US20050154346A1 - Needleless injector with shock absorbing means between ram and piston - Google Patents

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US20050154346A1
US20050154346A1 US10/493,368 US49336805A US2005154346A1 US 20050154346 A1 US20050154346 A1 US 20050154346A1 US 49336805 A US49336805 A US 49336805A US 2005154346 A1 US2005154346 A1 US 2005154346A1
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    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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    • A61M2005/2073—Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically preventing premature release, e.g. by making use of a safety lock
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    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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    • A61M2005/2086—Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically having piston damping means, e.g. axially or rotationally acting retarders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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    • A61M2005/3117—Means preventing contamination of the medicament compartment of a syringe
    • A61M2005/3118—Means preventing contamination of the medicament compartment of a syringe via the distal end of a syringe, i.e. syringe end for mounting a needle cannula
    • A61M2005/312—Means preventing contamination of the medicament compartment of a syringe via the distal end of a syringe, i.e. syringe end for mounting a needle cannula comprising sealing means, e.g. severable caps, to be removed prior to injection by, e.g. tearing or twisting

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  • Needlefree injectors are used as an alternative to needle-type hypodermic injectors for injecting liquid drugs through the epidermis and into the underlying tissues.
  • the usual form of construction for such a device is a syringe having a small discharge orifice which is placed in contact with the skin, and through which the drug is injected at a sufficiently high speed to penetrate the skin of the patient.
  • the energy required to pressurise the drug may be derived from a compressed coil spring, compressed gas, explosive charge or some other form of stored energy.
  • the energy may be converted from the stored form into pressure in the liquid. These may include rupturing a seal, so allowing gas to escape from a canister and causing pressure to build up behind a piston which pressurises the gas. Alternatively, a gas may cause a ram to accelerate across a gap, prior to impacting on the back of a piston.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that a very rapid rise in pressure in the drug can give rise to a rapid collapse of the bubbles in the drug.
  • This bubble collapse if it occurs quickly enough, can cause shock waves within the capsule, which can give rise to extremely high localised stresses. These stresses can sometimes cause the capsule to fail during this initial pressure peak, which is likely to result in an incomplete injection.
  • the peak pressure in the fluid may be around 200-400 Bars, and yet by slowing the rate of pressure increase from atmospheric pressure to around 20 Bars still has a dramatic effect on reducing the shock wave generation, even if the remainder of the pressure increase occurs at the same rate as previously.
  • the invention provides a method of preventing a: collapsing bubble from causing a needle free injector capsule to break, and comprises the step of causing the bubble to collapse in a slower, controlled manner immediately prior to the normal injection cycle, without changing the peak value or the shape of the remainder of the pressure profile.
  • the invention also provides an apparatus for this purpose.
  • a needleless injector comprising:
  • This apparatus provides reduction of the initial force applied to the ram, so that the initial rate of pressure increase on the liquid is reduced, thereby controlling the rate of collapse of gas bubbles in the liquid.
  • the shock absorbing component may be provided in the gap across which the ram is accelerated prior to impact with the piston.
  • the shock absorber may comprise a cylinder, in which the ram (or a portion thereof) is slidably received.
  • This cylinder can be closed at one end, and the closed end lies adjacent the piston.
  • the ram is then received adjacent the open end of the cylinder before application of force to the ram.
  • shock absorbing is achieved by driving the ram into a cylinder.
  • the ram is also slidably received in the cylinder with a fluid tight fit, so that as the ram progresses into the cylinder, a volume of gas trapped in the cylinder is compressed, thereby providing a gradually increasing force on the piston.
  • the cylinder can be open at both ends.
  • the internal opening of the cylinder may have a constant internal diameter, or else the internal opening of the cylinder may have at least two internal diameters, a first internal diameter at an end of the cylinder for cooperation with the ram, and a second smaller internal diameter.
  • the internal opening of the cylinder can have three internal diameters, a third internal diameter at an end of the cylinder for cooperation with the piston, the third internal diameter being greater than the second internal diameter.
