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US 10,857,295 · App. 15/031,632 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Medicament delivery device

Inventors: Winfried Huthmacher (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Peter Nober (Rommersheim, DE)
Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
A61M5/2033A61M5/3202A61M5/3243A61M5/31505A61M5/3213A61M5/46A61M2005/202A61M2005/2485A61M2005/3125A61M2005/3247A61M2005/3267A61M2205/58
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Patent No.
US 10,857,295
App. No.
15/031,632
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a medicament delivery device ( 1 ) comprising a body ( 2 ), a container carrier ( 7 ) slidably disposed in the body ( 2 ), and a sleeve ( 6 ) slidably coupled to the container carrier ( 7 ).

Claims (24)

1. A medicament delivery device comprising:

a body;

a container carrier slidably disposed in the body and configured to retain a medicament container, the container carrier comprising at least two legs biased radially outward; and

a sleeve slidably coupled to the container carrier and configured to cover a needle, wherein:

the body comprises at least one axial stop adapted to axially abut a second leg of the at least two legs;

the sleeve includes at least one sleeve leg adapted to radially abut a third leg of the at least two legs when the sleeve is in a retracted position relative to the body; and

the third leg is adapted to axially abut the at least one sleeve leg to lock the sleeve in an extended position relative to the body.

2. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two legs include a first leg having a first protrusion and a second protrusion proximal of the first protrusion.

3. The medicament delivery device according to claim 2 , wherein the sleeve includes a collar adapted to abut the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

4. The medicament delivery device according to claim 2 wherein:

at least one of the first leg, the second leg and the third leg is coupled to a periphery of a proximal portion of the container carrier; and

at least one of the first leg, the second leg and the third leg extends in a distal direction from the proximal portion.

5. The medicament delivery device according to claim 4 , wherein the proximal portion of the container carrier is adapted to receive the container.

6. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plunger rod disposed within the body.

7. The medicament delivery device according to claim 6 , wherein the plunger rod is fixed to the body.

8. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve spring biasing the sleeve relative to the container carrier.

9. The medicament delivery device according to claim 8 , wherein the sleeve spring biases the sleeve toward the first protrusion.

10. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising a container spring biasing the carrier relative to the body.

11. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 wherein the sleeve includes one or more sleeve windows.

12. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cap removably coupled to the body.

13. The medicament delivery device according to claim 12 , wherein the cap includes a viewing window.

14. The medicament delivery device according to claim 12 , wherein the cap includes one or more indicia indicating an intended orientation of the device.

15. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising the container including a medicament.

16. The medicament delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising the container including a pharmaceutically active compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2016
From: HUTHMACHER, WINFRIED; NOBER, PETER
To: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 040194/0849 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 13191199 · Oct 31, 2013 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160263325A1 · Sep 15, 2016
Cited By (1)
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