30 results about "Discharge medications" patented technology

A semi-automatic medicine packaging machine includes a medication feed outlet that feeds and discharges medications into a hopper, a sealing unit that seals medications in the hopper by medication envelope(s) on which instruction labels are printed by a printing unit, a button operation unit that inputs a user's operation into the controller, a manual dispensing tray, an automatic supply unit including a plurality of tablet cassettes, and a user information input unit that inputs user information into a controller that controls the overall operation of the machine and includes a user authentication unit for authenticating a user.

A child resistant senior friendly medication storage and distribution package including a blister portion and a blocking substrate sandwiched between a dispensing substrate and a backing substrate. The procedure to access the medicament is easy for an adult to understand and accomplish, yet difficult for most children. The blister portion contains a base layer and a blister layer. The blister layer includes an article receiving blister designed for holding the medicament. The dispensing substrate has a dispensing substrate blister receiver. The blister receiver is configured to cooperate with the blister so it extends through the dispensing substrate. The blocking substrate includes a gate that initially covers a portion of the blister. The gate must be moved, or slid, out of the way in order to eject the medicament. The user applies a force to the gate causing it to translate between the backing substrate and the dispensing substrate.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of medicines, and provides a medication information management system, method and terminal equipment. The medication information management system comprises: a medication knowledge base module which includes basic information of medicines, contents of medicine components, medicine compatibility and other information, a prescription / advices of doctors audit module which is used for auditing outpatient and emergency prescriptions and advices of doctors for hospitalization according to the medication knowledge base module and the basic information, diagnosis information, allergic history information and other information of a patient, and sending the audit result to a drug dispensing system and a liquid mixing system of a pharmacy, and a medication integration module which is used for performing extraction and collection on the past medication information, medication in hospitals, medication for outpatient and discharge medication of thepatient, sorting the extracted and collected information according to the drugs, the usage and dosage and the medication course of treatment, performing medication intervention or medication guidanceon the medication situation of the patient according to the sorting result, and generating a medication instructor. Therefore, the medication information management system, method and terminal equipment can solve the problems of acquisition, utilization, processing and integration of medication information, and can realize effective beforehand intervention for medication.

An injection device, method, and system for drug delivery includes a primary container for storing a drug, the container having a stopper movably disposed in the container for expelling the drug, an injection drive mechanism comprising a plunger for acting on the stopper and an energy source for exerting a force on the plunger to cause the plunger to act on the stopper to expel the drug, the force causing the plunger to accelerate to a velocity prior to acting on the stopper, and a damping mechanism for reducing the velocity of the plunger prior to acting on the stopper. The damping mechanism can include a dashpot or an energy absorbing material associated with the plunger. Alternatively or additionally, the damping mechanisms can include absorbing material disposed between support members of an outer casing of the injection device and the primary container.

A child resistant senior friendly medication storage and distribution package including a blister portion and a blocking substrate sandwiched between a dispensing substrate and a backing substrate. The procedure to access the medicament is easy for an adult to understand and accomplish, yet difficult for most children. The blister portion contains a base layer and a blister layer. The blister layer includes an article receiving blister designed for holding the medicament. The dispensing substrate has a dispensing substrate blister receiver. The blister receiver is configured to cooperate with the blister so it extends through the dispensing substrate. The blocking substrate includes a gate that initially covers a portion of the blister. The gate must be moved, or slid, out of the way in order to eject the medicament. The user applies a force to the gate causing it to translate between the backing substrate and the dispensing substrate.

Disclosed is a semi-automatic medicine packaging machine with cassette lock unit that improves packaging efficiency and speed by supplying an automatic supply unit and prevents an unauthorized person from supplement and outflow of tablets by fixing tablet cassettes arrayed in the automatic supply unit as a whole. The semi-automatic medicine packaging machine including a medication feed outlet that feeds and discharges medications into a hopper, a sealing unit that seals medications in the hopper by medication envelope(s), a printing unit that prints data on medication envelope(s), a controller that controls the overall apparatus, and a button operation unit that inputs a user's operation into the controller includes an upper shelf; cassette stands; an automatic supply unit including a plurality of tablet cassettes established on the upper part of the cassette stands; and a cassette lock unit that prevents separation of the tablet cassettes from the cassette stands.

Disclosed is a semi-automatic medicine packaging machine that improves packaging efficiency and speed by supplying an automatic supply unit and prevents supplement and outflow of tablets by an unauthorized person and makes tablets kept and treated more safely. The semi-automatic medicine packaging machine including a medication feed outlet that feeds and discharges medications into a hopper, a sealing unit that seals medications in the hopper by medication envelope(s) on which instruction labels are printed by a printing unit, a controller that controls the overall apparatus, and a button operation unit that inputs a user's operation into the controller includes an upper shelf; an automatic supply unit including a plurality of tablet cassettes established on the upper part of the cassette stands; and a user information input unit that inputs user information into the controller; in which the controller includes a user authentication unit that authenticates a user.

