Abstract: The present invention relates to an infusion device comprising a housing; a compartment inside said housing for positioning a medicament container, an infusion needle arranged to said housing, being connectable to said medicament container for delivering a dose of medicament, a piston plunger arranged in said housing capable of acting on said medicament container for delivering a dose of medicament, mechanical drive means capable of acting on said piston plunger for delivering a dose of medicament. The invention is characterised in that said piston plunger comprises a number of distinct segments being inter-connectable to each other for forming an elongated piston plunger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an RDID tag enabled needle shield assembly that provides a sterile enclosure of an injection needle and that can be fixedly attached to a pre-filled syringe for administering an injection of medicament to a patient after removal of the needle shield assembly. The RFID tag is fixedly attached to the needle shield through co-molding or another form of permanent attachment. The present invention also relates to a method of tracking the life cycle of a medicament injection device where the RFID tag enabled needle shield assembly is attached to an injection needle that is connected to a syringe barrel that is part of an injection device. Data is written to or read from the RFID tag during the entire life cycle of the injection device, including assembly, packaging, storing, distribution and use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information provider for providing information on perceived health status of a patient, comprising a body, a data carrier containing data regarding at least one health status attached to said body. The invention is characterised in that said data carrier is designed to provide said data regarding at least one health status to a reader configured to read said data carrier.

Abstract: A transport assembly for shipping components of a medicament delivery device to final assembly is presented, where the transport assembly has a plunger rod, a first resilient member configured to bias the plunger rod, an elongated plunger rod holder configured to receive the plunger rod, a transport securing sleeve configured to receive a portion of the plunger rod holder, and configured to move axially from a first position relative to the plunger rod holder in which the transport securing sleeve prevents the plunger rod holder to disengage from the plunger rod to a second position located distally relative to the first position, enabling disengagement of the plunger rod holder from the plunger rod, a rear end cap, and a second resilient member configured to bear against the rear end cap and configured to bias the transport securing sleeve in the proximal direction away from the second position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device (10) comprising a housing (12, 14); a medicament container holder (90), arranged movable in relation to said housing (12, 14) and capable of accommodating a medicament container (92); an biased activator (160) comprising a plunger rod (164), which plunger rod (164) is arranged to act on the medicament container (92) for delivering a dose of medicament through a medicament delivery member (102 when said biased activator (160) is operated; a manually operable dose setting member (72) operably connected to both said housing and said medicament container holder such that manual operation of said dose setting member (72) will cause the medicament container holder (90) with the medicament container (92) to move towards said plunger rod (164) for setting a dose of medicament to be delivered; a dose drum (56) releasably connected to the dose setting member (72) through a releasable connection mechanism (68, 84I) such that when the dose setting member is op

Abstract: A safety arrangement for being used in a medicament delivery device, comprising a container holder with a body section and a flange seat and a shell. The container holder is arranged to receive a container with a longitudinal body at one end passing over into a distal flange and at an opposite end passing over into a proximal orifice via a shoulder, such that the distal flanges of the container contacts the flange seat of the container holder. Moreover, the container holder is arranged in the shell such that the container holder is movable in a proximal direction in relation to the shell. A blocking element is arranged between the shell and the container holder. A blocking initiating structure is arranged to reposition the blocking element when the container holder is moved in the proximal direction in relation to the shell from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a administration assembly for a medicament delivery device, comprising: an elongated tubular delivery member cover (7), a cartridge holder (11) configured to be received by the delivery member cover (7) and configured to accommodate a medicament cartridge (31), the cartridge holder (11) having a radially flexible and radially inwards extending cartridge blocking protrusion (11b) configured to prevent the medicament cartridge (31) from moving proximally until being subjected to a proximally directed force larger than a threshold value, a needle assembly (13) comprising a double-edged needle having a proximally extending needle portion (13a) and a distally extending needle portion (13b), wherein the needle assembly (13) is configured to be assembled with the cartridge holder (11) so that the distally extending needle portion (13b) extends into the cartridge holder (11), and an administration mechanism including a plunger rod (27) configured to be proximally biased, wherein the

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mock-up medicament injector for training purposes or an actual medicament injection device (1) comprising a sensor device (2) configured to detect movements of the whole device, and a logging device (3) configured to record said movements and thus track user behaviour of the device. The sensor can be e.g. an accelerometer, gyroscope or magnetometer. The device can communicate the logged data either in real time or at a later point in time from its memory to an external computer device. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for tracking behaviour of a user using the medicament injector or training device (1).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nozzle device for atomisation of a liquid, wherein the nozzle device comprises: a substrate, a sieve-side membrane comprising a plurality of sieve-side orifices, the sieve-side membrane being provided on a sieve-side of the substrate, a spray-side membrane comprising a plurality of spray-side orifices, the spray-side membrane being provided on a spray-side of the substrate, wherein the substrate has a first cavity portion extending to the sieve-side membrane, and a second cavity portion extending from the first cavity portion to the spray-side membrane, thereby providing fluid communication, along a fluid communication axis, between the sieve-side orifices and the spray-side orifices, the first cavity portion having a larger cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the second cavity portion, the cross-sections being with respect to the fluid communication axis.

Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member an a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged within an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.

Abstract: A medicament delivery device and a controller is disclosed. The medicament delivery device includes a medicament container, plunger rod and a resilient member. The plunger rod is in contact with a slidable stopper within the medicament container for expelling a medicament. The resilient member is used for applying a force to the plunger rod upon a delivery of the medicament. In addition, the controller is configured to detect a completion of a delivery stroke of the plunger rod according to an inductive property of the resilient member.

Abstract: An administration assembly for a medicament delivery device is presented having a plunger rod, a plunger rod holder and an activation sleeve configured to receive a portion of the plunger rod holder. The triggering member is configured to move the activation sleeve from a first position to a second position relative to the plunger rod holder. The plunger rod is configured to be axially locked relative to the plunger rod holder when the activation sleeve is in the first position. The plunger rod is released from being axially locked when the activation sleeve is moved towards the second position.

Abstract: A medicament delivery device for injections or inhalations comprises a supplementary device affixed to it. The supplemental device is provided with an optical system for monitoring a dosage of medicament. The optical system is able to receive reflected and refracted optical images of the dosage value as the optical signals from the medicament delivery device and thus keep a dosage window on the medicament delivery device free for direct monitoring by a user due to changing the transferring of the optical signal direction. The supplemental device is able to analyze, record and display the dosage and the other relevant data on a display and inform the user. The supplemental device is also able to transmit the medicament delivery data to an external device. A method for collecting the medicament delivery data including the medicament dosage information from a dosage setting mechanism and controlling the dosage, recording and displaying the dosage data by the supplemental device on its display is disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament injection device (1) comprising a housing (3) arranged to receive a medicament container (11a), a needle cover (9) movable relative to the housing (3), from a retracted position, in which it engages the housing (3) and enables medicament delivery, to an extended position, a plunger rod (7), and a plunger driver (5) movable relative to the housing (3) from all initial position to a final position, and arranged to actuate the plunger rod (7), wherein the plunger rod (7) has a first guide arrangement and the housing (3) has a second guide arrangement, the first guide arrangement (7d) and the second guide arrangement being arranged to cooperate to guide movement of the plunger rod (7) relative to the housing (3), wherein the first guide arrangement and the second guide arrangement in a first stage provide a linear motion path for the plunger rod (7), enabling the plunger rod (7) to initially move in the axial direction and in a second stage provide a rotation motion

Abstract: An administration assembly is presented having a plunger rod, a first resilient member biasing the plunger rod, an elongated plunger rod holder configured to receive the plunger rod, an activation sleeve receiving a portion of the plunger rod holder, and configured to move axially from a first position relative to the plunger rod holder to a second position. The activation sleeve is biased towards the first position and the plunger rod holder has a first and second hold and release structure, wherein in the first position the activation sleeve is configured to maintain the first hold and release structure in an axially locking contact position with the second hold and release structure in which the second hold and release structure is prevented from movement relative to the first hold and release structure, thereby locking the plunger rod axially relative to the plunger rod holder.

Abstract: An actuation mechanism is presented for a medicament delivery device having a plunger rod arranged to act on a stopper of a medicament container, an actuator arranged slidable and connected to the plunger rod for acting on the stopper when said actuator is operated by displacing it in a longitudinal direction of the actuation mechanism, and an activator for activating the actuation mechanism and for setting a dose. The activator having a generally tubular activator sleeve provided with a spirally extending groove on an outer surface, the groove arranged with a length corresponding to the total amount of medicament to be delivered in a number of doses contained in said medicament container, where the groove is provided with an end wall, a stop ring arranged coaxial with said activator sleeve. The activator sleeve arranged with a follower positioned in the groove and the follower arranged to abut the end wall when the total amount has been delivered.

Abstract: A medicament container holder for a medicament delivery device is presented having a C-shaped tubular body having a longitudinal gap extending along the entire axial extension of the C-shaped tubular body, which C-shaped tubular body is configured to be placed around a medicament container, wherein the C-shaped tubular body has a first axial end provided with an end flange extending radially inwards and configured to bear against a neck of a medicament container, and wherein the first axial end is provided with a lip extending proximally from the end flange.

Abstract: A needle shield remover is presented having a generally tubular body with a longitudinal extension and a grip element composed of a braided sleeve arranged to the tubular body, where the braided sleeve has an opening of such a diameter that a needle shield may be introduced, where the diameter narrows such that a friction fit is created between the braided sleeve and the needle shield when said needle shield is pulled for removing the needle shield.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device comprising a housing, a container holder arranged within said housing, the container holder being configured for accommodating a medicament container having a needle attached to one end thereof and a stopper sealingly and slidable arranged inside the medicament container at the other end thereof, a drive unit comprising a plunger rod and plunger drive means, the plunger drive means being slidable arranged in relation to the plunger rod, being rotationally locked to the plunger rod and being rotatable in relation to the housing, said drive unit further comprising a first energy accumulating member arranged in the interior of the housing of the injection device and adapted to accumulate and store energy, wherein said plunger drive means is operationally associated with said first energy accumulating member, wherein the plunger drive means is releasable such that due to an output torque from said first energy accumulating member, the plunger drive means are allowed to