Pharmaceutical injection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9526831-B2
Application number	US-201214343493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2012
Priority date	Sep 12, 2011
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

This pharmaceutical injection device comprises a main body case ( 2 ) that has an injection needle insertion and retraction opening ( 1 ); pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion ( 3 ) that is provided within the main body case ( 2 ); a piston ( 5 ) that is provided movably with respect to a pharmaceutical syringe ( 4 ) that is mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion ( 3 ); a drive mechanism ( 6 ) that drives the piston ( 5 ); a controller ( 7 ) that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism ( 6 ); and a display section ( 35 ) that is electrically connected to the controller ( 7 ). The controller ( 7 ) updates the display content that is displayed on the display section ( 35 ) according to the number of times the drive mechanism ( 6 ) has been driven, and saves this updated display content in a memory ( 51 ), so that when the drive mechanism ( 6 ) has been driven a specific number of times, the display contents during the various instances of drive that were saved in the memory ( 51 ) are combined.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pharmaceutical injection device, comprising:
a main body case that has an injection needle insertion and retraction opening;
a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion that is provided within the main body case;
a piston that is provided movably with respect to a pharmaceutical syringe mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion;
a drive mechanism configured to drive the piston;
a controller that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism; and
a display section that is electrically connected to the controller,
wherein the controller updates a display content displayed on the display section according to a number of times the drive mechanism has been driven, and saves the updated display content in a memory, so that when the number of times the drive mechanism has been driven reaches a specific number, the display contents during the various instances of drive that were saved in the memory are combined, and
when the drive mechanism is driven again within a specific length of time, the controller puts the display content displayed on the display section in a non-updated state.

2. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the drive mechanism is driven again within a specific length of time, the controller displays the display content from the previous update.

3. The pharmaceutical injection device according claim 1 ,
wherein the controller saves in the memory a finished product display obtained by combining the display contents for the various instances of drive.

4. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the controller selectively displays the finished product display saved in the memory, and the display content from the last update.

5. A pharmaceutical injection device, comprising:
a main body case that has an injection needle insertion and retraction opening;
a pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion that is provided within the main body case;
a piston that is provided movably with respect to a pharmaceutical syringe mounted to the pharmaceutical syringe mounting portion;
a drive mechanism configured to drive the piston;
a controller that is electrically connected to the drive mechanism; and
a display section that is electrically connected to the controller,
wherein the controller updates a display content displayed on the display section according to a number of times the drive mechanism has been driven, and saves the updated display content in a memory, so that when the number of times the drive mechanism has been driven reaches a specific number, the display contents during the various instances of drive that were saved in the memory are combined, and
when the number of times the drive mechanism has been driven within a specific length of time does not reach a specific number, the controller causes the display section to display a message to the effect that a finished product display in which the display contents for the various instances of drive are combined cannot be given.

6. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 5 ,
wherein, when the number of times the drive mechanism has been driven within a specific length of time does not reach a specific number, the controller deletes the display content saved in the memory.

7. The pharmaceutical injection device according claim 5 ,
wherein the controller saves in the memory a finished product display obtained by combining the display contents for the various instances of drive.

8. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the controller selectively displays the finished product display saved in the memory, and the display content from the last update.

Assignees

• Kondoh Tsuguhiro
• Kikuchi Seiji
• Hanada Takashi
• Panasonic Healthcare Co Ltd
• Japan Chem Res

Inventors

• Kondoh Tsuguhiro
• Kikuchi Seiji
• Hanada Takashi

Classifications

• A61M5/2066

  comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing · CPC title

• A61M2205/59

  Aesthetic features, e.g. distraction means to prevent fears of child patients · CPC title

• A61M2205/14

  Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus · CPC title

• A61M2205/502

  User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards · CPC title

• A61M5/1452

  pressurised by means of pistons · CPC title