150 results about "Insulin pen" patented technology

A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large number of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a blood glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing / dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a blood glucose variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes.

A smart monitoring device for automatically monitoring the injection of medicines such as insulin which can be retrofitted to a conventional insulin pen in which the device has an optical motion sensor for detecting actuation of the injection pen together with an optional accelerometer sensor, medicament temperature and mounting sensors, the monitoring device being communicable with external smart devices such as smartphones.

An electronic insulin delivery device receives glucose data from a glucose monitor and sets a bolus dose amount. The device may take the form of an insulin pen with automatic priming and accurate dosing provided by a motor in connection with an encoder. The device may communicate with and be controlled by a smart phone device. The smart phone device provides a user interface to receive user data including patient weight, insulin to carbohydrate ratio and exercise factor, and to send instructions to the device, including dose amount. The dose amount is determined taking into account glucose level and trend, and other factors. The delivery device may be in continuous communication with the glucose monitor and smart phone to provide for near real-time adjustments in glucose treatment. Glucose data, insulin injection data, and other relevant data may be stored and accessible to interested parties.

A flow sensor is provided to enable volumetric dose data to be acquired automatically by sampling flow rates of insulin measured by a flow sensor exposed to a flow manifold though which the insulin flows. The flow sensor preferably connects to a standard insulin pen on one end, and to a standard pen needle on the other end. Particular geometries and algorithms are utilized to accommodate the unique requirements of insulin flow determination during an injection event.

A hand held drug administration unit that may include a controller, sensors, a wireless transceiver, a memory unit, and a mechanical dosage and injection control unit that is controlled by a user; wherein the sensors are configured to generate detection signals indicative of a progress of a drug provision process; wherein the controller is configured to process the detection signals and to determine the progress of the injection process and to provide a notification regarding the progress of the injection process

A replaceable cap (10) for a transdermal liquid dosing device) such as an insulin pen is provided. The cap includes an elongate hollow body (14) with a first open end (16) which can be placed over a front part (26) of the dosing device and a second closed end (18) opposite the first end. The cap body also includes a cavity which opens into the interior (50) of the cap body and which houses a control unit (52) which includes a timer unit, a switch mechanism (56) that stands at least partially proud of the cavity so as to project into the interior of the body, and a timer display unit (58) which displays time counted by the timer unit on an outer surface of the body of the cap. The switch mechanism is engaged by abutment of a surface of the front part of the dosing device when the cap is placed on the dosing device, and released when the cap is removed from the dosing device, the engagement and / or releasing of the switch mechanism causing the timer unit to reset after the elapse of a predetermined period of time, the time since the timer unit was last reset thereby indicating the time that has elapsed since the dosing device was last used.

A replaceable cap (10) for a transdermal liquid dosing device (12) such as an insulin pen is provided. The cap includes an elongate hollow body (14) with a first open end (16) which can be placed over a front part (26) of the dosing device and a second closed end (18) opposite the first end. The cap body also includes a cavity which opens into the interior (50) of the cap body and which houses a control unit (52) which includes a timer unit, a switch mechanism (56) that stands at least partially proud of the cavity, so as to project into the interior of the body, and a timer display unit (58) which displays time counted by the timer unit on an outer surface of the body of the cap. The switch mechanism is engaged by abutment of a surface of the front part of the dosing device when the cap is placed on the dosing device, and released when the cap is removed from the dosing device, the engagement and / or releasing of the switch mechanism causing the timer unit to reset after the elapse of a predetermined period of time, the time since the timer unit was last reset thereby indicating the time that has elapsed since the dosing device was last used.

A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large amount of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing / dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes.

An injection aid for a syringe includes a disk with a central orifice and a flange. The flange is located on the top of the disk, and surrounds the central orifice. The outlet end or needle hub of a syringe or insulin pen fits in the flange, with the syringe needle extending through the orifice, thereby securing the disk to the syringe. The bottom surface of the disk is generally flat. The bottom surface of the disk makes contact with the skin when the needle is inserted to the proper depth. In other words, the needle lies perpendicular to the disk and is arranged to project past the disk's flat bottom surface by a set, pre-determined length. When the disk is pressed flat against a patient's skin, the needle is at the proper depth for the substance being injected.