The invention provides an information medication reminding method. A nursing system generates and prints a discharge medication list of a patient; a patient information bar code which only corresponds to a patient identity is printed on the discharge medication list; the patient scans the patient information bar code on the discharge medication list through an intelligent terminal; the terminal transmits a discharge medication list request message to the nursing system; the discharge medication list request message carries the patient information bar code scanned by the terminal; the nursing system identifies patient identity information according to the received patient information bar code, queries the discharge medication list corresponding to the patient and transmits the discharge medication list to the terminal of the patient; a medication reminding form corresponding to the patient identity is queried according to the identified patient identity information; and the nursing system pushes medication reminding messages to the terminal of the patient one by one according to the medication time of various drugs in the medication reminding form. According to the information medication reminding method, a closed-loop reminding method for medication reminding, monitoring, querying and feedback is achieved.

An automatic medication injection device comprises a driver (95), a retractor (190, 230) and a blocking member (180). Upon device triggering the driver is shifted proximally to move a device syringe,expel medication from the syringe0, and then to disengage itself from the syringe plunger. The driver and the blocking member have a complementary camming configuration by which the blocking member, during the driver shifting, is automatically rotated from a first rotational orientation to a second rotational orientation. The blocking member blocks retraction of the retractor when disposed in thefirst rotational orientation, and permits retraction of the retractor when disposed in the second rotational orientation, which retractor retraction withdraws the device syringe from an injecting position to a retracted position.

Medicine feeding canister for in an automated medicine dispensing device, wherein the canister comprises a housing, a storage for storing a plurality of medicine units, a discharge for discharging themedicine units and a feeding mechanism for feeding the stored medicine units to the discharge, wherein the storage comprises a plurality of medicine holders, each of the medicine holders being arranged for holding one medicine unit separated from the other held medicine units, and wherein the feeding mechanism is arranged for feeding the medicine units in the medicine holders to the discharge.

An injection device, method, and system for drug delivery includes a primary container for storing a drug, the container having a stopper movably disposed in the container for expelling the drug, an injection drive mechanism comprising a plunger for acting on the stopper and an energy source for exerting a force on the plunger to cause the plunger to act on the stopper to expel the drug, the force causing the plunger to accelerate to a velocity prior to acting on the stopper, and a damping mechanism for reducing the velocity of the plunger prior to acting on the stopper. The damping mechanism can include a dashpot or an energy absorbing material associated with the plunger. Alternatively or additionally, the damping mechanisms can include absorbing material disposed between support members of an outer casing of the injection device and the primary container.

A manually actuated drug-injecting device is configured such that the grip strength of the entire hand (i.e., majority of fingers closing toward the palm or heel of the hand) is employed to discharge medication through a hypodermic needle and into a patient's body. The device is well suited for delivering medications with high viscosity and / or by patients (e.g., elderly patients) with reduced finger strength and dexterity. The device includes a grip member, a push member (which causes the medication to be injected), and a force-transfer mechanism that couples the grip member to the push member. Suitably, the device is configured to be held transverse to the palm of the medication-administering hand, with a discharge port located by the outer, blade edge of the administering hand, when the device is being gripped to administer medication.

A medicine tank for an automatic drug dispensing device, wherein the tank includes: a housing; a storage member for storing a plurality of drug units; a discharge member for discharging the drug units; and a supply mechanism for dispensing the stored drug units are supplied to the discharge member, wherein the storage member comprises a plurality of drug holders each arranged to hold a drug unit separate from the other held drug units, and Wherein the feeding mechanism is arranged for feeding the medicament unit in the medicament holder to the ejector.

The invention provides an information medication reminding method. A nursing system generates and prints a discharge medication list of a patient; a patient information bar code which only corresponds to a patient identity is printed on the discharge medication list; the patient scans the patient information bar code on the discharge medication list through an intelligent terminal; the terminal transmits a discharge medication list request message to the nursing system; the discharge medication list request message carries the patient information bar code scanned by the terminal; the nursing system identifies patient identity information according to the received patient information bar code, queries the discharge medication list corresponding to the patient and transmits the discharge medication list to the terminal of the patient; a medication reminding form corresponding to the patient identity is queried according to the identified patient identity information; and the nursing system pushes medication reminding messages to the terminal of the patient one by one according to the medication time of various drugs in the medication reminding form. According to the information medication reminding method, a closed-loop reminding method for medication reminding, monitoring, querying and feedback is achieved.

