Patent ID: 8757148

Claim:
An indexed drug containment device assembly for a drug delivery and regulation device, the indexed drug containment device assembly comprising: a portable gas canister containing an active pharmaceutical ingredient and an inactive gas carrier for delivery to a patient in need thereof via the drug delivery and regulation device, a housing and a spring biased needle valve, the spring biased needle valve being disposed within the housing and regulating fluid flow from the portable gas canister by actuating along a longitudinal axis of the portable gas canister, and, a first indexed member integral to the housing and comprising a first arcuate opening and a second arcuate opening that extend arcuately about, and on opposing sides of, the longitudinal axis of the portable gas canister, the first and second arcuate openings having at least one of different axial widths or misaligned mid planes, the first indexed member adapted to complementarily engage a second indexed member of the drug delivery and regulation device to provide sufficient engagement for actuation of the spring biased needle valve and so that the indexed drug containment device assembly seats into, and is removable from, the drug delivery and regulation device when aligned via a relative movement that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and wherein, when complementarily engaged, the indexed drug containment device assembly aligns, seals, opens, and is secured in the drug delivery and regulation device in a single movement.