US 12,274,675 B2
Delivery device for drug pellets
John Hayman, Gothenburg (SE); Anders Jimgren, Kungsbacka (SE); Magnus Karemyr, Vastra Frolunda (SE); and Simon Pettersson, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to ONDOSIS AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by OnDosis AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,772.
Application 18/132,772 is a continuation of application No. 17/290,626, granted, now 11,622,914, previously published as PCT/EP2019/079999, filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1817978 (GB), filed on Nov. 2, 2018; and application No. 1908808 (GB), filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346646 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [B65D 83/0409 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for dispensing one or more drugs, comprising:
a cartridge assembly configured to store drugs, and dispense the drugs from one or more storage cavities within the cartridge assembly upon actuation of one or more dispensing mechanisms located within the cartridge assembly; and
a control unit comprising one or more actuators configured to actuate the one or more dispensing mechanisms located within the cartridge assembly, each of the one or more actuators comprising a connection element;
wherein:
the one or more dispensing mechanisms each comprise one or more rotatable elements, and rotation of the one or more rotatable elements causes drugs to be dispensed from a respective one of the storage cavities within the cartridge assembly, each of the one or more rotatable elements comprising a connection element;
each of the one or more connection elements of the one or more rotatable elements is configured to cooperate with a connection element of the one or more connection elements of the one or more actuators, such that rotation of the one or more connection elements of the one or more actuators causes rotation of the one or more connection elements of the one or more rotatable elements to rotate the one or more rotatable elements of the dispensing mechanisms on the cartridge assembly; and
the mating end of the cartridge assembly comprises one or more cavities, and each of the one or more connection elements of the one or more rotatable elements is held within a cavity of the one or more cavities.