IP Library Granted Patent US 9,327,082
Granted Patent B2
US 9,327,082 · App. 13/988,494 · Granted May 3, 2016

Medicated module for use with auto-injector delivery device

Inventors: Garen Kouyoumjian (Warwickshire, GB); Malcolm Stanley Boyd (Warwickshire, GB); Daniel Thomas De Sausmarez Lintell (Warwickshire, GB)
Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,327,082
App. No.
13/988,494
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drug delivery system to deliver two or more medicaments operable through a auto-injector drug delivery device and a single dispense interface. The device comprises a housing defining a primary reservoir containing a first medicament. A dosing mechanism operably connected to the primary reservoir. A single dispense interface is configured for fluid communication with the primary reservoir and a secondary reservoir of medicament containing at least one drug agent configured for fluid communication to the single dispense interface. A single activation of the dosing mechanism causes medicament from the primary reservoir and a non-user settable dose of the second medicament to be expelled through the single dispense interface.

Claims (28)

1. A drug delivery system configured to deliver at least one liquid and at least one medicament comprising an auto-injector delivery device and a single dispense interface, the auto-injector delivery device comprising:

a housing defining a primary reservoir, the primary reservoir containing a first liquid; and

a dose setting mechanism operably connected to the primary reservoir to set a variable dose of the first liquid;

the single dispense interface being configured for fluid communication with the primary reservoir of the auto-injector device; and

the system further comprising a medicated module having a proximal end and a distal end, the medicated module comprising the single dispense interface at its distal end and a secondary reservoir containing at least one secondary medicament configured for fluid communication with the single dispense interface and the primary reservoir; the proximal end of the medicated module being configured to be releasably attachable to a distal end of the auto-injector delivery device wherein a single activation of the dose setting mechanism causes the first liquid from the primary reservoir and a non-user settable dose of the secondary medicament from the secondary reservoir to be expelled through the single dispense interface,

wherein a single operation of the dose setting mechanism causes the first liquid from the primary reservoir to be expelled through the single dispense interface after at least substantially all of the non-user settable dose of the secondary medicament has been expelled through the single dispense interface.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the primary reservoir contains at least one dose of a first medicament.

3. The system of any claim 1 wherein said secondary medicament comprises at least one of a GLP-1, a GLP-1 analog, and Insulin.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the auto-injector delivery device further comprises a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the medicated module to the auto-injector delivery device the coupling mechanism comprising at least one attachment means.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the coupling mechanism comprises a first attachment means and a second attachment means, the first attachment means being different than the second attachment means.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein the coupling mechanism comprises a first attachment means and a second attachment means, the first attachment means having a first threaded section and a second attachment means having a second threaded section.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the medicated module is configured to be disposable and replaceable with a replacement module comprising a new secondary reservoir and a new single dispense interface.

8. The system of claim 7 where the medicated module further comprises a needle guard, wherein the needle guard is operably connected to the secondary reservoir.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the secondary reservoir is arranged within a bypass housing and the single dispense interface comprises a double ended needle cannula, wherein the medicated module further comprises at least one of the following features,

a) an outer housing having an inner surface, a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end has an upper hub holding a first double-ended needle cannula and a connector configured for attachment to an auto-injector delivery device;

b) the bypass housing having an outer surface and being slidably engaged with an upper radial stand-off on an inner surface of the housing;

c) a reservoir within the bypass housing comprising a single dose of a medicament;

d) a guard having an internal proximal face and a drive tooth on an inner surface, where the drive tooth is slidably engaged with a track on an outer surface of the bypass housing;

e) a lower hub slidably engaged with an outer surface of the bypass housing and slidably engaged with an inner surface of the needle guard;

f) a biasing member engaged between an internal proximal face of a guard and with a lower hub; and

g) a lower hub holding a second double-ended needle cannula.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the reservoir comprises a single molded component having an internal cavity with an integral flow distributor.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the housing defining the primary reservoir comprises a cartridge holder and the auto-injector delivery device comprises at least one of the following features:

a) the dose setting mechanism being operably connected to the cartridge holder containing the first medicament containing at least one drug agent;

b) a biasing member operatively coupled to the dose setting mechanism;

c) a dose dial grip operably coupled to the dose setting mechanism and to a biasing member, the dose dial grip being moveable to a selected set position against a bias of the biasing member, wherein movement of the dose dial grip to the selected position is accompanied by straining the biasing member; and

d) a trigger on the dose setting mechanism arranged to retain a dose dial grip in the set position against a bias of the biasing member.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the auto-injector delivery device comprises a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the secondary reservoir to the auto-injector delivery device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2016
From: KOUYOUMJIAN, GAREN; BOYD, MALCOLM STANLEY; DE SAUSMAREZ LINTELL, DANIEL THOMAS
To: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 037502/0231 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10192983 · Nov 29, 2010 · regional
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61433826 · Jan 18, 2011
Related Publication 20130245561A1 · Sep 19, 2013