US 11,771,828 B2
Medication delivery device with mechanical locking system
Roy Howard Byerly, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Kimberly Ann Ringenberger, Zionsville, IN (US)
Assigned to Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,688.
Application 17/547,688 is a continuation of application No. 16/343,849, granted, now 11,229,743, previously published as PCT/US2017/060509, filed on Nov. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/422,160, filed on Nov. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096751 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/20 (2013.01) [A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61M 5/2422 (2013.01); A61M 5/3155 (2013.01); A61M 5/14244 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2073 (2013.01); A61M 2005/31588 (2013.01); A61M 2205/27 (2013.01); A61M 2205/276 (2013.01); A61M 2205/35 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8237 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8262 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medication delivery device connectable to an electrical plug of a conduit for at least one of charging and data transfer, the medication delivery device comprising:
an external housing having an outer surface and defining an interior volume, said outer surface defining an opening that ports to a plug receiving hollow within said interior volume;
a reservoir configured to be filled with a medication;
a plunger operable for forcing the medication from the reservoir by advancing within the reservoir;
an electrical circuit within said interior volume connected to at least one of a rechargeable battery and a memory controller within said interior volume, said electrical circuit including an electrical connector within said plug receiving hollow for electrically interfacing with the plug when the plug is inserted, from external to the external housing, through the opening into the plug receiving hollow;
a lock element within said interior volume operably connected to said plunger to travel within said plug receiving hollow when said plunger operates for forcing medication from the medication delivery device, said lock element sized and positioned to have its travel halted by abutment with the plug, when the plug is within the plug receiving hollow and electrically interfacing with said electrical connector, to thereby halt said plunger from further operating for forcing the medication from the medication delivery device.