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

Claim 0:
1. A hand held apparatus for delivering a substance to an animal, the apparatus comprising:
a hand held frame comprising a drive section including a drive arrangement, the drive arrangement having an adjustable stroke, the hand held frame further comprising a trigger;
a removable delivery section including a delivery arrangement configured to deliver the substance to the animal through a delivery part;
a substance reservoir in fluid communication with the removable delivery section;
a control system;
the removable delivery section:
being removably mechanically coupled to the hand held frame such that the drive arrangement of the hand held frame is configured to actuate the delivery arrangement of the removable delivery section when mechanically coupled;
being removably electrically coupled to the hand held frame and having an electronic device configured to communicate with the controller;
having 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 located at a distal end and configured to allow the substance to flow from the main delivery conduit to the delivery part;

the control system being configured to calculate a stroke length for the drive arrangement and receive input from the trigger, and in response to the input, cause the drive arrangement to operate the removable delivery section at the stroke length;
wherein the electronic device is configurable to receive and configuration information and substance type information transmitted from the control system, and further having an indicator indicating either a substance configured state and a substance non-configured state.