Reminder device for drug delivery devices

a reminder device and drug technology, applied in the direction of medical devices, intravenous devices, medical devices, etc., can solve the problems of repeated taking of medicaments, no longer aware, and non-negligible risk of underdosage or overdosage,

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-10-04
SANOFI AVENTIS DEUT GMBH
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[0008]It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a reminder device particularly adapte...

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Since the patients are highly accustomed to a regular or irregular administering of the medicament, it may occur, that a patient already shortly after taking or injecting the medicament is no longer aware of this event.
Hence, there is a certain danger, that the patient takes the medicament repeatedly.
Hence, with drug delivery devices ...

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[0053]The reminder device as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is entirely integrated into a housing component 12, 14 of a drug delivery device 10. As particularly illustrated in FIG. 2, the reminder device comprises a display means 18 positioned in a body 12 or main housing component of the drug delivery device. The drug delivery device further comprises a cartridge holder 14 at its distal end section and further has a dose button 16 at its proximal end for selecting and / or setting of a dose and eventually for initiating a dose dispensing procedure.

[0054]The housing component 12 of the drug delivery device 10 of pen-injector type comprises a rectangular aperture 30 in form of a through opening. Underneath the aperture 30, an adjusting element 22 comprising a sliding element is slidably disposed in axial direction. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the adjusting element 22 comprises a distal surface segment 25 and a proximal surface segment 27. In the centre of the display means 18 or of the adj...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a reminder device for a drug delivery device, comprising: a base member, an adjusting element movably disposed with respect to the base member between at least two stop positions, and a display means comprising an information surface being only partially discernible through an aperture, wherein at least two designated segments of the information surface become selectively discernible by a displacement of the adjusting element relative to the base member.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a U.S. National Phase Application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT / EP2010 / 062433 filed Aug. 26, 2010, which claims priority to European Patent Application No. 09010974.5 filed on Aug. 27, 2009. The entire disclosure contents of these applications are herewith incorporated by reference into the present application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a reminder or indicator device particularly adapted for drug delivery devices for keeping a user of the device informed about a given time schedule to apply or to take a particular medicament.BACKGROUND[0003]With patients suffering chronic diseases, such like diabetes, frequent and regular administering of a particular medicament, like e.g. insulin has to be conducted. Since the patients are highly accustomed to a regular or irregular administering of the medicament, it may occur, that a patient already shortly a...

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IPC IPC(8): A61M5/31
CPCA61J7/04A61M5/31533A61M2205/6063
Inventor DASBACH, UWELANIN, IRINARABE, PEGGY
Owner SANOFI AVENTIS DEUT GMBH
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