual injection is avoided. Meanwhile, the moving distance of the top light disc is accurately controlled by rotating the threaded rod, then the amount of air extruded out of the middle corrugated pipe is determined, accurate control over the liquid medicine output amount is achieved, and the requirements of patients with chronic diseases or the weak for accurate, stable and slow injection are met.

This application relates to an injector device for delivery of a medicament, particularly to an auto-injector device. According to a first aspect of this disclosure, there is described an injection device comprising: an injection device body; a needle shroud retractable into the injection device body comprising a shroud pin; a control spring coupled to the needle shroud and biased to cause the needle shroud to be at least partially extended from the injection device body in an initial position; and a collar rotatable with respect to the injection device body and comprising a cam track engageable with the shroud pin; a hold detent mechanism coupled to the cam track of the collar, wherein the hold detent mechanism is configured to: activate, when the needle shroud is retracted from a first position on the cam track into the injection device body to a hold position on the cam track, by engaging the shroud pin thereby creating a hold detent force opposite a control spring force caused by compression of the control spring during said retraction of needle shroud to said hold position; and deactivate, when the needle shroud is extracted from the hold position on the cam track subsequent to the retraction towards a second position on the cam track, by disengaging the shroud pin thereby releasing the hold detent force and enable the needle shroud to extend from the injection device body to the second position on the cam track; and wherein the hold detent mechanism further comprises a non-return surface configured to, subsequent to the extension of the needle shroud, prevent further retraction of the needle shroud into the injection device body along the cam track towards the hold position.

A hold assistance device for use with a medicament delivery device is described. The hold assistance device includes a body that includes: a receiving volume for receiving a medicament delivery device; a proximal portion comprising a proximal end of the body; a distal portion comprising a distal end of the body, the proximal and distal ends defining an axial direction; and a connecting portion arranged between the proximal and distal portions, wherein the connecting portion is configured to flex into the receiving volume in a direction generally normal to the axial direction, causing the proximal portion to move axially relative to the distal portion.

One or more light sources may be integrated with a medication delivery device, and states of the light sources may be changed. For example, a first lighting state change may be performed, such as based on a detection that an applied force meets or exceeds a threshold break force or an interaction of a movable component with a proximal sensor integrated with the medication delivery device. The first lighting state change may provide visual feedback indicating that an injection has begun. Additionally, a second lighting state change may be performed, such as based on a detection that a resistive force meets or exceeds a threshold back force or an interaction of the movable component with a distal sensor integrated with the medication delivery device. The second lighting state change may indicate that a complete dosage of the medication has been delivered from the medication delivery device.

A drug injection control device has a structure in which a rod lock screw-coupled to a piston rod can make a linear motion under restricted rotation within a rod holder with the rotation of a rod guide and the sub-linear motion of the piston rod. When the injection amount of drug is preset through an injection amount setting module to make a rotational motion with a dose dial in a housing to set the amount of drug to be injected by storing the twisting moment in a torsion spring, in actuating a drug delivery module switchably coupled to the injection amount setting module, the rod lock can make a linear motion by the sliding motion of a lock protrusion through a lock guide formed through the rod holder along the lengthwise direction on the rotation of the rod guide and the sub-linear motion of the piston rod.

The present disclosure relates to an activation system for a supplemental device that is attached to an existing design of a medicament delivery device, where the removal of a protective cap or other covering from the medicament delivery device pulls a blocking element from between electrical contacts to close a circuit between a battery module and a power source, thus activating the battery module. The supplemental device can further have a transmitter for communicating information about the use of the medicament delivery device to an external device, such as a smart device. Memory storage elements can also be included having unique identification data. The present disclosure also relates to a medicament delivery device having attached the supplemental device.