Abstract: A data management unit for supporting health control, the unit including: a processor, a data input adapted to input data and/or requests and connected to the processor, a data storage connected to the processor, wherein the processor is adapted to assign a tag referring to an event chosen from a group of tags comprising the fasting tag and at least one other event tag to a new data received from the data input or a measurement unit, wherein the tag is assigned either automatically by the processor and/or via the data input, wherein the fasting tag can only be assigned to the new data if a time stamp of the new data is within a predefined fasting window, wherein the predefined fasting window is stored in the data storage.

Abstract: A drug delivery device comprises an outer surface and a region for receiving a medicament container. The region has an inner surface to contact and support a medicament container received therein. The device also includes a thermal bridge extending between the inner surface and the outer surface to conduct heat between the inner surface and the outer surface. The thermal bridge has a thermal conductivity equal to or greater than 10W/mk.

Abstract: An injection device includes a needle, a needle sleeve surrounding the needle, the needle sleeve having an aperture and being arranged such that the needle extends through the aperture during an injection process, and a needle obscuring element movable between a first position and a second position relative to the needle sleeve. The needle obscuring element is coupled to the needle sleeve when in the first position and when in the second position. The needle obscuring element is arranged to cover a larger portion of the aperture when in the second position than when in the first position.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to features of an injection device arranged to provide a sensory distraction to a user during insertion of a needle into flesh. According to a first aspect, an injector device includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and configured to receive a container of medicament, a needle housing for holding a needle in a position at the distal end of the housing, and a needle sleeve mounted within the housing, wherein the needle sleeve and needle housing are moveable relative to one another by a user action between a first configuration in which the needle sleeve would enclose a needle, and a second configuration in which a needle would extend from the needle sleeve in the distal direction, wherein the needle sleeve comprises a portion configured to vibrate and/or rotate during motion between the first configuration and the second configuration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wearable injection devices that comprise flexible elements. Exemplary devices can comprise flexible reservoirs, flexible housings, and flexible metering mechanisms. The flexible elements of the present disclosure provide improved wearable injection devices with small heights, low profiles, and streamlined, flexible cases that can withstand impact without experiencing adverse performance effects or tearing off of the patient.

Abstract: An injector device comprising an elongate housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and configured to receive a container of medicament, a plunger rod moveable longitudinally within the housing between a primed position and a completed position, the plunger rod being configured to engage a container of medicament when received in the housing; wherein the housing comprises an indicator located in a proximal region of the housing; the indicator comprising a spindle, the spindle comprising a shaft and a dial, and wherein the shaft of the spindle comprises a threaded arrangement configured to engage with a threaded arrangement on the plunger rod such that longitudinal movement of the plunger rod from the primed position towards the completed position is configured to cause the dial of the spindle to rotate to provide a user with information associated with the progress of the injection process dependent upon the longitudinal position of the plunger rod.

Abstract: A patch for placement on the skin and for use with an injector device. The patch comprises a first layer on a first side of the patch, a second layer on a second side of the patch opposite to the first side, and a sealed fluid reservoir between the first and second layers. A fluid is contained within the fluid reservoir. The patch also includes a moveable rupturing element and an aperture. The rupturing element is configured to rupture the fluid reservoir to allow release of the fluid out of the fluid reservoir. The aperture extends at least partially through the patch to receive an injection needle of an injector device. Also provided is a system comprising an injector device and such a patch, and also a method of use of such a patch.

Abstract: An injection device storage container includes a case configured to contain at least one injection device for delivering a medicament; and a hanger arrangement coupled to the case and configured to suspend the case from a supporting wall; wherein the case includes an upper panel having an opening formed therein through which the at least one injection device can be dispensed, and wherein the opening is arranged such that, when the case is suspended from the supporting wall, the at least one injection device is dispensed in a horizontal orientation through the opening.

Abstract: An injector device comprising an elongate housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and configured to receive a container of medicament, a plunger rod moveable longitudinally within the housing between a primed position and a completed position, the plunger rod being configured to be engageable with a container of medicament. The housing comprises an indicator located in a proximal region of the housing. The indicator comprises a display window located in the proximal region of a side wall of the housing, a projection proximally extending from the plunger rod. The projection is coupled to the plunger rod and is visible through the display window in the primed position. The projection is configured to move between a first indicating position and a second indicating position to provide a user with information associated with a progress of an injection process dependent upon the longitudinal position of the plunger rod.

Abstract: An injector device comprising: an outer housing for receiving a medicament container; and a drive mechanism for dispensing medicament from a medicament container received in the outer housing. The drive mechanism comprises a plunger rod and a displacing member configured to displace a distal end of the plunger rod into said medicament container to dispense said medicament. The device further comprises a brake configured to slow the rate of displacement of the plunger rod under the force of the displacing member.

Abstract: The invention refers to a medical device for supporting health control. In order to provide safe access to a dose helper functionality, the device has a first storage means arranged to store an initial data matrix with at least one initial parameter set containing at least two initial data entries for one parameter of the dose helper functionality; receiving means arranged to receive initialization data and/or security data, preferably from a second storage means, for example provided by a hardware key; selecting means operable to select based at least in part on the initialization data one data entry for each initial parameter set as initial data or one initial parameter template containing a reference to one data entry for each initial parameter set as initial data; and first activation means arranged to activate, preferably based at least in part on the security data, execution of the dose helper functionality based on the selected initial data.

