Abstract: A medication dispensing apparatus that provides a mechanical advantage. During dose preparing, a nut rotating element (410) and a screw element (368) are in a first axial arrangement such that a screwing motion of the nut rotating element and screw element relative to the apparatus housing that moves the elements a first axial distance from a home position screws a nut (364) along a drive member threaded shaft (362) a second axial distance different than the first axial distance. During dose dispensing, the nut rotating element and the screw element are in a second axial arrangement, whereby a screwing motion of the screw element relative to the housing back toward the home position advances a plunger (366) in the distal direction to axially advance the nut and thereby the drive member and a fluid container piston to dispense medicine.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 9, 2004
Publication date:
September 14, 2006
Applicant:
Eli Lily and Company Patent Division
Inventors:
Otto DeRuntz, Kenneth Focht, Alexander Jacobs, Elizabeth Johansen, Jared Judson
Abstract: The present invention is a method for treating anxiety or mood disorders in elderly subjects comprising administering to the subject exhibiting an anxiety or mood disorder an effective amount of an agent that modulates A? in the subject.