The invention discloses a disposable array-type micro injection needle head which comprises a lower needle seat which is configured as a cylindrical column opening at one end and having a top cap at the other end and which is configured to be connected with an injection reservoir; an upper needle seat which is located above the top cap of the lower needle seat with a cavity formed between the upper needle seat and the top cap; a through-hole formed in the top cap which is configured for communicating the cylindrical column with the cavity, wherein a pipetting needle is mounted in the through-hole which has one end communicated with the cavity and the other end located in the cylindrical column and which is configured for extracting injection from the injection reservoir into the cavity; and at least two needle tubes mounted in the upper needle seat, each of which has one end comprising a needle tip for puncturing and for injecting the injection and the other end for mounting on the upper needle seat and for communicating with the cavity. The needle head can be used directly on existing insulin pen, or the cylindrical column can be provided inside it with an injection reservoir to form a disposable prefilled syringe. By using a plurality of thin, short needle tubes for injecting simultaneously, vertical hypodermic injection of medicines such as insulin can be preformed rapidly, leakproof, painlessly, safely and conveniently at various sites of a human body, without needing to pinch skin, while a potential trouble that the medicines be injected into muscles can be avoided. Patient adherence to the treatment regimen and the treatment effect are improved.

The invention relates to a disposable safe insulin injection needle head matched with an insulin pen to be used. The disposable safe insulin injection needle head comprises a needle body, a needle seat, a main casing and an outer sheath, wherein the outer sheath is arranged outside the main casing in a sleeving way. The disposable safe insulin injection needle head is characterized in that a locking structure achieving a matching effect through a clamp block and a clamp opening is arranged between the outer sheath and the main casing, a seat disc is arranged on the needle disc, the outer edge of the seat disc has the sliding positioning connecting relationship with the inner edge of the main casing, and during the injection needle head installation, the axial thrust of the insulin pen is used, so that the seat disc moves to a second positioning position from the first positioning position, the outer edge of the seat disc jacks up the clamp block arranged on the outer sheath, the clamp block is unbuckled from the clamp opening, the outer sheath is unlocked with the main casing, and in the state, the outer sheath is allowed to be picked away. The disposable safe insulin injection needle head has the advantages that whether the outer sheath is allowed to be picked away or not and whether the insulin pen and the injection needle head are prepared for the injection state or not are associated, the use safety and the use convenience of the injection needle head are greatly improved.

A diabetes management system including a pump for dispensing a medicant and a control device for controlling the pump includes a user interface for controlling functions of the pump and providing information related to operation of the pump and other information. The user interface can display blood glucose information and insulin dosing data such that a user can appropriately act on the information and / or gain confidence that the diabetes management system is operating appropriately to manage the disease. User interfaces provided herein can include displays of current and projected glucose values, bolus calculators, charts displaying glucose levels and / or insulin delivery data, system maintenance reminders, system status information, patient configuration input screens, and log-in screens. Diabetes management systems can include insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors, blood glucose monitors, mobile computing devices, servers, and / or other insulin delivery devices (e.g., insulin pens).

The invention provides a disposable safe insulin injection needle head, which comprises a needle body, a needle seat, a main casing, an outer sheath and a triggering tube and is characterized in that the needle seat is formed by fixedly connecting a seat disc and a seat rod, the outer edge of the seat disc and the inner edge of the main casing have the sliding positioning connection relationship, i.e., during the injection needle head installation, the axial thrust of the head part of the insulin pin is used, so that the seat disc moves to a second positioning position from a first positioning position, the back part of the triggering tube is arranged on the seat rod in a sleeving way, the front end of the triggering tube is jacked and leaned on the inner end surface of the front part of the outer sheath, a third positioning structure is arranged between the triggering tube and the seat rod, and when the triggering tube is positioned in a third positioning position relative to the seat rod, the seat disc is positioned in the first positioning relative to the main casing; when the seat disc moves to the second positioning position from the first positioning position in the main casing, the triggering tube and the seat rod relieve the third positioning and form slide connection. The disposable safe insulin injection needle head has the advantages that whether the triggering tube is unlocked or not after being positioned or whether the injection needle head is prepared for the injection state or not are associated, and the use safety and the use convenience are improved.

