US 11,904,146 B2
Medicine injection devices, systems, and methods for medicine administration and tracking
Ellis Garai, Woodland Hills, CA (US); and Ashwin K. Rao, West Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed by Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,449.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387723 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/315 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31568 (2013.01) [A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medicine delivery and tracking system, comprising:
a medicine injection pen including a needle through which medicine is dispensed from the pen and an electronic unit configured to at least one of: log dispensing of medicine from the pen, control dispensing of medicine from the pen, or communicate regarding dispensing of medicine from the pen; and
a delivery port configured for attachment to a user, the delivery port configured to receive the needle of the pen such that medicine dispensed from the pen is dispensed into the delivery port and through the delivery port to the user, wherein the delivery port includes a detector mechanism configured to detect a presence of the pen and, in response thereto, to communicate a signal to the electronic unit of the pen for use in the at least one of logging, controlling, or communicating.