WO2012136570A1 - Mécanisme de libération de tige de piston - Google Patents

Mécanisme de libération de tige de piston Download PDF

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WO2012136570A1
WO2012136570A1 PCT/EP2012/055712 EP2012055712W WO2012136570A1 WO 2012136570 A1 WO2012136570 A1 WO 2012136570A1 EP 2012055712 W EP2012055712 W EP 2012055712W WO 2012136570 A1 WO2012136570 A1 WO 2012136570A1
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Søren Kjellerup HANSEN
Lars Eilertsen
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M5/315—Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
    • A61M5/31511—Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M5/315—Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
    • A61M5/31501—Means for blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M5/315—Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
    • A61M5/31511—Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod
    • A61M5/31515—Connection of piston with piston rod
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/50—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests having means for preventing re-use, or for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile
    • A61M5/5066—Means for preventing re-use by disconnection of piston and piston-rod

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  • the present invention relates generally to drug delivery devices and more specifically to drug delivery devices of the multi-compartment type which are capable of storing individual substances separately and mixing them to produce an administrable product.
  • US 4,226,236 (Abbott Laboratories) discloses a so-called dual chamber injector which is adapted to store a powdered drug in a front chamber and a liquid in a rear chamber, and which has means in the form of a bypass section for allowing the liquid to enter the front chamber and reconstitute the powdered drug during an initial operation of the device.
  • a piston rod is interlocked with a rear piston in order to enable both forward and backward movement of the rear piston in the drug container.
  • a device as described in US 4,226,236 needs to be operated in a manner so as to ensure that the hypodermic needle is correctly positioned in a vein. This is done following needle insertion by applying a pulling force to the rear piston, whereby the front piston will be retracted, due to a vacuum connection between the two pistons, and a negative pressure will be established in the front chamber. The established negative pressure will then cause body fluid in the immediate vicinity of the hypodermic needle end to become aspirated into the front chamber, and by watching the colour of the entering fluid it can be determined whether the needle is located in a vein. This procedure is known as a vein indication test.
  • US 2007/0270743 discloses a single use, auto-disabling safety syringe with an internal coupling sub-assembly interconnecting a stopper and a plunger via a coupler and a coupler ring.
  • the coupling sub-assembly aspirates proximally and distally inside the syringe barrel as one interconnected assembly.
  • Ribs on the inner syringe barrel wall cause the coupler ring to be released from the coupler, and in turn the coupler to disengage from the plunger, when the stopper is advanced to a distal position corresponding to a complete administration of the syringe contents.
  • a drug delivery device which offers both selective retraction of a constituent piston and easy detachment of non-contaminated components from device parts which have potentially been in contact with blood.
  • an easy aspiration of body fluid can be performed during use while the amount of wastage which must be handled, stored and disposed of as biohazardous after use can be reduced.
  • recyclable materials such as e.g. polymers used in the device engine, can thereby be detached from the drug container after completed administration and discarded in a separate waste bin.
  • a drug delivery device comprising a variable volume reservoir comprising an outlet, a reservoir wall and a piston, piston drive means for causing movement of the piston in a first direction relative to the reservoir wall, and a coupling mechanism structured to initially interlock the piston and the pis- ton drive means to enable joint motion of the piston and the piston drive means in a second direction relative to the reservoir wall and to release at least a portion of the piston drive means from the piston, to thereby allow movement of the at least a portion of the piston drive means relative to the piston, in response to the piston reaching a predefined position relative to the reservoir wall.
  • the first direction may be a first axial direction, e.g.
  • the second direction may be a second axial direction, e.g. the opposite direction along the longitudinal axis of the reservoir.
  • the predefined position of the piston relative to the reservoir wall in which the at least a portion of the piston drive means is released from the piston may be a predefined axial position. This predefined axial position may be reached during advancement (forward/distal movement) of the piston in the reservoir.
  • the coupling mechanism may comprise a release element for enabling detachment of the at least a portion of the piston drive means from the piston, the release element being capable of undergoing relative displacement with respect to the piston drive means from a first position, in which relative motion between the piston and the piston drive means is at least sub- stantially prevented, to a second position in which relative motion between the piston and the at least a portion of the piston drive means is enabled.
  • an interface means may be provided to cause the release element to assume the second position relative to the piston drive means in response to the piston reaching a predefined position, e.g. a predefined axial position, relative to the reservoir wall.