  • the third internal diameter can-be equal to or greater than the diameter of the ram, so that this section of the component does not increase the frictional resistance to the ram, but provides length over which the initial pressure continues to act before impact of the ram with the piston.
  • the cylinder may have a length of between 1 mm and 5 mm, and this short initial absorbing of the movement of the ram acts to reduce the applied force.
  • the shock absorber may comprise a different compressible member.
  • the invention also provides a method of delivering liquid from a needleless injector syringe which comprises a piston housed within a syringe body and a ram for driving the piston thereby causing liquid to be driven out of the syringe, the method comprising:
  • This method provides a two-stage process, with damping ill the first process only.
  • FIG. 1 shows a known needleless injector
  • FIG. 2 shows a modification to the injector of FIG. 1 using a first example of shock absorbing component of the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a second example of shock absorbing component of the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows pressure plots to illustrate the effect of the component of FIGS. 2 and 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 shows a third example of shock absorbing component of the invention
  • FIG. 6 shows a fourth example of shock absorbing component of the invention
  • FIG. 7 shows pressure plots to illustrate the effect of the component of FIG. 6 ;
  • FIG. 8 shows a fifth example of shock absorbing component of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 shows pressure plots to illustrate the effect of the component of FIG. 8 .
  • FIG. 1 shows a known needleless injector, comprising a syringe body in the form of a cartridge 103 having an opening 106 at one end.
  • a piston 104 is housed within the cartridge 103 for urging a liquid 105 within the cartridge through the opening 106 .
  • a ram 111 is provided for driving the piston, and an arrangement is provided for applying a force to the ram 111 .
  • the injection force is provided by a compressed gas spring.
  • This is in the form of a cylinder 130 which is closed at its upper end and which contains gas, typically air, under a pressure which is typically in the range 5.5 MPa (800 psi) to 22 MPa (3000 psi).
  • the cylinder houses the ram 111 .
  • the end of the ram 111 has a frustoconical portion 131 and a flange 132 between which is situated an O-ring seal 133 .
  • the ram 111 Prior to use, the ram 111 is held in the illustrated position by a latch 108 engaging in a groove in the ram, the upper surface of the groove forming a cam surface 109 .
  • the lower end of the cylinder 130 has an outwardly directed flange 130 a, which enables the cylinder to be held by crimping the flange 130 a beneath an outwardly directed flange 140 a at the upper end of a coupling 140 .
  • the sleeve 102 is formed of an upper sleeve portion 102 a within which the cylinder is situated, and a lower sleeve portion 102 b.
  • the sleeve portion 102 b is connected to the coupling by the interengaging screw threads 141 formed on the inner and outer walls of the sleeve portion 102 b and coupling 140 respectively.
  • the ram arrangement, of the compressed gas cylinder 130 and the ram 111 are assembled to form a first component which is subsequently attached to the cartridge assembly.
  • the injector contains the medicament cartridge 103 in which the piston 104 is slidingly and sealingly located therein, in contact with medicament 105 .
  • the piston may comprise a cylindrical portion, a larger diameter cylindrical sealing portion, and a frusto-conical portion.
  • the opening 106 is sealed by a resilient seal 134 which is held in place by a seal carrier 135 .
  • the seal carrier 135 is connected to the lower sleeve portion 102 b by a frangible joint 136 .
  • a tear-off band 137 is provided as the lower part of the upper sleeve portion 102 a.
  • the lower edge of the tear-off band 137 bears against a ring 142 which is bonded to the exterior surface of the coupling 140 or (not shown) formed integrally therewith.
  • the function of the ring is to prevent downward movement of the sleeve portion 102 a relative to the coupling 140 , for so long as the tear-off band 137 is present. Accordingly, the ring 142 need not extend completely around the periphery of the coupling, and could be replaced by one or more separate elements.
  • An annular space 138 is formed in the inside wall of the sleeve 102 , where the sleeve is adjacent the cylinder 130 , and the space is filled with a damping grease (indicated diagrammatically by a succession of black bands), so that the grease is in intimate contact both with the sleeve 102 and the cylinder 130 .
