US 11,694,576 B2
Injection simulation device and method
Jeff Baker, Orlando, FL (US); Christopher Wai Yin Chung, Orlando, FL (US); Tingting Liu, Orlando, FL (US); Shishuang Hou, Ningbo (CN); and Dinesh Venkata Koka, Winter Park, FL (US)
Assigned to NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Orlando, FL (US)
Appl. No. 16/484,358
Filed by NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Orlando, FL (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/017300
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/148337, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/455,934, filed on Feb. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0258424 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. G09B 23/28 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/285 (2013.01) [A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/315 (2013.01); A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3267 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection simulation device comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
a plunger comprising a proximal end and a distal end and being slidable relative to the housing;
a retractable injection simulation member at the distal end of the housing, the retractable injection simulation member being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
at least one first biasing member, wherein the at least one first biasing member is associated with the retractable injection simulation member, and directly or indirectly associated with the plunger;
wherein a first force on a distal end of the retractable injection simulation member causes movement of the retractable injection simulation member from the extended position to the retracted position, to compress the at least one first biasing member, and simulate a tactility of an injection to a user; and
wherein a second force on the proximal end of the plunger asserts a third force directly or indirectly on the at least one first biasing member to facilitate resetting the retractable injection simulation member to the extended position.