A manually actuated drug-injecting device is configured such that the grip strength of the entire hand (i.e., majority of fingers closing toward the palm or heel of the hand) is employed to discharge medication through a hypodermic needle and into a patient's body. The device is well suited for delivering medications with high viscosity and / or by patients (e.g., elderly patients) with reduced finger strength and dexterity. The device includes a grip member, a push member (which causes the medication to be injected), and a force-transfer mechanism that couples the grip member to the push member. Suitably, the device is configured to be held transverse to the palm of the medication-administering hand, with a discharge port located by the outer, blade edge of the administering hand, when the device is being gripped to administer medication.

A drug delivery device usable with a drug container wherein advancement of a piston within the container expels drug. The device includes a housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a drive belt having a distal edge section and a proximal edge section. The drive belt has a retracted configuration defining a two-dimensional helix and an extended configuration defining a three-dimensional helix. The drive belt is movable from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration, wherein such movement defines a drive axis and advances the piston. In some embodiments, the drive belt may not rotate as it advances, while in other embodiments the belt does rotate. The disclosed drive assemblies include manually driven assemblies, spring driven assemblies and motor driven assemblies. The container may be replaceable to allow repeated use of the device. In some embodiments, replaceable cartridges including both drug containers and drive belts may be employed.

A medicine cassette includes a medicine supplier configured to supply accommodated medicines according to prescription information, a medicine delivery part configured to deliver the medicines supplied from the medicine supplier to a medicine discharge part, and the medicine discharge part configured to discharge the medicines, which are delivered through the medicine delivery part, to the outside. The medicine supplier may include a medicine accommodation part configured to accommodate the medicines and a rotating rotor part configured to deliver the medicines accommodated in the medicine accommodation part to the medicine delivery part. The rotating rotor part may include a rotating rotor, and at least one sliding member. The sliding member may be configured to be outwardly moved in the radial direction of the rotating rotor as the recess of the rotating rotor approaches a medicine supply inlet configured to supply the medicines to the medicine delivery part.

A drug delivery assembly comprising an indicator adapted to move during expelling of a dose amount of drug, the amount of movement being indicative of the size of the expelled dose amount, and electronic tracking sensor circuitry adapted to with pre-determined intervals to change the operative state from a sleep state to a low-power detection state and back to the sleep state. When in the detection state, the electronic sensor circuitry is adapted to detect motion of an activation component, and if motion of the activation component is detected, then change the operative state from the low-power detection state to a high-power measuring state in which the amount of motion of the indicator relative to the tracking means can be determined.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a medication administration device may comprise a sucking part having outlets, a cylinder part having a discharge hole, coupled with the sucking part, and containing a medication, a piston part discharging the medication from the cylinder part through the outlets, and an operating part operating the piston part in the cylinder part. The discharge hole may extend to the outlets.

The invention provides an adaptor for a medicament delivery device is configured to enable a set dosage of a medicament to be drawn into and / or expelled from the device, the adaptor including: a body configured to be coupled to the device; an attachment portion movable with respect to the body and configured for attachment with a first part of the device; an engaging portion movable with the attachment portion; and a receiver configured to receive a movement constraint guide (MCG) and facilitate engagement between the engaging portion and the MCG; wherein the MCG includes one or more physical features defining at least an aspect of the set dosage; and wherein activation of said first part of the device to draw and / or expel the medicament is stopped when the set dosage is reached by engagement between the engaging portion and at least one of the one or more physical features of the MCG. The invention thus allows ready control of one or more aspects of dosage administration, which can be the amount of a dose and / or or the repeats of a dose.

An autoinjection device (10) for expelling a dose of drug from a held drug container (100) is described. A plunger (500) is drivable by an energy source (550) for expelling a dose, the plunger (500) comprising a retaining geometry (515) in retaining engagement with a retaining element (410, 415), wherein the autoinjection device (10) defines a trigger element (700) serving as a memory element movable from a pre-firing position to a fired position, the memory element comprising an engagement surface (700c) configured for sliding engagement with an activation surface (415c) of the retaining element (410, 415), wherein at least one of the engagement surface (700c) and the activation surface (415c) includes a surface being inclined relative to said radial direction, and wherein the energy source (550) acts on the plunger (500) to force the retaining element (410, 415) radially to release the retaining engagement, the radial movement of the retaining element (410, 415) in turn forcing the memory element to move into the fired position.

A medication delivery device usable with a medication container wherein advancement of a piston within the container expels medication. The device includes a housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a drive ribbon having distal and proximal edge sections. The drive ribbon has a retracted configuration defining a spiral and an extended configuration defining a helix. The drive ribbon is movable from the retracted configuration to the extended configuration with such movement defining a drive axis and advancing the piston. In some embodiments, the drive ribbon may not rotate asit is advanced while in other embodiments, the ribbon does rotate. The disclosed drive assemblies include manually driven assemblies, spring driven assemblies and motor driven assemblies. The containers may be replaceable to allow for reuse of the device. In some embodiments, replaceable cartridges which includes both a medication container and a drive ribbon are employed.

