Patent ID: 11883260
Assignee: AUTOMED PATENT HOLDCO, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 11:
12. A system for delivering a dose of a substance to an animal, the system comprising:
an interchangeable delivery section including a delivery arrangement adapted to deliver the substance to the animal and an electronic device, said interchangeable delivery section comprising:
a connection to a substance reservoir containing a substance;
a first one-way valve configured to allow the substance to flow from the substance reservoir into a main delivery conduit; and
a second one-way valve configured to allow the substance to flow from the main delivery conduit to a delivery part, the second one-way valve being located at a distal end of the interchangeable delivery section;

a hand held frame comprising a drive section including a drive arrangement configured to actuate the delivery arrangement in a coupled condition in which the interchangeable delivery section is mechanically coupled to the drive section;
the hand held frame further comprising a gun shaped handle section configured to be held in a hand of an operator, the hand held frame further comprising a trigger, the trigger being configured to be actuated by a finger of the hand of the operator; and
a control system configured to communicate with the electronic device of the interchangeable deliver section and selectively operate the drive arrangement in the coupled condition;
wherein the electronic device is configured to receive and store delivery information and the control system is configured to transmit the delivery information to the electronic device and further to receive and process the delivery information;
wherein the delivery information comprises a measured delivery dose;
wherein the delivery information comprises data indicating that the delivery section is in one of a substance configured state and a substance non-configured state, and wherein the control system is configured to read the data and determine that the delivery section is in one of the substance configured state and the substance non-configured state;
wherein the control system is further configured to change the electronic device on the removable delivery section to a substance configured state and further configured to change the delivery information to add a substance type corresponding to the substance in the substance reservoir.