The invention discloses a safety insulin syringe which comprises a needle holder. A needle tube assembling base is arranged in the needle holder, an insulin pen puncture needle and an insulin injection needle are arranged on the upper portion and the lower portion of the needle tube assembling base respectively, a self-locking base is arranged at the other end of the needle holder, one end of the self-locking base is connected with the other end of the needle holder in a sleeved mode, a push tube is arranged in the self-locking base, one end of the push tube is located in a needle holder cavity and penetrates through the needle tube assembling base to be located in an assembling portion, the other end of the push tube abuts against a self-locking piece on the inner wall of an inner cavity of the self-locking base, an opening in the other end of the self-locking base is connected with one end of a needle protective sleeve, the other end of the needle protective sleeve is suspended in the air, and the needle protective sleeve is connected with the needle holder cavity through a spring. According to the safety insulin injection needle, a built-in safety injection needle structure is adopted, the outer portion of the insulin injection needle is sleeved with the protective sleeve which can be flexibly stretched and retracted, a self-locking mechanism is used for limiting the protective sleeve, the self-locking mechanism can be automatically opened after an insulin pen is screwed into the needle holder, the protective sleeve can produce vertical elastic displacement freely, and normal insulin injection is conducted.

The invention discloses a novel safe needle used with an insulin pen. The needle comprises a needle base and a needle body. The needle body is fixedly arranged inside the needle base. The needle alsocomprises a hiding mechanism for hiding the needle body. The hiding mechanism comprises a first sliding sleeve and a second sliding sleeve. The needle body is sleeved with the first sliding sleeve andthe second sliding sleeve. A spring is abutted between the first sliding sleeve and the needle base. An end cap for axially limiting the second sliding sleeve is disposed at the upper end of the needle base, and the second sliding sleeve and the end cap are matched in a rotation stopping mode. A slider is arranged on the outer wall of the first sliding sleeve in a protruding mode. The second sliding sleeve is provided with a linkage groove matched with the slider. The inner wall of the end cap is provided with a boss matched with the slider. A third inclined face is arranged at the lower endof the boss. The needle base is provided with a limiting face matched with the lower end of the slider in a stopping mode. The limiting face is located below the third inclined face. The slider is dislocated from the limiting face when located in the linkage groove. The novel safe needle is reasonable in structure and convenient to operate.

The invention discloses an insulin-used syringe needle with an adjustable injecting depth. The insulin-used syringe needle comprises a needle seat, a steel needle is connected in the needle seat through a bonding agent, internal threads for connecting the external threads on the front end of an insulin pen are arranged in the needle seat, a limit ring is sleeved on the needle seat, the external threads are arranged on the outer surface of the needle seat, the internal threads are arranged in the limit ring, and the needle seat and the limit ring is connected via engagement of the outer threads. The insulin-used syringe needle has the main beneficial effects that the risk of injecting into a muscle layer by mistake due to over-deep needle insertion is effectively prevented, a patient can adjust the injecting depth according to the self situation of fatness and thinness, so as to select the injecting depth suitable for self, and the practicability is strong.

The invention discloses a portable insulin refrigerating box for a diabetic patient. The freezing box comprises a box body, the top of the box body is rotationally connected with a sealing cover, thebox body is divided into a placing chamber and a cooling chamber by placing an inner box in the box body, and a fixing frame for fixing an insulin pen is arranged in the placing chamber. Since the equipment is provided with the fixing frame, when the user places the insulin pen, the user can directly insert the pen into a cooling liquid storage bag, the whole pen body is wrapped by low-temperaturecooling liquid, and therefore the cooling efficiency of the equipment is improved. Meanwhile, when the pen body is inserted into the bag, an auxiliary fixing assembly is squeezed, therefore, one-timefixing is achieved, later, once the freezing box is vibrated, a placing outer barrel is screwed upwards so as to squeeze an inflation air bag to inflate a limiting air bag, therefore, the pen body isfurther fixed, even though the refrigerating box is vibrated, the insulin pen in the box will not collide with the inner box, the insulin pen is prevented from being damaged, and damping protection performance is high.

