IP Library Patent Application 17587824
Patent Application
App. No. 17/587,824

AUTOINJECTOR

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App. No.
17/587,824
Abstract

An autoinjector includes a housing in which a pre-filled syringe is arranged, a drive chassis mounted in the housing, the drive chassis being biased with respect to the housing and being fixed with respect to the housing in a storage state of the autoinjector, a status indicator window and a syringe window both providing visible feedback to a user about a state of use of the autoinjector.

Claims (19)

1 . An autoinjector comprising:

a housing in which a pre-filled syringe is arranged;

a drive chassis mounted in the housing, the drive chassis being biased with respect to the housing and being fixed with respect to the housing in a storage state of the autoinjector;

a status indicator window arranged at the housing via which the drive chassis is visible from outside, with the status indicator window configured to show a first part of the drive chassis in the storage state of the autoinjector and a second part of the drive chassis after use of the autoinjector, with the first and second parts of the drive chassis being distinguishable from one another; and

a syringe window arranged at the housing via which the pre-filled syringe is visible from the outside, with the syringe window showing at least a third part of the drive chassis different from the first and second parts of the drive chassis after use of the autoinjector.

2 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the status indicator window is an elongate slot extending radially around a part of the housing.

3 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts of the drive chassis are distinguishable from one another due to a visual difference, a difference in colour, a printed label applied at a surface of the drive chassis, a text applied on the surface of the drive chassis or an icon displayed in the surface of the drive chassis.

4 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the syringe window is configured to show a content filled in the pre-filled syringe in the storage state of the autoinjector.

5 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the syringe window is configured to show at least one of a plunger arranged within the pre-filled syringe and a dispensing limb in the pre-filled syringe after use of the autoinjector.

6 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the syringe window is of elongate shape and a length of the elongate shape extends in an axial direction of the autoinjector.

7 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein an elongate shape of the syringe window is arranged transverse to an elongate shape of the status indicator window.

8 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the drive chassis comprises a trigger arm engaging a stop feature in the housing in the storage state of the autoinjector, and the trigger arm extends from a trigger limb and the first and second parts of the drive chassis are arranged at or in the trigger limb.

9 . The autoinjector according to claim 5 , wherein the dispensing limb and the trigger limb are connected one to another via a web

10 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the drive chassis is generally U-shaped.

11 . The autoinjector according to claim 10 , wherein a first limb of the U-shaped drive chassis is the dispensing limb and a second limb of the U-shapes drive chassis is the trigger limb.

12 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the syringe window is arranged at approximately a same height as a distal end of the status indicator window.

13 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is a two-part housing comprising an inner body and an outer body and both the syringe window and the status indicator window are arranged in a part of the housing where the inner body and the outer body overlap.

14 . The autoinjector according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts of the drive chassis are not visible in the syringe window.

15 . The autoinjector according to claim 11 , wherein the trigger limb, the drive chassis and the dispensing limb are formed in one piece from a same material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: SULZER MIXPAC AG
To: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 062700/0979 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: MARSH, WILLIAM GEOFFREY ARTHUR; MORRIS, ANTHONY PAUL; JONES, MATTHEW MEREDITH; JAMES, ALED MEREDYDD
To: SULZER MIXPAC AG
Reel/Frame 059655/0911 →