Pharmaceutical injection device, and pharmaceutical management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9861768-B2
Application number	US-201515101930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2015
Priority date	Jan 28, 2014
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A pharmaceutical injection device may comprise a main body case in the interior of which a pharmaceutical syringe can be mounted; a drive means that is provided inside the main body case and pushes out the pharmaceutical inside the pharmaceutical syringe through a syringe needle; a cover that opens and closes an opening on the side of the main body case where the syringe needle is mounted; an outside air temperature sensor that measures a first temperature, which is the temperature outside the main body case; a display component; and a controller that controls the drive means and the display component and acquires the first temperature at predetermined intervals. When the cover is closed, the controller causes the display component to display information about the storage state of the pharmaceutical in the mounted pharmaceutical syringe on the basis of the first temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pharmaceutical injection device, comprising:
a main body case, in the interior of which a pharmaceutical syringe can be mounted;
a drive mechanism that is provided inside the main body case and that pushes a pharmaceutical inside the pharmaceutical syringe out of a syringe needle;
a cover that opens and closes an opening on a side of the main body case on which the syringe needle is mounted;
an outside air temperature sensor that measures a first temperature, which is a temperature outside the main body case;
a display component; and
a controller that controls the drive mechanism and the display component, and acquires the first temperature at first predetermined intervals,
wherein when the cover is closed, the controller causes the display component to display information about a pre-warning or a caution for preventing damage to the pharmaceutical inside of the mounted pharmaceutical syringe when the first temperature measured by the outside air temperature sensor is at or over a first specific value.

2. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a sensor for sensing whether the cover is open or closed,
wherein, when the sensor has sensed that the cover is closed, the controller causes the display component to display information about the pre-warning or the caution on the basis of the first temperature.

3. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pre-warning has a higher urgency than the caution,
the controller causes the display component to display information about the caution when the first temperature is at least the first specific value and less than a second specific value, and
the display component to display the pre-warning when the first temperature is equal to or greater than the second specific value.

4. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an outside air measurement opening is provided to the main body case,
the outside air temperature sensor is provided to a portion inside the main body case that is opposite the outside air measurement opening, and
the outside air measurement opening is opened and closed by the cover.

5. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a communication component that is connected to the controller and is able to communicate with an external device,
wherein the controller sends the external device information about a storage state of the pharmaceutical.

6. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ,
comprising an inside air temperature sensor that measures a second temperature, which is a temperature inside the main body case,
wherein the controller acquires the second temperature at second predetermined intervals, and causes the display component to display information about the pre-warning or the caution on the basis of the second temperature.

7. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the inside air temperature sensor is disposed in a space inside the main body case that is blocked off from outside air when the cover is closed.

8. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the controller changes the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval according to changes in a storage state of the pharmaceutical.

9. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the controller causes the display component to display a notification to an effect that the pharmaceutical cannot be used, or the pre-warning or the caution, on the basis of the second temperature.

10. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the controller acquires amount of pharmaceutical damage in the mounted pharmaceutical syringe on the basis of cumulative time the pre-warning or the caution is outputted, and
causes the display component to display a notification to the effect that the pharmaceutical cannot be used, on the basis of this damage amount.

11. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the controller prohibits operation of the drive mechanism according to the damage amount.

12. A pharmaceutical management system, comprising:
the pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 1 ; and
a communication device that is connected so as to be able to communicate with the pharmaceutical injection device, and has a second controller and a second display component,
wherein the second controller acquires measured temperature values from the pharmaceutical injection device, produces information indicating a storage state of the pharmaceutical on the basis of these temperature values, and displays the information on the second display component.

13. The pharmaceutical management system according to claim 12 ,
wherein the information indicating the storage state of the pharmaceutical includes a pharmaceutical damage amount calculated on the basis of the temperature values.

14. The pharmaceutical management system according to claim 12 ,
wherein the information indicating the storage state of the pharmaceutical causes the second display component to display information identifying the temperature region in which the pharmaceutical is damaged.

15. A pharmaceutical injection device, comprising:
a main body case, in the interior of which a pharmaceutical syringe can be mounted;
a drive mechanism that is provided inside the main body case and that pushes a pharmaceutical inside the pharmaceutical syringe out of a syringe needle;
an outside air temperature sensor that measures a first temperature, which is a temperature outside the main body case;
an inside air temperature sensor that measures a second temperature, which is a temperature inside the main body case;
a display component; and
a controller that controls the drive mechanism and the display component,
wherein when the first temperature is at or above a first predetermined value, the controller causes the display component to display information about a pre-warning or a caution for preventing damage to the pharmaceutical inside of the mounted pharmaceutical syringe, on the basis of the first temperature.

16. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the controller further causes the display component to display information about the pre-warning or the caution on the basis of the second temperature.

17. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the controller acquires the first temperature at predetermined intervals, and causes the display component to display a notification to an effect that the device cannot be used, on the basis of difference between the first temperature and the previously acquired first temperature.

18. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the controller prohibits operation of the drive mechanism on the basis of difference between the first temperature and the second temperature.

19. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the controller:
acquires the first temperature at first predetermined intervals,
acquires the second temperature at second predetermined intervals, and
changes the first predetermined interval and the second predetermined interval according to changes in a storage state of the pharmaceutical.

20. The pharmaceutical injection device according to claim 15 ,
comprising a communication component that is connected to the control

Assignees

• Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kataoka Yoshihiro
• Aoki Tooru
• Kikuchi Seiji
• Murakami Kenji
• Tanida Takahiko
• Nakanishi Katsumi

Classifications

• A61M2205/3569

  sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable · CPC title

• A61M2205/502

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

• A61M5/20

  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

• A61M5/3146

  Priming, e.g. purging, reducing backlash or clearance · CPC title

• A61M2005/206

  With automatic needle insertion · CPC title