Medicament delivery device
A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing with a proximal end and a distal end, a medicament container arranged within the housing, a biased delivery member cover associated with the housing and movable in relation to the housing, a biased plunger rod associated with the medicament container and movable in relation to the housing, a tubular rotator associated with both the delivery member cover and the biased plunger rod, and a cap assembly associated with the housing, wherein a gap is defined between the proximal end of the biased plunger rod and the stopper of the medicament container when the medicament delivery device is in an assembled state, and wherein the proximal end of the biased plunger rod is in contact with the stopper of the medicament container when the medicament delivery device is in a calibrated state.
1 . A feedback assembly for a medicament delivery device comprising:
a container carrier having a longitudinal axis and comprising a flexible finger biased radially inward towards the longitudinal axis;
a plunger rod comprising an outer surface comprising a longitudinal feedback track and a protruding retaining member;
a resilient member engaged with the plunger rod that biases the plunger rod in a proximal direction;
where when the plunger rod is in an assembled state, the flexible finger is not engaged with the longitudinal feedback track and the plunger rod is axially fixed relative to the container carrier, and
wherein when the resilient member pushes the plunger rod axially from a calibrated state to a final position, the plunger rod will move into and relative to the container carrier such that the flexible finger will engage the longitudinal feedback track to provide audible or tactile notification of medicament being expelled from a medicament container positioned with the container carrier.
2 . The feedback assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plunger rod is hollow and the resilient member is partially positioned inside the plunger rod and is engaged with a closed proximal end of the plunger rod.
3 . The feedback assembly of claim 1 , wherein the flexible finger located at a distal end of the container carrier.
4 . The feedback assembly of claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal feedback track is a plurality of ratchets.
5 . The feedback assembly of claim 1 further comprising a tubular rotator surrounding the plunger rod and holds the plunger rod in a fixed axial position when the plunger rod is in the assembled state and in the calibrated state.
6 . The feedback assembly of claim 5 , wherein rotation of the tubular rotator relative to the plunger rod causes the plunger rod to move from the assembled state to the calibrated state.
7 . The feedback assembly of claim 5 , wherein rotation of the tubular rotator relative to the plunger rod causes the plunger rod to move from the calibrated state to the final position.
8 . A medicament delivery device, comprising:
a housing having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end;
a medicament container arranged within the housing and comprising a stopper and a delivery member;
a biased delivery member cover associated with the housing and movable in relation to the housing; and
a feedback assembly comprising:
a container carrier holding the medicament container and comprising a flexible finger biased radially inward towards the longitudinal axis;
a plunger rod comprising an outer surface comprising a longitudinal feedback track and a protruding retaining member;
a resilient member engaged with the plunger rod that biases the plunger rod in a proximal direction;
wherein when the plunger rod is in an assembled state, the flexible finger is not engaged with the longitudinal feedback track and the plunger rod is axially fixed relative to the container carrier, and
wherein when the resilient member pushes the plunger rod axially from a calibrated state to a final position, the plunger rod will move into and relative to the container carrier such that the flexible finger will engage the longitudinal feedback track to provide audible or tactile notification of medicament being expelled from the medicament container positioned with the container carrier.
9 . The medicament delivery device of claim 8 further comprising a tubular rotator operatively associated with both the biased delivery member cover and the plunger rod.
10 . The medicament delivery device of claim 9 further comprising a cap assembly operatively associated with the housing.
11 . The medicament delivery device of claim 8 , wherein a gap is defined between a proximal end of the plunger rod and the stopper of the medicament container when the medicament delivery device is in h assembled state, and wherein the proximal end of the plunger rod is in contact with the stopper of the medicament container when the medicament delivery device is in the calibrated state.
12 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 10 , wherein the tubular rotator comprises a first stop and a second stop on an inner surface that operatively engages the protruding retaining member on the plunger rod.
13 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 12 , wherein the biased delivery member cover comprises a guide element and the tubular rotator comprises a tubular body arranged with a guide track on an outer surface.
14 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 13 , wherein the guide element operatively interacts with the guide track such that an axial movement of the biased delivery member cover causes the tubular rotator to rotate.
15 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 8 , wherein distal and proximal movement of the biased delivery member cover causes the rotation of the tubular rotator relative to the plunger rod.
16 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 13 , wherein the medicament delivery device is in the assembled state when the tubular rotator is in a first rotation position which is defined when the plunger rod is in an initial position in which the protruding retaining member is engaged with the first stop and when the biased delivery member cover is in a first retracted position in which the guide element is positioned on a first distal end point of the guide track and when the biased delivery member cover is held in the first retracted position by the cap assembly which is releasably connected to the housing.
17 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 16 , wherein the medicament delivery device is in the calibrated state when the tubular rotator is in a second rotation position which is defined when the plunger rod is in a calibrated position in which the protruding retaining member is engaged with the second stop, and when the biased delivery member cover is in a first extended position in which the guide element is positioned on a first proximal end point of the guide track after the cap assembly is removed from the housing.
18 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 14 , wherein the axial movement of the biased delivery member cover from a first retracted position to a first extended position causes the tubular rotator to rotate from a first rotation position to a second rotation position.
19 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 18 , wherein the axial movement of the delivery member cover from the first extended position to a second retracted position causes the tubular rotator to rotate from the second rotation position to a third rotation position.
20 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 12 , wherein the tubular rotator comprises a ramp surface arranged between the first stop and the second stop such that the retaining member moves along the ramp surface from the first stop to the second stop.