  • a damping grease indicated diagrammatically by a succession of black bands
  • the user snaps off the seal carrier 135 at the frangible joint 136 , which takes the seal 134 with it and exposes the orifice 106 .
  • the user then removes the tear-off band 137 , and grasping the upper part of the sleeve 102 urges the orifice against the skin which is to be injected. This moves the upper sleeve portion 102 a downwardly, with respect to the lower sleeve portion 102 b.
  • gas bubbles within the liquid 105 must be avoided, because the rapid increase in pressure in the liquid after firing can result in any such bubbles affecting the injection performance.
  • the invention provides a shock absorbing component 150 between the ram and the piston for reducing an initial force applied to the ram.
  • the component fills the gap across which the ram is accelerated.
  • a blind tube is used as the shock absorbing component 150 , which is an interference fit with a portion of the ram 111 that accelerates towards the piston.
  • the blind tube comprises a hollow cylinder which is closed at one end, the closed end lying adjacent the piston, and the ram is received adjacent the open end of the cylinder before application of force to the ram (as in FIG. 2 ).
  • the component 150 can be formed from PTFE, and is then machined to form the desired shape. It may be formed integrally with the piston 104 . Alternatively, other high density and resilient materials may be used, such as high density polyurethane (“HDPE”), which can be moulded.
  • HDPE high density polyurethane
  • the cylinder 150 rests behind the piston 104 (or may be formed integrally with it as mentioned above), and is in contact with it.
  • the ram 111 accelerates, two phenomena occur. Firstly, friction between the ram 111 and the cylinder 150 causes a force to be applied to the piston 104 . This force is very much smaller than the subsequent impact force between the ram 111 I and the piston 104 .
  • the interference fit between the portion of the ram 111 and the cylinder 150 causes a gas tight seal. Therefore, as the ram 111 moves down inside the cylinder 150 , the pressure in the cylinder increases, resulting in a gradually increasing force to be applied to the piston 104 by the cylinder 150 .
  • the piston 104 is moved forward slightly, which causes any bubble to be compressed.
  • the ram accelerates across a gap 152 of 3 mm, in about 200 ⁇ s. This causes a substantially steady increase in pressure from 0 to around 1-5 Mpa over this time. This causes a gradual collapse of the bubble over this period, from its original size, to a tiny fraction (for example ⁇ fraction (1/20) ⁇ ) of its size.
  • the bubble is in, or very close to, the opening of the cartridge 103 , it is likely to be pushed out of the orifice.
  • the component 150 can be seated over the end of the ram 111 , and thus form part of the ram arrangement.
  • the component can be placed over an end of the ram 111 which projects beyond an end face of the assembled ram arrangement. This end face can then act as a stop to limit the positioning of the component 150 over the ram 111 .
  • the ram is released, the component 150 moves with the ram inside the cartridge 103 until it strikes the piston 104 . Only then is the shock absorbing function of the component 150 used.
  • This design enables the component to be introduced as a modification which does not require any change to an existing ram arrangement or to the cartridge assembly design.
  • the shock absorbing component reduces the initial rate of pressure increase within the drug-containing capsule. There may be a slight reduction in the peak pressure with which the drug is expelled, and various modifications to the shock absorbing component are possible to achieve a desired combination of the initial pressure profile and the pressure profile during the actual injection cycle.
  • the degree of interference between the inner surface of the cylinder 150 and the ram may be altered to vary the reduction in initial pressure.
  • an inner diameter of the cylinder may typically be 3.77 mm, or it may be reduced to 3.6 mm to introduce greater frictional resistance.
  • a typical tolerance may be 0.03 mm.
  • shock absorbing component has a closed end so that a sealed chamber is defined by the shock absorbing component in combination with the ram 111 .
  • the frictional interference alone may be sufficient.
  • FIG. 3 shows a shock absorbing component 150 which is open at both ends. The amount of frictional resistance and the length can then be chosen to achieve the desired pressure profile.
  • FIG. 4 shows comparative pressure profiles for an injector-with no shock absorbing component (plot 200 ), with the closed cylinder of FIG. 2 (plot 202 ) and two versions of the component of FIG. 3 of different lengths (plots 204 -length 4.5 mm and 206 -length 5 mm).