The present disclosure relates to a medication delivery system (10) including a medication administration device (12), a medication within the medication administration device (12), a container (14) defining a cavity (32) receiving the medication administration device (12), and a cap (16) attached to the container (14) and sealing the medication administration device (12) within the cavity (32). The medication administration device (12) includes an actuator (26) extending from a body (18) and operable to expel the medication by depressing the actuator (26) into the body (18). The cap (16) includes hold down members (44) positioned to bear against the body (18) of the medication administration device (12) to prevent movement of the medication administration device (12) toward the cap (16) beyond a predetermined distance. The medication administration device (12) is thereby prevented, inter alia, from prematurely discharging the medication during storage and transport.

The present invention relates to a single-dose dry powder inhaler comprising a base assembly comprising a chamber (14) configured for receiving a medication; and a mouthpiece assembly comprising air intake passages (25) for supplying air to the inhaler, a rotation chamber (26) for generating an aerosol of a medication, wherein the rotation chamber (26) is in air communication with the air intake passages (25), a tube (21C) comprising an internal passage in air communication with the rotation chamber (26) for discharging an aerosol of a medication and for administering said aerosol to a patient; wherein the base assembly and the mouthpiece assembly are configured such that the inhaler is capable of assuming an open configuration, in which access to the chamber (14) of the base assembly is provided for inserting therein a medication, and a closed configuration, in which the chamber (14) of the base assembly is in air communication with the rotation chamber (16) of the mouthpiece assembly for transferring a medication from the chamber (14) to the rotation chamber (16) for forming out of it an aerosol of the medication, and wherein at least one of the air intake passages (25) and the tube (21C) of the mouthpiece assembly is selectable, and in that the air intake passages (25) have a ratio of one of the transverse dimensions (H, W) to the other of the transverse dimensions (H, W) in the range from 1:1 to 1:0.10 and the tube (21C) comprises a constriction (27) arranged in the internal passage of the tube such that the coverage of the passage is in the range from 0% to 95%. The present invention relates also to a method for adjusting a single-dose dry powder inhaler for administering a specific medication.

The present invention provides a drug delivery device (1) of the type in which a piston rod (10, 110) extends along a reference axis and is forced to rotate in an expelling direction about the reference axis during a dose expelling event to cause an expelling of drug from a drug reservoir (30, 130), and a resilient ratchet element (12) is operatively coupled with the piston rod (10, 110) and undergoes a deflecting motion comprising elastic deformation and recovery in response to an expelling of a predetermined dose increment, which deflecting motion occasions a velocity fluctuation of the piston rod (10, 110), comprising: a rotator module (50, 150) operatively coupled with the piston rod (10, 110) and configured to rotate about the reference axis against a rotation resisting force in response to a rotation of the piston rod (10, 110) in the expelling direction, the rotator module (50, 150) comprising a sensor system (70, 71; 170, 183; 270, 183) for monitoring a torque transferred by the piston rod (10, 110) during the dose expelling event, wherein the sensor system (70, 71; 170, 183; 270, 183) is configured to, from the monitored torque, identify occurrences of velocity fluctuation of the piston rod (10, 110) attributable to the deflecting motion of the resilient ratchet element 15 (12).

An injector 12 includes a plunger 17 for expelling drugs from a cartridge 10 which can be inserted into the injector 12. An actuator 27 is provided for operating an escapement mechanism 21 to control the movement of the plunger under a drive force and hence the expelled drug.

The invention relates to a drug delivery device (10) comprising a housing (12, 14): a drug container holder (38) arranged to be movable relative to said housing (12, 14) and capable of receiving a drug container ( 42); an actuator (98) arranged in said housing and capable of acting on the drug container to expel a dose of drug upon actuation, said actuator comprising a plunger rod (106); manually operable A dose setting nut (58) is rotatably connected to the housing and is provided with threads (56); threads (54), which are arranged on the drug container holder (38), are arranged to Cooperate with the dose setting nut (58), wherein operation of the dose setting nut (58) will orient the drug container holder (38) and the drug container (42) towards the plunger rod ( 106) Movement for setting the dose of drug to be delivered.

In some embodiments, an adjunct device for tracks time and / or dosage of a medicine. The device may include a connector for mounting the device to a deposable pen injector. The device may be configured to allow use of the native controls and injectors of the injector. For example the device may include a view port for viewing a dose indicator of the injector. The device may include one or more vibration sensors. A processor may be configured to differentiate increasing a dose, decreasing a dose and / or discharging the medicine based on the output of the sensors. Optionally a display of the device may be positioned for simultaneous viewing with the dosage indicator of the injector. For example a user may verify the accuracy of the adjunct device before performing a discharge.