Medicament delivery training device
In one embodiment herein a medicament delivery training device configured to provide stepwise instructions for using the device that are delivered to a user in a particular sequence is provided. The device includes a housing having an actuation member to simulate delivery of medicament from the device. The device also includes a control interface associated with the device, the control interface including at least one responsive member reactive to a user input. The device further includes a signal output component associated therewith, and circuitry associated with the device configured so as to control a provision of the stepwise instructions to the user in the particular sequence.
1. A medicament delivery training device comprising:
a housing having an actuation member to simulate delivery of medicament from the device, the device comprising a pre-delivery state and a post-delivery state;
a control interface disposed on the device, the control interface comprising at least one responsive member reactive to a user input;
a signal output component disposed on the device;
circuitry integrated into the device configured so as to control a provision of stepwise instructions for operation of the device to guide a user through the operation in a particular sequence;
a sensor to detect a condition of the device;
a first program code module that records a condition of the device;
a second program code module that records and/or tracks trending results of the performance of the device and/or the user, or efficiency of the user and/or of the device; or both;
a memory module, wherein the memory module stores conditions of the device in the sequence; and
a medicament delivery simulation mechanism disposed within the delivery training device, the medicament delivery simulation mechanism having a first position when the device is in the pre-delivery state and a second position when the device is in the post-delivery state, and wherein the medicament delivery simulation mechanism is associated with the actuation member such that when the actuation member is actuated, the medicament delivery simulation mechanism is urged from the first position to the second position, and wherein the medicament delivery simulation mechanism can be mechanically reset from the second position to the first position for reuse of the medicament delivery training device.
2. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , wherein an output of the device from the signal output component is initiated in response to a predetermined value detected for a condition.
3. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , wherein an output of the device from the signal output component is initiated in response to a predetermined elapsed time value occurring within the particular sequence of stepwise instructions.
4. The medicament delivery training device of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined elapsed time value period comprises a pause between the steps of the stepwise instructions.
5. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , wherein the output of the device from the signal output component is initiated when the user performs one or more steps in the particular sequence within a predetermined time period.
6. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , wherein the condition is an error condition.
7. The medicament delivery training device of claim 6 , wherein the error condition comprises an operation detected out of sequence.
8. The medicament delivery training device of claim 6 , wherein the error condition is a failure to detect a step in the use of the sequence.
9. The medicament delivery training device of claim 6 , wherein the error condition is a failure by the user to use the device to perform one or more steps in the particular sequence within a predetermined time period.
10. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , further comprising an actuation member, and the medicament delivery simulation mechanism comprising a spring mechanism, such that in the pre-delivery state, the mechanism is in a retracted position, and in the post-delivery state, the mechanism is in a protracted position, and actuation of the actuation member urges the mechanism from the retracted position to the protracted position.
11. The medicament delivery training device of claim 10 , wherein the mechanism is mechanically resettable from the protracted position to the retracted position.
12. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , further comprising a third program code module to record usage of the device over a predetermined time and to output information to the user about an amount of training or accuracy of usage.
13. The medicament delivery training device of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth program code module that causes the circuitry to transfer recorded information via a wire or wireless connection to a network, a computer or to another device.
14. A medicament delivery training device comprising:
a housing having an actuation member to simulate delivery of a medicament from the device, wherein the device comprises a pre-delivery state and a post-delivery state;
a control interface disposed on the device, the control interface comprising at least one responsive member reactive to a user input;
a signal output component disposed on the device;
circuitry integrated into the device configured so as to control a provision of stepwise instructions provided to a user for operation of the device to guide the user through the operation in a particular sequence;
a memory module in the device programmed to record usage of the device over a predetermined time and to output information to the user about an amount of training or accuracy of usage; and
a medicament delivery simulation mechanism disposed within the delivery training device, the medicament delivery simulation mechanism having a first position when the device is in the pre-delivery state and a second position when the device is in the post-delivery state, and wherein the medicament delivery simulation mechanism is associated with the actuation member such that when the actuation member is actuated, the medicament delivery simulation mechanism is urged from the first position to the second position, and wherein the medicament delivery simulation mechanism can be mechanically reset from the second position to the first position for reuse of the medicament delivery training device.
15. The medicament delivery training device of claim 14 , wherein a signal output of the device is initiated in relation to the condition of the device and a predetermined condition of the device at a step in the sequence.
16. The medicament delivery training device of claim 14 , wherein the memory module records error conditions, and wherein the memory module identifies and stores error conditions of the device in the sequence.
17. The medicament delivery training device of claim 16 , wherein when the user reaches a step in which an error was made by the user in a previous training, an output of the device is initiated to alert the user to the previous error made in the step.
18. The medicament delivery training device of claim 14 , wherein the device provides trending results based on the recorded use of the device by the user.
19. The medicament delivery training device of claim 14 , wherein when the medicament delivery simulation mechanism is reset from the second position to the first position, and the training device is reset from the post-delivery state to the pre-delivery state, visual, auditory, or tactile feedback of the medicament delivery simulation mechanism, or any combination thereof, is reconstituted for a subsequent training.
20. The medicament delivery training device of claim 14 , wherein when the medicament delivery training device changes from a pre-delivery state to a post-delivery state, tactile feedback, visual feedback, gustatory feedback, olfactory feedback, or auditory feedback, or any combination thereof, of the training device mimics the tactile, visual gustatory feedback, olfactory feedback, and auditory feedback of an actual medicament delivery device.
21. The medicament delivery training device of claim 20 , wherein the tactile, visual, gustatory, olfactory, and/or auditory feedback of the training device are output in conjunction with one another to simulate the tactile, visual, gustatory, olfactory, and/or auditory feedback of a medicament delivery device.
22. The medicament delivery training device of claim 14 , wherein the device outputs information about quality of training, areas of improvement, and/or positive feedback about areas where the user has complied with the use of the device.