Multi-dimensional identifier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9375386-B2
Application number	US-201113522490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2011
Priority date	Jan 22, 2010
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

An identifier for a medicament reservoir is provided, wherein the identifier comprises a malleable sheet of material. The sheet of material comprises a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may be used to apply the identifier to a surface of the medicament reservoir. A first three-dimensional feature is attached to the sheet of material. The three-dimensional feature may be representative of a medicament contained in the reservoir and may further comprise an alignment feature. In addition, the three-dimensional feature may be coded for a particular drug delivery device. Such drug delivery devices could comprise pen type drug delivery devices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An identifier for a medicament reservoir, the medicament reservoir with a proximal end and a distal end having a pierceable septum on said distal end being configured for holding a medicament, the identifier comprising at least one sheet of material which comprises at least one three-dimensional coding feature, wherein the at least one three-dimensional coding feature is adapted and arranged to provide information related to the reservoir, and wherein at least one of the three-dimensional coding features is encapsulated between the sheet of material and at least one further sheet of material, further comprising at least one alignment feature separate from the at least one three-dimensional coding feature which is configured to enable insertion of the reservoir comprising the identifier into a drug delivery device in a predefined orientation, wherein the alignment feature comprises a thicker protrusion than the coding feature, wherein the alignment feature and coding feature are on the proximal end of the reservoir opposite the pierceable septum.

2. The identifier of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sheet of material comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being configured to apply the identifier to a surface of the medicament reservoir.

3. The identifier according to claim 1 , where the at least one further sheet of material is provided along at least a portion of the top surface of the sheet of material.

4. The identifier according to claim 3 , wherein the further sheet of material is configured to define a profiled cut, wherein the profiled cut comprises at least one of the three-dimensional coding features.

5. The identifier according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the three-dimensional coding features comprises an embossed coding feature.

6. The identifier according to claim 1 , further comprising a printed coding feature or a raised coding feature formed by casting.

7. The identifier according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the three-dimensional coding features comprises a resin coding feature or a liquid coding feature.

8. A medicament reservoir used with a drug delivery device, the medicament reservoir comprising the identifier according to claim 1 and a vessel wherein a medicament is provided in said vessel.

9. A drug delivery device configured to receive the medicament reservoir according to claim 8 and comprising a reservoir retaining member configured to hold the medicament reservoir.

10. The drug delivery device according to claim 9 , wherein the reservoir retaining member comprises a device coding feature which is adapted and arranged to cooperate with the three-dimensional coding feature of the medicament reservoir.

11. The drug delivery device according to claim 10 , wherein cooperation of the three-dimensional coding feature and the device coding feature is configured to prevent insertion of a medicament reservoir into the reservoir retaining member when the coding feature does not mate with the device coding feature.

Assignees

• Langley Christopher Nigel
• Rutter Paul Benedict
• Avery Richard James Vincent
• Sanofi Aventis Deutschland

Inventors

• Langley Christopher Nigel
• Rutter Paul Benedict
• Avery Richard James Vincent

Classifications

• A61M2205/6045

  having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes · CPC title

• A61M2205/6036

  characterised by physical shape, e.g. array of activating switches · CPC title

• A61J2205/30

  Printed labels · CPC title

• G09F2003/0273

  Labels for bottles, flasks · CPC title

• G09F3/10

  by an adhesive layer · CPC title