US 11,986,643 B2
Autoinjector apparatus
Michael Denzer, Ringoes, NJ (US); Robert W. Swift, Fillmore, CA (US); Neal Johnston, Dallas, TX (US); Gabriele Ganzitti, Milan (IT); Kenneth R. Ewing, Fremont, CA (US); and Suhas Krishna, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/147,659.
Application 17/147,659 is a continuation of application No. 16/026,294, filed on Jul. 3, 2018, granted, now 10,918,805.
Application 16/026,294 is a continuation of application No. 14/112,479, granted, now 10,092,706, previously published as PCT/US2012/034535, filed on Apr. 20, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/477,553, filed on Apr. 20, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128842 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61J 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61M 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3204 (2013.01) [A61J 1/065 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/50 (2013.01); A61M 2005/206 (2013.01); A61M 2005/208 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2407 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2496 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3247 (2013.01); A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 5/3271 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2205/121 (2013.01); A61M 2205/123 (2013.01); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2205/586 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6018 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6036 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6045 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an injector with a cassette, the method comprising:
detecting a cassette identification (cassette ID) of the cassette with a detector of the injector, the cassette ID comprising an array of protrusions disposed on the cassette, the array of protrusions disposed on the cassette includes a first combination of protrusions and a second combination of protrusions;
communicating the cassette ID to a processor of the injector;
deciphering, with the processor, a first code defined by the first combination of protrusions and a second code defined by the second combination of protrusions of the cassette ID to determine first information and second information about the cassette, the second information different from the first information,
wherein the injector includes a cassette door, the method further comprising closing the door before detecting the cassette ID.