Counting mechanism for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9489615-B2
Application number	US-201314395803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2013
Priority date	May 4, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure concerns a counting mechanism for a drug delivery device, comprising a first counting member comprising an interaction element, a second counting member comprising engagement elements that are configured to engage with the interaction element of the first counting member, and a separating member, wherein the first counting member is moveable relative to the separating member between a first and a second relative position, and the separating member is configured to prevent an engagement of the interaction element with the engagement elements when the first counting member is in the second relative position with respect to the separating member. Further, the present disclosure concerns a drug delivery device comprising said counting mechanism.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Counting mechanism for a drug delivery device,
comprising
a first counting member comprising an interaction element,
a second counting member comprising engagement elements that are configured to engage with the interaction element of the first counting member, and a separating member,
wherein the first counting member is moveable relative to the separating member between a first and a second relative position, and
the separating member is configured to prevent an engagement of the interaction element with the engagement elements when the first counting member is in the second relative position with respect to the separating member,
wherein the counting mechanism comprises a blocking element preventing a further operation of the counting mechanism when the first counting member is in a pre-defined first relative blocking position with respect to the blocking element and the second counting member is in a pre-defined second relative blocking position with respect to the blocking element.

2. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the separating member is configured to enable an engagement of the interaction element with one of the engagement elements when the first counting member is in the first relative position.

3. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first counting member is moveable relative to the second counting member when the first counting member is in the second relative position.

4. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a movement of the second counting member is triggered by a movement of the first counting member when the first counting member is in the first relative position with respect to the separating member.

5. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the interaction element is elastically deformable.

6. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first counting member is rotatable around a first rotation axis relative to the separating member.

7. Counting mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the second counting member is rotatable around a second rotation axis relative to the separating member and wherein the second rotation axis runs along the first rotation axis.

8. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the separating member comprises a wall provided with an opening.

9. Counting mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein the interaction element protrudes through the opening in the wall in the first relative position of the first counting member with respect to the separating member.

10. Counting mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein the interaction element abuts the wall in the second relative position of the first counting member with respect to the separating member.

11. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first counting member comprises a first index element,
the second counting member comprises a second index element, and
the first and the second index element are configured to cooperate to display a number.

12. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second counting member each comprises a passage, and
wherein the blocking position of the first counting member corresponds to the passage of the first counting member being aligned with the blocking element, and
the blocking position of the second counting member corresponds to the passage of the second counting member being aligned with the blocking element.

13. Counting mechanism according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second counting member comprises a second interaction element,
the counting mechanism further comprises a third counting member comprising third engagement elements that are configured to engage with the second interaction element of the second counting member,
the counting mechanism further comprises a second separating member,
the second counting member is moveable relative to the second separating member between a first and a second relative position, and
the second separating member is configured to prevent an engagement of the second interaction element with the third engagement elements when the second counting member is in its second relative position with respect to the second separating member.

14. Drug delivery device comprising a counting mechanism according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Sanofi Sa

Inventors

• Mayer Stefan

Classifications

• G06M1/22

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