  • the interface means may be adapted to interact, e.g. abut or engage, with the release element when the release element reaches a certain position, e.g. a certain axial position, in the reservoir.
  • the interface means may comprise a stop surface or other structure suitable for interaction with the release element.
  • the first position of the release element relative to the piston drive means may define an attached state in which the piston and the piston drive means are bound to translate jointly, while the second position of the release element relative to the piston drive means may define a released state in which the at least a portion of the piston drive means is removable from the piston.
  • Any intermediate positions of the release element relative to the piston drive means between the first position and the second position may define an attached state.
  • the release element may specifically be capable of undergoing relative axial displacement with respect to the piston drive means from the first position to the second position.
  • the release element is structured to prevent relative axial motion (e.g. defined by a longitudinal axis of the reservoir) between the piston drive means and the pis- ton when the release element assumes the first position.
  • This enables a well-controlled retraction of the piston in the reservoir by the piston drive means as the piston and the piston drive means are bound to translate as a single unit (i.e. a one to one relationship exists between the axial displacements of the piston drive means and the piston), making a vein indication test easy to perform.
  • the interface means may be arranged proximally of the proximal most use position of the piston.
  • the interface means may be arranged stationarily with respect to the reservoir wall. This will provide a well-defined automatic transition from the attached state to the released state dur- ing advancement of the piston in the reservoir, as well as a simple device construction. Particularly, in connection with the former, it may thereby be ensured that relative motion between the release element and the piston drive means can occur only during advancement (i.e. distal motion relative to the reservoir wall) of the piston drive means.
  • the proximal most use position of the piston means the proximal most position which the piston assumes in the reservoir under normal use conditions, i.e. the position of the piston relative to the reservoir wall which corresponds to the largest intended capacity of the drug delivery device. This position may e.g. be the initial position of the piston when the drug delivery device is supplied prefilled by the manufacturer.
  • proximal is used to refer to a portion or position opposite or away from the drug outlet
  • distal conversely, is used to refer to a portion or position close to the drug outlet
  • the release element may be adapted for joint motion with the piston drive means during a first displacement, e.g. advancement, of the piston and for relative motion with respect to the piston drive means during a second displacement, e.g. advancement, of the piston.
  • the po- sition of the interface means relative to the reservoir may contribute to defining the transition between the joint motion and the relative motion.
  • the release element may eventually be forced to assume the second position relative to the piston drive means, whereby an automatic release of the piston/piston drive means coupling is realised.
  • This automatic release may even be unnoticeable to the user because it is executed while the drug is being administered and the user has his attention elsewhere. In any case the release does not require a separate dedicated user operation of the release element.
  • the release element is adapted for joint motion with the piston drive means during a) a first advancement of the piston, b) a retraction of the piston, and c) a second advancement of the piston, and for relative motion with respect to the piston drive means during d) a third advancement of the piston.
  • the interface means may be arranged such that the release element is urged to assume the second position relative to the piston drive means when the piston has been advanced in the reservoir a distance which is 50% or more, preferably 75% or more, and more preferably 90% or more, of the distance between its proximal most use position and an end position in which the reservoir has been emptied (to the degree practically possible).
  • the piston to perform an aspiration almost throughout the entire administration procedure. This is to be able to check the current position of the delivery needle in the body at any time during the administration. Sudden movements of the delivery needle relative to the penetrated body part may have caused an initially well placed needle to withdraw from or perhaps even transpierce the vein in which case, if undiscovered, the drug will be delivered to another compartment than the intended. If the release is not executed until the piston has travelled at least 90% of the distance needed for emptying the drug reservoir or perhaps until the piston is at an end position in which the reservoir is emptied the drug delivery device offers the option of a vein indication test at most or all relevant positions of the piston, i.e. no or only a small volume of drug can accidentally be delivered to the wrong compartment without the user having the possibility of discovering it.
  • the interface means may be arranged exteriorly of the reservoir, or may comprise a dedicated surface for interaction with the release element which surface is arranged exteriorly of the reservoir.
  • the drug delivery device further comprises a housing member, e.g. of a suitable plastic material, accommodating at least a portion of the reservoir the interface means may be arranged in the housing member.
  • the interface means may be made of a recyclable material, which after release of the at least a portion of the piston drive means from the piston can be detached from the reservoir along with the housing member and discarded in a separate bin. If the housing member is coupled to the reservoir in e.g. a friction fit or a snap fit engagement such a separation of the housing member and the reservoir can be accomplished by simply pulling the two apart, i.e.
