Device for administering medicinal products

Abstract

A needle-free injection device comprises a container receiving receptacle (110) adapted for receiving a container (120) for containing a medicinal product (126) to be administered; a dispensing mechanism (130) for causing the product (126) in the container (120) to be injected; and a RFID system (140) associated with the container receiving receptacle (110) capable of communicating bidirectionally with a RFID tag (125) attached to the container (120) and enabling the administration of the product (126) only under given conditions. The RFID tag (125) can be therefore read and written by the RFID system (140). The RFID system (140) further comprises an antenna (145) arranged at least partially covering the RFID tag (125). The dispensing mechanism (130) is triggered by a contact sensor (150) when the device (100) is pressed onto the animal's skin. The needle-free injection device is capable of communicating with external devices (PC, laptops, tablets, smartphones and the like).

Description

[0001] This application claims the benefit of European Patent Application EP14200035.5 filed on December 23, 2014. [0002] The present disclosure relates to devices for dispensing medicaments such as fluid prescriptions or mixtures containing medicaments or medicaments. In particular, it relates to a needle-free injection device for administering medicines such as medicaments (eg vaccines etc.) to animals. [0003] The present disclosure also relates to systems for handling the dispensing of medicines. In particular it relates to a system comprising said needle-free injection device for controlling the dispensing of medicines. Background technique [0004] Needle-free injection devices for dispensing pharmaceuticals to animals and humans are known in the art. Needle-free injection devices utilize a narrow jet of high-pressure fluid injected through the skin instead of using a hypodermic needle. [0005] Mass vaccination in animals is a typical application example of a need...

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Problems solved by technology

However, such injection devices do not provide product traceability, so that the dispensing process must be manually controlled by the operator

This creates a time-consuming and tedious task

[0010] Furthermore, the needle-free injection device disclosed in EP1515763 is only able to distinguish between the product to be injected, such as a vaccine, and the cleaning solution

This needle-free injection device is not capable of discerning the type of product (e.g. vaccine) that is actually being administered to the animal

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