The present invention, in one embodiment, is a gripping apparatus to ergonomically grip a self-injectable device (such as, for example, an insulin pen) to thereby provide a user's fingers with a gripping means on the self-injectable device so that the combination of the apparatus with the self-injectable device facilitates one-handed operation on various parts of the human body and comprises a complete operational self-injectable assembly. The apparatus is adapted to snap-fit the body of a self-injectable device (e.g., an insulin pen) by inserting the self-injectable device longitudinally through the flange apertures of the apparatus, and twisting the apparatus around the device's body until the apparatus is in snug engagement with the device. The apparatus assists the user in using the self-injecting device for injection on any portion of the human body.

An injector pen or medication vial holder and storage device is disclosed. The device includes a base plate having first and second opposing sides. An attachment structure is affixed to the first side of the base plate. Plural retaining members are connected to the second side of the base plate. Each retaining member is configured to receive a respective injector pen. A support member is connected to the base plate and arranged to support one end of each said respective injector pen.

The invention discloses an insulin pen storage device with constant temperature and blending functions. The insulin pen storage device comprises a box body, a box cover, a constant temperature mechanism and a blending mechanism. A plurality of support blocks are fixedly disposed on the outer surface of the box body lower end, the upper end of the box body is connected to the box cover by a hinge,the constant temperature mechanism and the blending mechanism are both installed in the box body, a plurality of buckles are installed at the upper end of one box body side far from the side connectedto the box cover, the box cover is flexibly equipped with a plurality of clamp slots matching the buckles through pins, one side of the box body is equipped with a charging interface, and the outputend of the charging interface is connected to a storage battery through a wire. The insulin pen storage device provided by the invention has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient operation and reasonable design, can automatically monitor and adjust temperature, ensures better storage of insulin, at the same time can achieve automatic blending, is convenient for the medical staff to use, is easy to carry, facilitates emergency treatment outside, and is more in line with the market demands.

Systems and methods for adjusting a short acting dosage for a prospective meal for a subject with a standing regimen are provided. The standing regimen comprises short acting and long acting regimens.Past records are obtained from insulin pens applying the standing regimen. Each record specifies an amount and type of medicament injected, the type being one of short and long acting, and a timestamp. Responsive to the prospective meal at time (t0), total insulin on board (IOBtotal) is calculated as the sum of IOBbolus and IOBbasal, with IOBbolus being the total amount of short acting medicamentinjected, indicated by records having timestamps within a duration of the short acting medicament to t0, and IOBbasal being the total amount of long acting medicament injected, indicated by records having timestamps within the duration of the long acting medicament to t0. IOBtotal serves to calculate the short acting dosage for the meal.

The invention provides a method and a device for monitoring infusion of an insulin pen. The method integrates first detecting, second detecting and third detecting. The first detecting is used for detecting whether an infusion requirement unit is finished. The second detecting is used for detecting whether the infusion is unfinished in a timing mode or whether a motor continues infusion after normal time required by infusion. The third detecting is used for detecting whether motor and control data faults occur in real time in an infusion process. As long as any detecting is effectively, conditions requiring closing or stopping infusion can be detected timely, and the infusion can be closed or stopped timely so that infusion risks can be prevented better. In addition, implementation price of the monitoring method is low, and the method is easy to achieve and can be applied to various insulin pens in the market flexibly.

The invention discloses an insulin pen storage medical vehicle, which comprises a vehicle frame main body, a top-layer storage platform and rollers, wherein the top-layer storage platform comprises a top platform surface, and a first accommodation cabinet and a second accommodation cabinet, which are arranged below the top platform surface; the top platform is provided with an open groove communicated with the first accommodation cabinet; a circle of concave platform is arranged at a groove opening of the open groove in a downward sinking manner, and is detachably covered with a cover plate; multiple insulin pen placement plates are arranged in the first accommodation cabinet; multiple insulin pen clamping frames are arranged on the end face of at least one side of each insulin pen placement plate; a tag used for indicating patient information is adhered to each insulin pen clamping frame. The insulin pen storage medical vehicle has the effects that the insulin pen at a corresponding position can be taken to inject a corresponding patient according to the patient information on the tag A when the cover plate is removed, the insulin pens are placed in order, and can be rapidly taken, and medical staff can also push the insulin pen storage medical vehicle to each sickroom for centralized injection of patients, so that the insulin pen storage medical vehicle is high in practicability, and has good using effects.