  • the piston drive means may comprise a piston rod adapted to be coupled with the piston, which piston rod may be intended for manual manipulation by the subject user or operation by an automatic piston rod drive.
  • the piston drive means may further comprise a piston coupling member, such as a piston rod foot, serving as an intermediate coupling element between the piston and the piston rod.
  • the piston coupling member and the piston rod may comprise respective engagement means for engaging one another.
  • These engagement means may be structured to allow radial displacement of one or more portions of either the piston rod or the piston coupling member relative to the other in response to an axial force being applied to the piston rod, thereby providing for separation of the piston rod from the piston coupling member.
  • Such structure may involve bevelled surfaces on one or both members' engagement means.
  • One of the piston rod and the release element may be structured to at least partially encircle at least a portion of the other. This will enable a slender device design because the components involved can be arranged to operate e.g. concentrically, thereby saving space. At least 50%, preferably at least 75%, of the longitudinal dimension of the piston rod or the release element may be hollow and arranged to accommodate at least a portion of the other of the piston rod and the release element. This will allow the manufacturer to produce release elements of different longitudinal dimensions, where each chosen dimension corresponds to a desired predefined position of the piston in the reservoir in which the transition between the attached state and the released state is completed.
  • the piston rod, or the piston coupling member if such is present may be attachable to the piston after arrangement of the piston in the reservoir. This will enable an easy handling of the drug delivery device during manufacturing because the piston can be arranged independently of the piston rod in e.g. an existing production line for a prefilled reservoir.
  • the piston rod, or the piston coupling member if such is present may in the pre-use state of the drug delivery device be arranged axially spaced apart from the piston to thereby provide some play in the construction. This will allow fluid in the reservoir to expand during storage, e.g. as a consequence of temperature fluctuations in the storage environment, without damaging any parts of the piston rod drive mechanism.
  • the very first operational step(s) of the device may then cause the piston rod, or the piston coupling member, to move into engagement with the piston, or with an insert in the piston.
  • the piston drive means comprise a hollow cylindrical piston rod adapted for translatory motion relative to a housing member along a general axis defined by the reservoir.
  • the piston rod accommodates a portion of the release element and carries it during a first axial travel through the housing member.
  • the piston rod further accommodates a portion of a piston coupling member which engages, respectively, with the release element and the inner piston rod wall, whereby an axial lock between the piston rod and the piston coupling member is provided.
  • the coupling member has one or more deflectable arms which extend into the bore of the hollow piston rod.
  • At least one of the deflectable arms is provided with a catch member adapted for engagement with a corresponding catch member on the inner piston rod wall.
  • the release element urges the at least one deflectable arm into engagement with the inner piston rod wall, e.g. in a wedging action.
  • An interface means is provided in the housing member and is structured to interact with the release element in response to the release element taking up a certain axial position relative to the housing member. During a second travel of the piston rod through the housing member the release element is obstructed by the interface means from further axial motion relative to the housing member, and the release element therefore now undergoes relative axial motion with respect to the piston rod and the piston coupling member.
  • the release element is forced out of engagement with the one or more deflect- able arms, whereby the axial lock between the piston rod and the piston coupling member is disabled. Subsequently, the housing member and the piston rod can be detached from the reservoir, leaving the piston and the piston coupling member in the reservoir.
  • the piston drive means comprise a hollow tubular piston rod which is radially compressible relative to an unloaded state.
  • the piston rod has engagement means, e.g. in the form of a couple of recesses, for engagement with corresponding engagement means on a piston coupling member, e.g. a circumferential ridge on an inner wall thereof.
  • the release member is an elongated stick member with a distal head having a radial dimension that matches a radial clearance between two pushing jaws on the piston rod. In a first position of the release element relative to the piston rod the head is arranged between the jaws to prevent a radial compression of the piston rod. In response to the release element being forced to assume a second position relative to the piston rod the head is pulled out of contact with the jaws, thereby allowing a radially inward movement of the jaws upon subjection to forces with inwardly directed components.
  • the piston drive means comprise a variable diameter piston rod and a piston coupling member with proximally oriented deflectable arms adapted to receive a distal portion of the piston rod.
  • a tubular release element having an inner diameter corresponding to the distance between the arms is in a first position relative to the piston rod slid- ably arranged as an encircling sleeve, thereby preventing radial outward deflection of the arms.
