Patent ID: 7749194

Claim:
An auto-injector, comprising: a housing; a vial disposed within the housing, the vial configured to store an injectable medicament, said vial defining a vial longitudinal axis; a non-electronic force initiator configured to produce a force to inject the injectable medicament, the non-electronic force initiator configured to be actuated without input from any electronic device associated with the auto-injector, the non-electronic force initiator defining a force initiator longitudinal axis located non-co-axially with the vial longitudinal axis; and an electronic output device coupled to said housing and configured to output an electronic indication associated with at least one of an instruction for using the auto-injector, a replacement status of the auto-injector, a delay time associated with an injection event, a status of a safety guard, a position of the auto-injector, an orientation of the auto-injector, a location of the auto-injector, a duration of the injection event, a status of the injection event, an error associated with the injection event, and a post-use instruction associated with the auto-injector.