IP Library Granted Patent US 11,291,764
Granted Patent B2
US 11,291,764 · App. 16/342,950 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Liquid medicine injection device

Inventors: Jesse Jaejin Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Seung Ha Kim (Goyang-si, KR)
Assignee: EOFLOW CO., LTD.
A61M5/1452A61M5/002A61M5/2422A61M5/31568A61M5/31501A61M2205/82
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Patent No.
US 11,291,764
App. No.
16/342,950
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid medicine injection device includes: a liquid medicine storage unit including a cylinder including a space configured to store liquid medicine therein and a discharge hole connected to the space, and a piston arranged inside the cylinder and moving toward the discharge hole depending on discharge of the liquid medicine; a first electrode on an outer surface of the cylinder; a second electrode on the outer surface of the cylinder, the second electrode facing the first electrode with the piston therebetween; and a circuit unit including a substrate electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.

Claims (24)

1. A liquid medicine injection device comprising:

a liquid medicine storage unit including:

a cylinder including a space configured to store liquid medicine therein,

a discharge hole connected to the space, and

a piston arranged inside the cylinder and configured to move toward the discharge hole depending on discharge of the liquid medicine when present;

a first electrode on an outer surface of the cylinder;

a second electrode on the outer surface of the cylinder, the second electrode facing the first electrode with the piston therebetween;

a circuit unit including a substrate electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode;

a case configured to receive the liquid medicine storage unit and the circuit unit an inner frame inside the case; and

a conductive member curved along an outer surface of the liquid medicine storage unit

wherein a sum of widths of the first and second electrodes is equal to or greater than 0.85 times an outer circumference of the cylinder,

wherein the first electrode serves as a ground,

wherein the second electrode is configured to receive a pulse signal applied by the circuit unit,

wherein the circuit unit is configured to calculate displacement information of the piston based on a capacitance change between the first electrode and the second electrode due to a difference between pulse response signals, and to thereby calculate an actual injected amount of the liquid medicine based on the displacement information of the piston,

wherein the conductive member is pressurized by the inner frame to stably maintain a contact with the second electrode, and

wherein an elastic member is arranged between the inner frame and the case.

2. The liquid medicine injection device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode extend in a direction that intersects with a liquid surface of the liquid medicine that contacts the piston.

3. The liquid medicine injection device of claim 1 , wherein one end of the first electrode is adjacent to the discharge hole, and another end of the first electrode extends away from the discharge hole, and

one end of the second electrode is adjacent to the discharge hole, and another end of the second electrode extends away from the discharge hole.

4. The liquid medicine injection device of claim 1 , further comprising a pump connected to the discharge hole.

5. The liquid medicine injection device of claim 1 , wherein the case includes first ribs arranged in a lengthwise direction of the liquid medicine storage unit, and the inner frame includes second ribs facing the first ribs of the case with the liquid medicine storage unit between the first ribs and the second ribs.

6. The liquid medicine injection device of claim 1 ,

wherein the conductive member connects one of the first electrode and the second electrode to the circuit unit.

7. The liquid medicine injection device of claim 6 , wherein the inner frame is configured to regulate a location of the conductive member.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTERESTS RECORDED AT REEL 060434, FRAME 0536 Recorded Nov 16, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MALLINCKRODT ENTERPRISES LLC; MALLINCKRODT LLC; SPECGX LLC; OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.; STRATATECH CORPORATION; VTESSE LLC; MALLINCKRODT PHARMA IP TRADING UNLIMITED COMPANY; MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED; SUCAMPO PHARMA AMERICAS LLC
Reel/Frame 065601/0347 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PATENTS AT REEL 060389/FRAME 0913 Recorded Nov 15, 2023
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT
To: OCERA THERAPEUTICS LLC (F/K/A OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.); MALLINCKRODT LLC; MALLINCKRODT ENTERPRISES LLC; MALLINCKRODT PHARMA IP TRADING UNLIMITED COMPANY; SPECGX LLC; STRATATECH CORPORATION; SUCAMPO PHARMA AMERICAS LLC; VTESSE LLC; MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065583/0465 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: MALLINCKRODT ENTERPRISES LLC; MALLINCKRODT LLC; SPECGX LLC; OCERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.; STRATATECH CORPORATION; SUCAMPO PHARMA AMERICAS LLC; VTESSE LLC; MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 060389/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2019
From: JEONG, JONG OOK; KIM, JESSE JAEJIN; KIM, SEUNG HA
To: EOFLOW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048940/0564 →