The invention relates to a syringe needle separation and material sorting device for sorting and recycling a syringe and a syringe needle after usage thereof in the field of medical treatment and health. During a needle separation process, hands of an operator do not directly contact the syringe needle, the syringe needle does not stab a human hand, thereby avoiding disease infection caused by stabbing of the syringe needle. The separated syringe needle can enter a collection container by itself. A syringe needle separation device is integrated with a syringe needle collection container, the collection container can be conveniently placed and taken out, a structure is simple, and operation is convenient, easy and labor-saving. Syringe needle separation and collectors for a variety of syringes, infusion sets, insulin pens, insulin-specific syringes, and the like can be completed on the separation device. The syringe needle separation and material sorting device can separate many varieties of syringe needles, is wide in application range, and is a very practical instrument in the field of medical treatment and health.

An integrated insulin storage treatment trolley comprises a cabinet type trolley (1), wherein a plurality of lockable drawers (8, 9 and 10) are arranged in the front of the trolley, a needle removal frame (5) is fixed on a table board (13) of the trolley and comprises a square face plate (14) and four support legs (15), the face plate is fixed with the table board of the trolley through the four support legs, a hole (16) is formed in the center of the face plate, a caliper (17) is fixed on the face plate, and a jaw of the caliper is located above the hole in the center of the face plate. The integrated insulin storage treatment trolley has the advantages that insulin pens can be stored in the drawers and are locked when not used, so that safety is guaranteed; needles can be removed by the caliper on the needle removal frame after injection of insulin, fall into a sharp tool box below the needle removal frame and can be prevented from stabbing an operator.

The invention discloses an insulin pen storage box mounted on a patient bedhead. The storage box comprises an insulin pen storage box main body, a storage mechanism, a quick shaking mechanism and an insulin pen, wherein the storage mechanism is embedded into and connected to the middle part of the insulin pen storage box main body; an installation fixing plate is embedded into and connected to oneside of the storage mechanism; a fixing screw penetrates through is and connected to the bottom of the installation fixing plate; the quick shaking mechanism is embedded into and connected to the inner part of the storage mechanism; the quick shaking mechanism can achieve the effect of shaking the insulin uniformly; through the arrangement of the quick shaking mechanism, the medical staff can conveniently shake the insulin in an inner container of the insulin pen uniformly, thereby improving the treatment effect of the insulin pen and realizing the effect that the storage mechanism can preserve the insulin pen; through the arrangement of the storage mechanism, the medical staff can conveniently store the insulin pen and the insulin pen is protected from being damaged, so that the safety of the insulin pen is improved and the insulin pen storage box has wide development prospects in the future.

The invention discloses a needle disassembly and assembly sharps box for an insulin syringe. The key points of the technical scheme are that it includes a box body and a box cover, and the box cover is provided with a needle unloading device for screwing off the needle head on an insulin injection pen. The needle unloading device includes a rotating wheel, a driving motor, and a control switch. A connecting sleeve is arranged on the box cover. The rotating wheel includes a rotating cylinder that can be inserted into the connecting sleeve. The outer sleeve of the rotating cylinder is equipped with a bearing and then inserted into the connecting sleeve Inside, the rotating wheel is provided with a needle drop hole; the box cover is also provided with a needle loading device for screwing the needle to the insulin injection pen. The needle loading device includes two rotating wheels, two driving motors, two control switches, and the box cover There are two sets of connections on the top, the two rotating wheels include two rotating cylinders that can be inserted into the two connecting sets, the outer sleeves of the two rotating cylinders are provided with bearings and then plugged into the two connecting sets, and the two rotating wheels are provided with pinholes. The sharps box can realize the automatic disassembly and assembly of needles, thereby helping to improve the efficiency of disassembly and assembly of needles.

An injection aid for a syringe includes a disk with a central orifice and a flange. The flange is located on the top of the disk, and surrounds the central orifice. The outlet end or needle hub of a syringe or insulin pen fits in the flange, with the syringe needle extending through the orifice, thereby securing the disk to the syringe. The bottom surface of the disk is generally flat. The bottom surface of the disk makes contact with the skin when the needle is inserted to the proper depth. In other words, the needle lies perpendicular to the disk and is arranged to project past the disk's flat bottom surface by a set, pre-determined length. When the disk is pressed flat against a patient's skin, the needle is at the proper depth for the substance being injected.