US 12,008,916 B2
Devices and methods for drug administration and mixing, and training of proper techniques therefor
Peter Krulevitch, Pleasanton, CA (US); Ian Scrimgeour, Dunbar (GB); Scott Martin, Edinburgh (GB); James McLusky, Edinburgh (GB); James Glencross, Edinburgh (GB); Blair Hutton, Edinburgh (GB); Nick Foley, Edinburgh (GB); and Jose Antonio Buron Vidal, Parede (PT)
Filed by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse (BE)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,192.
Application 17/240,192 is a continuation of application No. 15/736,328, granted, now 11,037,465, previously published as PCT/US2015/036969, filed on Jun. 22, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/182,426, filed on Jun. 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0248921 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G09B 23/28 (2006.01); A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); G09B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/28 (2013.01) [A61J 1/16 (2013.01); A61J 1/2055 (2015.05); A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); A61J 7/0053 (2013.01); A61M 5/1782 (2013.01); G09B 5/02 (2013.01); G09B 23/285 (2013.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device attachable to a syringe for training users in a proper mixing of pharmaceutical components, the device comprising:
a housing that extends along a longitudinal axis, the housing comprising a syringe accepting slot configured to receive a plunger rod of a syringe and to attach the housing to a finger flange of the syringe;
a power source disposed in the housing;
a microcontroller disposed in the housing and electrically powered by the power source; a user notification device; and
an accelerometer disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the microcontroller so that the microcontroller is configured to detect a motion and orientation of the housing and indicate via the user notification device as to whether the motion or orientation of the housing being shaken during one of a drug administration or a training event is sufficient with respect to predetermined thresholds including magnitude of the force applied during the shaking, the orientation of the housing and duration of such shaking.