Devices and methods for engaging indexed valve and pressurized canister assembly with collar and for linear actuation by plunger assembly into fluid communication with device for regulating drug delivery
An indexed drug containment device (24) for an indexed drug actuation device (10) for use in an indexed drug delivery and regulation device (70) is disclosed. The indexed drug containment device (24) comprises a housing (26) and a valve (42), the valve (42) disposed within the housing (26), a gas canister (28) in fluid communication with the valve (42), the canister (28) containing an active pharmaceutical ingredient and an inactive gas carrier, the canister (28) being aligned along a longitudinal axis (21), the valve (42) being axially actuatable along the longitudinal axis (21), a first indexed member integral to the housing (26) and a third indexed member integral to the housing (26), the first indexed member adapted to be complementary to a second indexed member of a collar (12) of the indexed drug actuation device (10), the second indexed member being a first key (18), the third indexed member adapted to be complementary to a fourth indexed member of the collar (12) of the indexed drug actuation device (10), the fourth indexed member being a second key, wherein the first indexed member is non-complementary to the fourth indexed member, and wherein the third indexed member is non-complementary to the second indexed member.
