Medicament injection device or injection mock-up demo device with motion detector to log and track user behaviour

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11037468-B2
Application number	US-202016903090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2020
Priority date	Aug 19, 2014
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mock-up medicament injector for training purposes or an actual medicament injection device ( 1 ) comprising a sensor device ( 2 ) configured to detect movements of the whole device, and a logging device ( 3 ) configured to record said movements and thus track user behaviour of the device. The sensor can be e.g. an accelerometer, gyroscope or magnetometer. The device can communicate the logged data either in real time or at a later point in time from its memory to an external computer device. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for tracking behaviour of a user using the medicament injector or training device ( 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medicament delivery device comprising:
a cap that is removably attached to a distal portion of the medicament delivery device;
a battery;
a contact pad;
an insulating sheet positioned between the battery and the contact pad;
a sensor configured to detect information about the medicament delivery device; and
a communication device configured to transmit information detected by the sensor,
wherein the insulating sheet is removed from between the battery and the contact pad when the cap and the distal portion are moved relative to each other or when the medicament delivery device is removed from a transportation box.

2. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a gyroscope, an accelerometer or a magnetometer.

3. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device is a mock-up demo device configured for human factors study.

4. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a logging device configured to start tracking motion of the medicament delivery device when the medicament delivery device is removed from the transportation box or the cap is removed.

5. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery device is configured for training.

6. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , further comprising a memory device configured to store the information comprising real time data.

7. The medicament delivery device of claim 6 , wherein the communication device is configured to transmit the information from the memory device to an external device.

8. The medicament delivery device of claim 7 , wherein the communication device is configured to transmit, via a wired or wireless connection, real time data from the memory device.

9. The medicament delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is configured to transmit, via a wired or wireless connection, the information to an external device.

10. A medicament delivery device comprising:
a cap that is removably attached to a distal portion of the medicament delivery device;
an injector spring, where the injector spring has a non-deployed state having a first electromagnetic field and a deployed state having a second electromagnetic field;
a sensor configured to detect the first or second electromagnetic fields of the injector spring; and
a communication device configured to transmit information detected by the sensor,
wherein the detection by the sensor occurs when the cap and the distal portion are moved relative to each other or when the medicament delivery device is removed from a transportation box.

11. The medicament delivery device of claim 10 , wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a memory to store the information relating to an activation status of the medicament delivery device.

12. The medicament delivery device of claim 10 , wherein the sensor comprises a gyroscope, an accelerometer or a magnetometer.

13. The medicament delivery device of claim 10 , wherein the communication device comprises Bluetooth technology.

14. The medicament delivery device of claim 10 , wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a disconnected battery.

15. The medicament delivery device of claim 14 , wherein the disconnected battery is coin sized.

16. The medicament delivery device of claim 14 , wherein the disconnected battery is electrical isolated from the sensor by an insulating sheet.

17. The medicament delivery device of claim 10 , wherein the medicament delivery device further comprises a display.

18. A method of transmitting data containing information relating to a medicament delivery device, where the medicament delivery device has a protective cap attached to a distal portion of the medicament delivery device, the method comprising:
(a) moving the protective cap relative to the distal portion of the medicament delivery device, thereby causing removal of an insulating sheet from between a battery and a contact pad of the medicament delivery device; or
(b) removing the medicament delivery device from a box, thereby causing removal of the insulating sheet from between the battery and the contact pad,
detecting, via a sensor, the information about the medicament delivery device.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising the step of transmitting the information to an external device.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the information is real time data and the removal of the insulating sheet starts the transmission of the information comprising real time data to an external device.

Assignees

• Shl Medical Ag

Inventors

• Bauss Markus

Classifications

• A61M2205/8206

  battery-operated · CPC title

• A61M2205/3561

  local, e.g. within room or hospital · CPC title

• G09B23/285 Primary

  for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas · CPC title

• A61M5/24

  Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic {(ampoules or carpules A61J1/06)} · CPC title

• A61M5/20 Primary

  Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically (A61M5/142 {, A61M5/46} take precedence; {hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54}) · CPC title