  • the arms are provided with engagement means, such as e.g. one or more protru- sions, for engagement with a narrowed portion of the piston rod.
  • the tubular release element has a radially enlarged proximal portion which is adapted to move into abutment with the interface means during advancement of the piston, whereby the release element switches from undergoing joint motion to undergoing relative motion with respect to the piston rod.
  • the tubular release element is slid out of contact with the piston coupling member, whereby the deflectable arms are freed for radial outward deflection.
  • the piston rod is a two-part structure and one of the two parts constitutes the release element, while the other part constitutes the actual piston driver.
  • the piston coupling member is structured to engage with the piston driver, and the release element provides a lock for this engagement while being in a first position relative to the piston driver.
  • the piston coupling member may comprise a radially deflectable latch means which is axially and radially trapped between the piston driver and the release element. During piston advancement a portion of the release element abuts a stop surface of the interface means, whereby the two piston rod parts are urged to undergo relative axial motion.
  • a drug delivery device comprising a dual chamber container comprising a first end portion, e.g. an outlet portion, a second end portion, e.g. an activation end portion, and a wall extending therebetween, a stopper slidably arranged in the container between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a piston arrangeable in the container between the stopper and the second end portion.
  • a passage arrangement is adapted to allow fluid flow between a proximal side and a distal side of the stopper, e.g. when the stopper takes up a certain position in the container or when the stopper is in an open state.
  • piston drive means structured for coupling with the piston, a release member displaceable relative to the piston drive means from a first position in which relative motion between the piston and the piston drive means is at least substantially prevented to a second position in which relative motion between the piston and at least a portion of the piston drive means is allowed, and interface means for causing displacement of the release member to the second position relative to the piston drive means in response to the piston reaching a predefined position relative to the container wall.
  • the interface means may be arranged proximally of the piston, whereby the provision of a piston/piston drive means release mechanism which is independent of the particular inner structure of the reservoir is enabled.
  • a front chamber distally of the stopper is adapted to hold a pow- dered drug and a rear chamber proximally of the stopper is adapted to hold a solvent.
  • the front chamber is adapted to hold a first liquid and the rear chamber is adapted to hold a second liquid.
  • a bypass channel in the wall enables transfer of the substance provided in the rear chamber to the front chamber when the stopper is in a certain position in the container.
  • the drug delivery device may be prefilled in the sense that it is supplied by the manufacturer in a condition where the front chamber holds a first substance, on powder or liquid form, and where the second chamber holds a second substance miscible with the first substance to produce an administrable drug product.
  • the piston drive means may be desired to release the at least a portion of the piston drive means from the piston already shortly after an initial aspiration.
  • this may correspond to the piston having been displaced e.g. 50 % or more, or perhaps 75% or more, of the distance needed for emptying of the reservoir, depending on the particular dual chamber reservoir employed. It is noted, however, that any specific position of the piston in the given dual chamber reservoir may be chosen by the manufacturer as the point of release, in line with the directions provided elsewhere in the present text.
  • references to a certain aspect or a certain embodiment e.g. "an aspect”, “a first aspect”, “one embodiment”, “an exemplary embodiment”, or the like
  • a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the respective aspect or embodiment is included in, or inherent of, at least that one aspect or em- bodiment of the invention, but not necessarily in/of all aspects or embodiments of the invention.
  • any combination of the various features, structures and/or characteristics described in relation to the invention is encompassed by the invention unless expressly stated herein or clearly contradicted by context.
  • Fig. 1 a is a cross-sectional view of a dual chamber drug mixing and delivery device according to an embodiment of the invention in a pre-use state
  • Fig. 1 b shows an enlargement of a section of the device shown in Fig. 1 a
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the device of Fig. 1 in a state just before automatic release of the piston/piston rod coupling
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the device of Fig. 1 in a state after release of the piston/piston rod coupling
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the device of Fig. 1 after separation of the dosing engine and the drug reservoir
  • Figs. 5a - 5d show in cross-sectional views a piston/piston rod decoupling mechanism in a drug delivery device according to another embodiment of the invention
  • Figs. 6a - 6d show in cross-sectional views a piston/piston rod decoupling mechanism in a drug delivery device according to yet another embodiment of the invention
  • Figs. 5a - 5d show in cross-sectional views a piston/piston rod decoupling mechanism in a drug delivery device according to another embodiment of the invention
  • Figs. 6a - 6d show in cross-sectional views a piston/piston rod decoupling mechanism in a drug delivery device according to yet another embodiment of the invention
  • Figs. 7a - 7d show in cross-sectional views a piston/piston rod decoupling mechanism in a drug mixing and delivery device according to yet another embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 a shows a cross-sectional view of a dual chamber drug delivery device 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the drug delivery device 1 is shown in a pre-use state, e.g. as delivered by the manufacturer, with its outlet end portion 2 pointing upwards.