  • the presence of the shock absorbing component in each case provides the pressure region 210 which provides gradual bubble collapse, but the peak pressure surge at impact of the ram with the piston varies in the different designs.
  • FIG. 5 shows a modification in which a metal end cap 220 is placed over the opening on the piston side of the shock absorber component. This is found to increase the peak pressure at the point in time when contact is made between the ram and the end cap. However, this increase in peak pressure is accompanied by a narrowing of the pressure peak, which may not be desirable.
  • FIG. 6 shows a shock absorber having a closed end (as in FIG. 2 ) and in which two different internal diameters d 1 and d 2 are provided.
  • the component is initially provided with a bore of diameter d 2 , and an additional counterboring step provides the increased internal diameter of d 1 to a desired depth.
  • d 1 can equal 3.77 mm
  • d 2 can equal 3.6 mm.
  • the depth of the counterbore will of course influence the pressure profile characteristics. It will be seen that the height of the step between internal bore diameters is exaggerated in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 7 shows comparative pressure profiles for an injector with no shock absorbing component (plot 200 ), and with counterbores to different depths (plots 220 , 222 , 224 , 226 show increasing depths of counterbore) as well as with no counterbore (namely an internal diameter of 3.6 mm for the full depth-plot 228 ).
  • Adding a counterbore to the open end of the component reduces the amount of friction and creates a short term pressure rise in the initial part of the liquid pressure profile as the ram rides over the shoulder between the different bore diameters.
  • the deeper the counterbore the nearer this pressure rise is to the main peak. This measure can thus be used to increase the peak pressure, and indeed in plot 226 , the depth of the shoulder is such that the main pressure peak is increased.
  • FIG. 8 shows a shock absorber open at both ends and in which three different internal diameters d 1 , d 2 and d 3 are provided.
  • the component is initially provided with a bore of diameter d 2 , and an additional counterboring step provides the increased internal diameter of d 1 to a desired depth from the ram side of the component and an additional counterboring step provides the increased internal diameter of d 3 to a desired depth from the piston side of the component.
  • d 1 can equal 3.77 mm
  • d 2 can equal 3.6 mm for a ram diameter of 4.0 mm.
  • the depths and diameters of the counterbores from both ends will influence the pressure profile characteristics.
  • FIG. 9 shows comparative pressure profiles for an injector with no shock absorbing component (plot 200 ), for a component with no counterbore (namely an internal diameter of 3.6 mm for the full depth-plot 228 as in FIG. 7 ), and for components which differ only in the diameter of the piston side bore (plots 230 , 232 , 234 , 236 are for successively increasing values of d 3 ).
  • the plot closest to the original plot with no shock absorber is plot 236 , and this is for a design in which the piston side counterbore is larger in diameter than the ram.
  • This section of the shock absorber thus provides no additional resistance to the movement of the ram towards the piston, but does ensure that the low pressure in the drug is maintained for a suitable time period to enable slow bubble collapse.
  • the shock absorbing component may comprise part of the piston or the ram, or as in the example above it may effectively be defined by the interaction of these two components.
  • the shock absorbing could also be applied to the output of the source of energy for driving the ram.
  • the invention essentially provides any means for controlling the speed of bubble collapse within the liquid.
  • the internal opening of the cylindrical shock absorbing component can be greater in diameter than the diameter of the ram, and the ram can be coupled to the inner wall of the shock absorbing component through a grease which allows transfer of force, such as grease made by the company Kilopoise.
  • the component is machined, and there are step changes in the internal diameter using counterboring techniques.
  • the ram may push against it, for example it may be a rubber coupling member.
  • shock absorbing means has been used for the component of the invention, as it provides an initial lower pressure time period within the liquid before the main transfer of force from the ram to the piston. This is achieved by using some of the force (shock) from the ram. It could equally be described as means for providing an initial time period of relatively low pressure within the liquid before the main transfer of force from the ram to the piston.
  • the term.“shock absorbing means” is intended to cover all of these possibilities, including the implementation of the shock absorption by modification to the energy source (e.g. compressed gas source).

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