Wireless Communication Enabled Drug Delivery Device and Method

    公开(公告)号:US20220347398A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17621135

    申请日:2020-06-16

    Applicant: AMGEN INC.

    Abstract: This disclosure describes a drug delivery device with communication functionality for purposes of transferring information to a user device, such as a smartphone, while maintaining power-efficient operation. The drug delivery device comprises a controller configured to, while operating in the active mode, use one or more sensors to detect that the injection mechanism has performed an injection. The controller is also configured to generate in memory a data entry indicative of the injection and/or a state of the drug delivery device, and switch into the low-power mode subsequent to or contemporaneous with detecting that the injection mechanism has performed the injection. The drug delivery device also comprises a wireless communication module powered by the power source and configured to establish a wireless connection with and transfer a message to a user device while the controller is operating in the low-power mode.

    Insertion mechanism for drug delivery device

    公开(公告)号:US11464900B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US17099137

    申请日:2020-11-16

    Applicant: AMGEN INC.

    Abstract: An insertion mechanism for a drug delivery device including a trocar, a housing, and a manifold in fluid communication with a fluid pathway connector and movable relative to the housing between a first manifold position adjacent to a proximal end of the housing and a second manifold position adjacent to a distal end of the housing. A hub carrying the trocar or hollow delivery needle is removably connected to the manifold, the hub being movable relative to the housing between a first hub position adjacent to the proximal end of the housing and a second hub position adjacent to the distal end of the housing. A power source is configured to generate rotational motion. A motion conversion mechanism operatively connects the power source and the hub, and is configured to convert the rotational motion into linear motion of the hub.

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