Medicament container support assembly

1 . A support assembly for a medicament container of a medicament delivery device, the support assembly comprising:

a container support member having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to partially receive a medicament container;

a deformable member arranged between a distal portion of the container support member and a proximal end of a flange of the medicament container; and

a rear support member having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being configured to be partially inserted into a distal end of the medicament container and arranged to be moved in contact with a distal end of the flange of the medicament container,

wherein the deformable member is deformed by a clamping force generated by the container support member and the rear support member, such that the deformation of the deformable member is configured to compensate for an engineering tolerance of the medicament delivery device.

2 . The support assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the rear support member comprises a ramp surface arranged on its proximal end, and wherein the ramp surface is configured to abut a distal inner edge of the medicament container.

3 . The support assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the contact between the ramp surface and the distal inner edge of the medicament container is configured to align the rear support member with the medicament container during the medicament delivery device assembling.

4 . The support assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the contact between the ramp surface and the distal inner edge of the medicament container is configured to prevent the medicament container from rattling in the assembled medicament delivery device.

5 . The support assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the support assembly comprises a predetermined axial distance between the distal end of the container support member and the proximal end of the rear support member.

6 . A medicament delivery device comprising a support assembly according to claim 1 .

7 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 6 , wherein the rear support member comprises a distal extending tubular body, and wherein the medicament delivery device comprises a proximally biased plunger rod arranged within the tubular body.

8 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 7 , wherein the tubular body is arranged with a radially inward extending retaining member, and wherein the biased plunger rod comprises a counter retaining member arranged on an outer surface of the biased plunger rod and configured to interact with the retaining member, such that proximal movement of the biased plunger rod is prevented.

9 . The medicament delivery device according to claim 8 , wherein the tubular body is arranged with a proximally extending flexible arm, and wherein the retaining member is arranged on the proximal end of the flexible arm.

10 . An assembly for a medicament delivery device, where the assembly comprises:

a medicament container comprising a flange;

a container support member partially surrounding the medicament container and having a proximal end and a distal end;

a deformable member positioned between the distal end of the container support member and a proximal facing end of the flange; and

a distal extending tubular body comprising a rear support member that is positioned a predetermined axial distance from the distal end of the container support member,

wherein the rear support member comprises a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being arranged to be partially inserted into a distal end of the medicament container and to be moved in contact with a distal facing end of the flange of the medicament container, and

wherein the deformable member is deformed by a clamping force generated by the container support member and the rear support member such that the predetermined axial distance is reduced when the medicament delivery device is fully assembled.

11 . The assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the rear support member comprises a ramp surface arranged on its proximal end.

12 . The assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the ramp surface abuts a distal inner edge of the medicament container.

13 . An assembly for a medicament container of a medicament delivery device, the assembly comprising:

a container support member having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to partially receive a medicament container;

a deformable member arranged between a distal portion of the container support member and a proximal end of a flange of the medicament container; and

a rear support member having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being configured to be partially inserted into a distal end of the medicament container such as to contact a distal end of the flange of the medicament container,

wherein the container support member and the rear support member are configured to exert a clamping force on the flange of the medicament container and the deformable member, such that the deformable member is deformed by the clamping force.

14 . The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the rear support member comprises a ramp surface arranged on its proximal end, and wherein the ramp surface is configured to abut a distal inner edge of the medicament container.

15 . The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the contact between the ramp surface and the distal inner edge of the medicament container is configured to align the rear support member with the medicament container during the medicament delivery device assembling.

16 . The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the contact between the ramp surface and the distal inner edge of the medicament container is configured to prevent the medicament container from rattling in the assembled medicament delivery device.

17 . The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the support assembly comprises a predetermined axial distance between the distal end of the container support member and the proximal end of the rear support member.

18 . The assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the proximal end of the rear support member contacts an interior surface of a bored portion of the distal end of the medicament container when the proximal end of the rear support member is inserted into the bored portion.