Displacement pump mechanism with frangible reservoir, medicament delivery system, patch pump and medicament delivery device
Medication delivery system including a container, reservoir, or chamber for medium or fluid, and a mechanism or driving components configurable outside of medium or fluid chamber for advancing a plunger to dispense medium or fluid. The system can include syringe-style drug container, reservoir, or chamber, containing medium or fluid dispensable by advancing plunger disposed inside the container, where the container includes a sliceable portion and where a cutter or slicer is configurable on plunger holder or pusher behind plunger such that cutter cuts through sliceable portion of container as plunger is advanced dispensing medium out of container. The present disclosure is further directed to a patch pump comprising the system as described above. The present disclosure is further directed to a medicament delivery device comprising the system as described above.
1 . A system comprising:
a container for a medium;
a plunger disposed in said container; and
a mechanism for advancing said plunger distally to dispense the medium from said container,
where the mechanism is disposed outside of the container,
wherein
said container includes a sliceable portion extending essentially linearly from a proximal portion to a distal portion of said container,
said plunger includes a distal surface disposed inside the container, said distal surface facing said medium inside the container, and
said mechanism comprising:
a pusher acting on said plunger; and
a cutter configured with said pusher behind said plunger, said cutter slices through the sliceable portion of the container as said plunger advances distally to dispense the medium out of the container.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said mechanism further comprises a lead screw disposed outside of said container and axially fixed with respect to said container, said lead screw being in lateral engagement with said pusher.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein said mechanism further comprises a driver rotating said lead screw to advance said plunger.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein said mechanism comprises at least one gear transferring rotation of said driver to said lead screw, said gear being disposed at a proximal end of said container, said medium being dispensed at a distal end of said container.
5 . The system of claim 4 , further comprising a nut in threaded communication with said lead screw and connected with at least one of said pusher and said cutter, said nut moving axially relative to said housing container due to rotational movement of said lead screw, thereby advancing said pusher and said cutter.
6 . The system of claim 2 , further comprising a nut in threaded communication with said lead screw and connected with at least one of said pusher and said cutter, said nut moving axially relative to said container due to rotational movement of said lead screw, thereby advancing said pusher and said cutter.
7 . The system of claim 5 , wherein said cutter comprises a blade, said blade laterally connecting said pusher and said nut, said blade comprising a slicing edge that slices through said sliceable portion of said container.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein
said container comprises:
a soft inner layer accommodating said medium;
a rigid outer layer; and
said sliceable portion comprises a cutting channel exposing a portion of said soft inner layer and extending linearly between a proximal end and a distal end of said container.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said container comprises an endcap disposed at a distal end portion of said container, said endcap comprising at least one of an outlet for dispensing said medium and an inlet for filling said container.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein
said container comprises:
a soft inner layer accommodating said medium;
a rigid outer layer; and
said sliceable portion comprises a cutting channel exposing a portion of said soft inner layer and extending linearly between a proximal end and a distal end of said container.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein said cutting channel is configured to accommodate said cutter when said plunger advances to dispense said medium, said cutter advancing through said channel slicing said exposed portion of said soft inner layer.
12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein said soft inner layer comprises an overmold inside said rigid outer layer.
13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein said soft inner layer is bonded inside said rigid outer layer.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein said container is cylindrical having one of a circular or elliptical cross section, an outer wall of said inner layer extending parallel to an inner wall of said outer layer.
15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein said container is cylindrical having one of a circular or elliptical cross section, an outer wall of said inner layer extending parallel to an inner wall of said outer layer.
16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said container is cylindrical having one of a circular or elliptical cross section.
17 . A patch pump comprising a base an outer housing and the system as claimed in claim 1 disposed on said base.
18 . A medicament delivery device comprising an insertion mechanism and the system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insertion mechanism is connected to said container.