Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic injector device comprising a single-use, disposable, drug delivery assembly comprising a housing and a syringe assembly located at least partially within the housing, said syringe assembly including a plunger, a pre-filled unit-dose drug containing chamber, and needle, said plunger, drug containing chamber and needle being configured and dimensioned to function as an injection syringe; a reusable motorized transmission assembly comprising a housing, a motor and transmission assembly located within the housing, said transmission assembly being configured and dimensioned to engage the plunger of said syringe in the drug delivery assembly and expel said unit dose drug from the drug containing chamber, into the needle and out of the drug delivery assembly; said single-use disposable drug delivery assembly and said reusable motorized transmission assembly are in substantial axial alignment along a longitudinal axis defined by the syringe, plunger, pre-filled unit-dose drug con

Abstract: An add-on device for a metered dose inhaler, an observance improvement system, and a method for improving observance of use in metered dose inhalers, the add-on device comprising an observance system housing component comprising an observance system with at least one pressure sensor; a mouthpiece component configured to fit, surround and removably engage with an exterior surface of a mouthpiece outlet provided on the metered dose inhaler; wherein the observance system housing is configured to fit and removably engage with the mouthpiece component; and the mouthpiece component is specifically adapted to conform to the exterior surface of the mouthpiece outlet of the metered dose inhaler without obstructing delivery of a dose of drug through the outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an add-on device for a metered dose inhaler, an observance improvement system, and a method for improving observance of use in metered dose inhalers, the add-on device comprising an observance system housing component comprising an observance system with at least one pressure sensor; a mouthpiece component configured to fit, surround and removably engage with an exterior surface of a mouthpiece outlet provided on the metered dose inhaler; wherein said observance system housing is configured to fit and removably engage with said mouthpiece component; and said mouthpiece component is specifically adapted to conform to the exterior surface of the mouthpiece outlet of the metered dose inhaler without obstructing delivery of a dose of drug through said outlet.

Abstract: A dose monitoring system for mounting on an injection pen having a body and a dose setting wheel defined at the end of the body. The dose monitoring system includes a magnet configured to be attached to an outer surface of the dose setting wheel, a housing configured to be attached to an outer surface of the body of the injection pen, the housing includes an integrated control unit and at least one magnetometer in electrical connection with the integrated control unit, the integrated control unit, when the housing is mounted on the injection pen, being configured to register at least one magnetic field sensed by the at least one magnetometer when the magnet co-rotates with the dose setting wheel during setting of a dose by a user on the injection pen, the integrated control unit being further configured, when the housing is mounted on the injection pen, to calculate a dose set by the user of the injection pen from the at least one magnetic field registered with the integrated control unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dose control system adapted for an injectable drug delivery device, the drug delivery device comprising a substantially elongate drug delivery body, at least one injectable drug held by the body, the body having a distal and proximal extremity, wherein the dose control system comprises three-dimensional magnetic field producing means for producing a magnetic field along three axes (x,y,z); magnetic field detection means configured to detect changes in at least the magnetic field produced by the three-dimensional magnetic field producing means; displacement detection means configured to measure a relative displacement or relative movement of the drug delivery device, and an integrated control unit, wherein the integrated control unit is connected to the magnetic field detection means, and to the displacement detection means, for processing information received from both the magnetic field detection means and the displacement detection means; wherein the three-dimensional magn

Abstract: A dose control device adapted to be removably mounted onto an exterior peripheral surface of an injectable drug delivery device, the drug delivery device including a substantially elongate drug delivery body, at least one injectable drug held by the body, the body having a distal and proximal extremity. The dose control device includes a first component configured to fit and substantially encase at least a portion of an exterior peripheral surface of the drug delivery device, and located at a proximal extremity of the drug delivery device; a second component configured to fit and substantially encase a corresponding remaining unencased portion of the exterior peripheral surface of the drug delivery device, and also located at a proximal extremity of the drug delivery device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metered dose inhaler (MDI) device comprising a mechanically activated visual cue representing a number of doses expelled from, or doses remaining in, a drug-containing cartridge or canister locatable within a body of said MDI, wherein the visual cue is visible through at least a portion of the body of said MDI, and a removable data processing system configured to verify the dose of drug administered and/or inhaled, wherein the MDI device further comprises a correlation system configured to correlate physically released doses from the drug containing cartridge or canister with the administration and/or inhalation data stored in the removable data processing system.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic injector device comprising a single-use, disposable, drug delivery assembly comprising a housing and a syringe assembly located at least partially within the housing, said syringe assembly including a plunger, a pre-filled unit-dose drug containing chamber, and needle, said plunger, drug containing chamber and needle being configured and dimensioned to function as an injection syringe; a reusable motorized transmission assembly comprising a housing, a motor and transmission assembly located within the housing, said transmission assembly being configured and dimensioned to engage the plunger of said syringe in the drug delivery assembly and expel said unit dose dmg from the drug containing chamber, into the needle and out of the drug delivery assembly; said single-use disposable drug delivery assembly and said reusable motorized transmission assembly are in substantial axial alignment along a longitudinal axis defined by the syringe, plunger, pre-filled unit-dose drug cont

Abstract: Dose control device for a handheld pen-type injectable-drug delivery device, the handheld pen-type injectable-drug delivery device comprising an elongate body with a proximal and distal extremity, a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity, and a rotatable dose setting wheel located at said proximal extremity, wherein said dose control device comprises a magnetic field producing means located at the proximal extremity of said elongate body; one or more magnetic field sensors in communication with a data processing unit located on an outer surface of, or inside, the elongate body; and a clutch assembly configured to selectively move the magnetic field producing means from a first, engaged, position, to a second, disengaged, position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an add-on device for a metered dose inhaler, an observance improvement system, and a method for improving observance of use in metered dose inhalers, the add-on device comprising an observance system housing component comprising an observance system with at least one pressure sensor; a mouthpiece component configured to fit, surround and removably engage with an exterior surface of a mouthpiece outlet provided on the metered dose inhaler; wherein said observance system housing is configured to fit and removably engage with said mouthpiece component; and said mouthpiece component is specifically adapted to conform to the exterior surface of the mouthpiece outlet of the metered dose inhaler without obstructing delivery of a dose of drug through said outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dose control system adapted for an injectable drug delivery device, the drug delivery device comprising a substantially elongate drug delivery body, at least one injectable drug held by the body, the body having a distal and proximal extremity, wherein the dose control system comprises three-dimensional magnetic field producing means for producing a magnetic field along three axes (x,y,z); magnetic field detection means configured to detect changes in at least the magnetic field produced by the three-dimensional magnetic field producing means; displacement detection means configured to measure a relative displacement or relative movement of the drug delivery device, and an integrated control unit, wherein the integrated control unit is connected to the magnetic field detection means, and to the displacement detection means, for processing information received from both the magnetic field detection means and the displacement detection means; wherein the three-dimensional magn

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dose control device adapted to be removably mounted onto an exterior peripheral surface of an injectable drug delivery device, the drug delivery device comprising a substantially elongate drug delivery body, at least one injectable drug held by the body, the body having a distal and proximal extremity, wherein the dose control device comprises a first component configured to fit and substantially encase at least a portion of an exterior peripheral surface of said drug delivery device, and located at a proximal extremity of said drug delivery device; a second component configured to fit and substantially encase a corresponding remaining unencased portion of the exterior peripheral surface of said drug delivery device, and also located at a proximal extremity of said drug delivery device; wherein said first component and said second component removably engage with each other to form a unit having a longitudinal bore that extends along a longitudinal axis of said drug delivery