Abstract: A medical device for supporting health control is provided. An example medical device can include a receiver unit configured to receive information regarding a current location of the medical device or a current time-zone of the medical device, a user interface, a storage unit storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the medical device to perform operations. Examples of operations include determining a current location of the medical device and/or a current time zone of the medical device from the received information, providing a dose helper functionality employing a titration method to determine and/or recommend a basal long-acting insulin dose value or a corrective amount of basal long-acting insulin to be administered by a patient to the patient based on a measured physiological parameter, information about hyperglycemic events, the determined current location and/or current time zone of the medical device.

Abstract: An auto-injector device comprising an injector body having a proximal end and a distal end; a syringe received in the injector body; a needle disposed in a first end of the syringe to extend toward an opening in the distal end of the injector body; and a sealing element disposed at the distal end of the injector body for making a seal against a patient's skin. The auto-injector is configured to generate a reduced pressure to draw the auto-injector device against the patient's skin. The auto-injector device comprises a pressure-reducing mechanism configured to generate the reduced pressure within the injector body during an injection process. The pressure reducing mechanism comprises a moveable member configured such that movement of the moveable member from a first position to a second position enlarges a closed volume within the injector body to generate the reduced pressure within the closed volume.

Abstract: Described is an electronics assembly with pressure or force sensing capabilities for use in a drug delivery device. The electronics assembly includes a processor, a sensor arranged to measure the force applied by a drive mechanism to drive a medicament from a cartridge, a wireless module to which an external device can be paired, a power module arranged to supply power to the assembly, and memory storing instructions for the processor to perform. The instructions include receiving a measurement signal during the drug delivery operation, and determining if the dose of the medicament was expelled from the drug delivery device based on the received measurement signal.

Abstract: A data management unit for supporting health control and avoiding wrong dose suggestion, the unit including: a processor to provide a dose helper functionality with regard to a predefined medicament, a display, a data input unit, a data storage, a clock unit adapted to determine the absolute time of a dose helper request received by the data input. The processor is adapted to initiate storing at least the time of a dose helper request that is outside the time range around the usual dose time in the data storage. The processor is further adapted to execute the dose helper functionality only if the time of the most recent dose helper request is within the dose time window around the usual dose time. The processor is further adapted to initiate sending a recommendation message for change of usual dose time and/or dose time window to the display.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a data management unit for supporting health control, the unit comprising: a processor, a display connected to the processor and adapted to visibly and/or audibly and/or tangibly display received messages, and a data storage connected to the processor, wherein the data storage stores at least one predefined primary information and at least one predefined secondary information assigned to the at least one predefined primary information, wherein the processor is further adapted to send the one of the at least one predefined primary information and additionally the at least one predefined secondary information to the display, wherein the at least one predefined primary information and the at least one predefined secondary information are displayed on one screen of the display. The disclosure further refers to a respective method and computer program for operating the data management unit, and a respective computer program product.

Abstract: A medicament delivery device comprises a housing containing a medicament delivery mechanism including an injection needle. A sterilizing mechanism is connected to the housing. An adhesive surface provides for securing the housing to a patient's skin during a medicament delivery process. The sterilizing mechanism is configured such that, in use once the housing is secured to a patient's skin, the sterilizing mechanism can be operated to sterilize an area of the patient's skin to serve as an injection site.

Abstract: A data management unit for supporting health control, the unit including: a processor, a data input adapted to input data and/or requests and connected to the processor, a data storage connected to the processor, wherein the processor is adapted to assign a tag referring to an event chosen from a group of tags comprising the fasting tag and at least one other event tag to a new data received from the data input or a measurement unit, wherein the tag is assigned either automatically by the processor and/or via the data input, wherein the fasting tag can only be assigned to the new data if a time stamp of the new data is within a predefined fasting window, wherein the predefined fasting window is stored in the data storage.

Abstract: An auto-injector device comprising an injector body having a proximal end and a distal end; a syringe received in the injector body; a needle disposed in a first end of the syringe to extend toward an opening in the distal end of the injector body; and a sealing element disposed at the distal end of the injector body for making a seal against a patient's skin. The auto-injector is configured to generate a reduced pressure to draw the auto-injector device against the patient's skin. The auto-injector device comprises a pressure-reducing mechanism configured to generate the reduced pressure within the injector body during an injection process. The pressure reducing mechanism comprises a moveable member configured such that movement of the moveable member from a first position to a second position enlarges a closed volume within the injector body to generate the reduced pressure within the closed volume.

Abstract: A skin-patch type medicament delivery device (10, 30, 50) comprises a housing (11) containing a medicament delivery mechanism (12) including an injection needle (13). An adhesive surface (19) is provided for securing the housing (11) to a patient's skin during a medicament delivery process. A sterilizing mechanism is connected to the housing (11) and thus integrated into the device, and comprises a pad (18) impregnated with sterilizing agent which contacts the skin once the housing (11) is secured to a patient, and which can, respectively has to be moved in a swiping action across the injection site to sterilize the latter before the needle insertion and drug administration can be performed.