  • the drug delivery device 1 comprises a reservoir assembly and a dosing assembly.
  • the reservoir assembly includes a cartridge 4 to which a Luer connector 3 is coupled at the out- let end portion 2.
  • the Luer connector 3 is adapted for coupling with a suitable delivery element (not shown), such as e.g. an infusion set or a hypodermic needle.
  • a stopper 7 is provided in the cartridge 4 between the outlet end portion 2 and a piston 8, just proximally of a bypass channel (not visible), e.g. as in conventional dual chamber solutions.
  • a front chamber 9 in the cartridge 4 between the outlet end portion 2 and the stopper 7 is adapted to hold a drug substance (not shown), e.g. in powder or liquid form, while a rear chamber 10 is adapted to hold another substance (not shown) such as e.g. a solvent or diluent.
  • the cartridge 4 is fixed in a cartridge holder 5 which is attached at its proximal end to a housing 6. In this embodiment, the cartridge holder 5 and the housing 6 are attached via a friction fit cou- pling, but other means for attachment may be envisioned, such as e.g. snap fit coupling.
  • the housing 6 accommodates a portion of the dosing assembly, which includes a central hub 1 1 in the housing 6, a hollow piston rod 14 and a tube shaped actuator 12.
  • the actuator 12 is rotationally occupied in the central hub 1 1 and is provided with a knob 13 at its proximal end for easy user operation.
  • a pin 15 extends longitudinally in the hollow piston rod 14 and has a pin head 16 for abutment with the proximal end of the piston rod 14.
  • the reservoir assembly and the dosing assembly are also coupled via a piston rod foot 18 which at its distal end portion has a coupling head 31 adapted for engagement with a pair of radially deflectable pawls 38 on an insert in the piston 8 and at its proximal end portion has a couple of deflectable arms 19, 20 which extend into the hollow piston rod 14.
  • the piston rod foot may in the pre-use state of the drug delivery device be arranged axially spaced apart from the piston insert, whereby no initial engagement between the coupling head and the pawls exists. This will provide for a potential proximal movement of the rear piston in the reservoir, e.g.
  • the very first device operation performed by the user may cause the piston rod to advance a short distance until the coupling head engages with the pawls.
  • Fig. 1 b is an enlargement of the portion of the drug delivery device 100 which is delimited by the area Q in Fig. 1 a.
  • the enlargement shows the functional relationship between the vari- ous parts of the dosing assembly and an interaction between the piston rod 14, the pin 15 and the piston rod foot 18.
  • the outer peripheral surface of the tube shaped actuator 12 is provided with a male thread section (not visible) which engages with an inner female thread 26 provided in the central hub 1 1 .
  • the actuator 12 is further provided with an inner male thread section 25 which engages with an outer female thread 35 on the piston rod 14.
  • the pitch of the outer female thread 35 is greater than the pitch of the inner female thread 26.
  • the piston 8 is advanced a first distance by a telescopic piston rod mechanism, where for each revolution of the actuator 12 the axial displacement of the piston rod 14 rela- tive to the actuator 12 is greater than the axial displacement of the actuator 12 relative to the central hub 1 1 .
  • the inner wall of the piston rod 14 has a circumferential collar 23 which engages with respective catches 21 , 22 on the arms 19, 20.
  • a distal portion 17 of the pin 15 is wedged between the arms 19, 20 forcing the arms 19, 20 outwards toward the cylindrical inner wall of the piston rod 14, thereby providing a lock against proximal motion of the piston rod 14 relative to the piston rod foot 18.
  • Fig. 2 shows the drug delivery device 1 in a state where the drug substance and the other substance have mixed and most of the mixture has been ejected out of the cartridge 4 by advancement of the stopper 7 to a position just proximally of a shoulder 27.
  • the wedge portion 17 has been pulled out of the space between the arms 19, 20 due to an interaction between the pin head 16 and a flange 28 in the central hub 1 1 , as will be described further below.
