Devices for dispensing medicines

Abstract

The needle-free injection device comprises: a container receiver (110) adapted to receive a container (120) for containing said drug (126) to be dispensed; a dispensing mechanism (130) for said dispensing a mechanism (130) for injecting said drug (126) in said container (120); and a radio frequency identification system (140) associated with said container receiver (110), The radio frequency identification system (140) is capable of two-way communication with a radio frequency identification tag (125) attached to the container (120) and enables dispensing of the drug (126) only under given conditions. Thus, the RFID tag (125) can be read and written by the RFID system (140). The radio frequency identification system (140) further comprises an antenna (145) arranged to at least partially cover the radio frequency identification tag (125). A contact sensor (150) triggers a dispensing mechanism (130) when the injection device (100) is pressed against the animal's skin. The needle-free injection device is capable of communicating with external devices (personal computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.).

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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