  • This relative position of the pin 15 and the piston rod foot 18 allows for proximal motion of the piston rod 14 relative to the piston 8 because a pull force applied to the piston rod 14 will cause the collar 23 to exert a force on the catches 21 , 22, which force due to an inclined interface between the catches 21 , 22 and the collar 23 will have a radial component urging an inward deflection of the arms 19, 20. Since the wedge portion 17 no longer prevents such inward deflection of the arms 19, 20 the catches 21 , 22 will be moved out of engagement with the collar 23, thereby releasing the piston rod 14 from the interlocking with the piston rod foot 18.
  • the point where the pin 15 is pulled completely out of the piston rod foot 18 to allow for separation of the piston rod 14 from the piston 8 can be chosen arbitrarily by an adequate design of the central hub 1 1 and the pin 15, e.g. by varying the axial position of the flange 28 and/or the length of the wedging portion 17. Since in some cases, such as for IV administration, proper engagement between the piston rod 14 and the piston 8 is desired almost throughout the drug delivery phase (to allow for retraction of the piston 8 in connection with aspiration at practically any time following insertion of the delivery element in the body), these design parameters may be chosen such that the automatic release of the piston/piston rod coupling is not effected until immediately prior to complete emptying of the cartridge 4. In other cases where it is not deemed necessary to enable aspiration after an initial vein indication test the design parameters may be chosen such that the automatic release is effected when e.g. the piston 8 is situated in the cartridge 4 halfway between its pre-use position and its end position.
  • Fig. 4 shows the drug delivery device 1 during separation of the dosing assembly from the reservoir assembly. This separation is carried out by mere axial retraction of the housing 6 relative to the cartridge holder 5.
  • piston rod foot 18 has two radially deflectable arms 19, 20 for interaction with the piston rod 14 and the pin 15. It is noted, however, that a piston rod foot with a single radially deflectable arm may alternatively be used in a like arrangement. In the following an operation of the drug delivery device 1 leading to the automatic release of the piston/piston rod coupling will be described.
  • the user may hold the drug delivery device 1 in one hand by the housing 6, with the Luer connector 3 pointing upwards, and use the other hand to turn the knob 13 about the central device axis. This will cause the male thread section of the actuator 12 to travel the inner female thread 26 and the inner male thread section 25 to travel the outer female thread 35, producing a telescopic advancement of the piston rod 14.
  • the piston rod 14 and the piston 8 are axially but non-rotationally coupled via the piston rod foot 18, the advancement of the piston rod 14 results in a non-rotational corre- sponding advancement of the piston 8.
  • the thereby pressurised substance in the rear chamber will exert a force on the stopper 7 and move it into the bypass channel where the substance is free to bypass it and enter the front chamber 9.
  • the two substances mix, whereby an administrable product is provided.
  • the drug delivery device 1 is designed such that the rear chamber 10 collapses completely (i.e. the piston 8 is brought into abutment with the stopper 7) exactly when the male thread section of the actuator 12 has travelled to the end of the inner female thread 26. Also at this point the piston rod 14 becomes rotationally locked to the actuator 12 due to a flexible arm (not visible) on the piston rod 14 moving into an opening (not visible) in the wall of the actuator 12.
  • a suitable delivery element such as an infusion set or a hypodermic needle, is now attached to the Luer connector 3, and the drug delivery device 1 is inverted for delivery of the mixed product.
  • the dosing assembly comprising the housing 6, the actuator 12, the piston rod 14 and the pin 15 can be separated from the cartridge assembly by simple pulling, as illustrated in Fig. 4, for discarding in a recyclables bin.
  • Fig. 5a - 5d show the principles of the present invention embodied in a single chamber drug delivery device 100.
  • Fig. 5a is a cross-sectional view of the proximal portion of a cartridge 104 made of e.g. glass or plastic.
  • a piston 108 which is interlocked with a piston rod foot 1 18 via a coupling head 131 has been advanced a distance in the cartridge 104 from an initial position next to an adaptor 130, thereby pressing a volume of drug out of a distal end portion (not shown) of a chamber 109.
  • the piston 108 is driven by a segmented piston rod 1 14 which is attached to the piston rod foot 1 18 so as to enable both forward and backward joint motion of the piston 108 and the piston rod 1 14.
  • a pin 1 15 is arranged in a space within the boundaries of the piston rod 1 14 where it extends axially between a pin head 1 16 and a wedge portion 1 17.
  • the wedge portion 1 17 is arranged between a pair of jaws 132 to urge the piston rod 1 14 into a locking engagement with the piston rod foot 1 18.
  • a circumferential bead 121 on the piston rod foot 1 18 thereby provides a catch mechanism for a collar 123 on the piston rod 1 14.
  • Figs. 6a - 6d show principle sketches of another embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 6a is a cross-sectional view of the proximal portion of a cartridge 204 in a single chamber drug delivery device 200.
  • a piston 208 which is interlocked with a piston rod foot 218 via a coupling head 231 has been advanced a distance in the cartridge 204 from an initial position next to an adaptor 230, thereby pressing a volume of drug out of a distal end portion (not shown) of a chamber 209.
  • the piston rod foot 218 has a couple of deflectable arms 219, 220 extending axially in the proximal direction away from the piston 208.
  • the arms 219, 220 are provided with respective catches 221 , 222 which are adapted to engage with a narrowing 233 on a piston rod 214, thereby interlocking the piston rod 214 and the piston rod foot 218.
  • a tube 215 longitudinally surrounds a portion of the piston rod 214 as well as a portion of the arms 219, 200 so as to prevent radial deflection of the arms 219, 220.
  • a piston rod head 223 is accommodated in the piston rod foot 218 between the arms 219, 220, enabling both forward and backward joint motion of the piston rod 214 and the piston 208.
  • the tube 215 is provided with a radially extending flange 216 at its proximal end and is arranged to initially move jointly with the piston rod 214.
  • piston rod head 223 will urge the arms 219, 220 radially outwards, as illustrated in Fig. 6d, whereby the piston rod 214 is released from the piston rod foot 218.
  • Figs. 7a - 7d show principle sketches of yet another embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 7a is a cross-sectional view of the proximal portion of a drug delivery device 300 comprising a dual chamber cartridge 304 in which a rear piston 308 has been advanced a distance axially from a pre-use position next to an adaptor 330, thereby transferring a volume of fluid from a rear chamber 310 to a front chamber (not shown).
  • the piston 308 is interlocked with a piston rod foot 318 via a coupling head 331.
  • the piston rod foot 318 is in turn interlocked with a two-part piston rod 314, 315 via a flexible hammer-head construction consisting of a catch 321 on a flexible arm 319.
  • the catch 321 engages with a flange 323 on one of the piston rod parts 314, while the other piston rod part 315 provides a lock against radial movement of the catch 321 .
  • a retraction of the piston rod 314, 315 will cause a like retraction of the piston rod foot 318 and the piston 308.
  • the arrows indicate the direction of motion of the piston 308 and the piston rod 314, 315 relative to the cartridge 304.
  • the piston 308 has been advanced a further distance distally in the cartridge 304 to a point where a catch 316 at the proximal end of one of the piston rod parts 315 abuts a flange 328 on the adaptor 330. Further advancement of the piston 308 will cause a relative motion between the two piston rod parts 314, 315 because of the flange 328 obstructing further distal movement of the piston rod part 315. The piston rod part 315 is thereby axially slid out of contact with the piston rod foot 318, as shown in Fig. 7c.
  • a retraction of the piston rod parts 314, 315 will lead to a radial deflection of the catch 321 , as illustrated on Fig. 7d, due to the elastic properties of the flexible arm 319 and, consequently, a release of the other piston rod part 314 from the piston rod foot 318.
  • the piston drive assembly can hereafter be separated from the container assembly, leaving the potentially contaminated piston 308 and the piston rod foot 318 in the cartridge 304. It is noted that the exact point of automatic release of the piston rod from the piston in the respective embodiments shown in Figs. 5 - 7 can be chosen as desired in the device design phase, e.g. by adapting the length of, respectively, the pin 1 15, the tube 215 and the piston rod part 315 to the length of the employed drug container and the specific arrangement of the obstructing surfaces on the respective adaptors.

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La présente invention concerne un mécanisme de libération pour un accouplement piston (8)/tige de piston (14) dans un dispositif d'administration de médicament. Ledit mécanisme de libération comprend un élément de libération qui subit un déplacement relatif par rapport à la tige de piston, d'une première position à une seconde position, lorsque le piston a atteint une position prédéfinie par rapport à la paroi de réservoir, permettant ainsi un mouvement relatif entre le piston et la tige de piston.
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