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US 12,427,255 · App. 17/843,207 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Injection device for injecting a pharmaceutical substance, and injection loading part for such an injection device

Inventors: Torsten Naumburg (Bad Waldsee-Untermöllenbronn, DE); Roland Limbeck (Biberach, DE)
Assignee: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG
A61M5/2033A61M5/002A61M5/326A61M2005/2073
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Patent No.
US 12,427,255
App. No.
17/843,207
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an injection device ( 1 ) for injecting a pharmaceutical substance, having a proximal part ( 5 ) which has a drive ( 7 ) to implement an injection, and having a distal part ( 13 ) which is configured to accommodate an injection loading part ( 3 ), which has a packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) and a primary packaging means ( 23 ) which held in the packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) and in which a pharmaceutical substance is received, wherein the pharmaceutical substance can be injected from the injection loading part ( 3 ) when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is arranged in the distal part ( 13 ), wherein the distal part ( 13 ) is designed in such a way that the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be inserted axially into the distal part ( 13 ), and wherein the injection device ( 1 ) has a screen ( 15 ) which is designed and arranged in such a way that an injection needle ( 25 ) of the injection loading part ( 3 ) is concealed from a user during use of the injection device ( 1 ).

Claims (31)

1. An injection device ( 1 ), comprising

a proximal part ( 5 ) which has a drive ( 7 ) to implement an injection, and having

a distal part ( 13 ) which is configured to accommodate an injection loading part ( 3 ), which has a packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) and a primary packaging means ( 23 ) which held in the packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) and in which a pharmaceutical substance is received, wherein the pharmaceutical substance can be injected from the injection loading part ( 3 ) when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is arranged in the distal part ( 13 ), wherein

the distal part ( 13 ) is designed in such a way that the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be inserted axially into the distal part ( 13 ), wherein

the injection device ( 1 ) has a screen ( 15 ) which is designed and arranged in such a way that an injection needle ( 25 ) of the injection loading part ( 3 ) is concealed from a user during use of the injection device ( 1 ), wherein

a proximal end face ( 37 ) of the distal part ( 13 ) has a loading opening ( 39 ) through which

the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be inserted into the distal part ( 13 ), and wherein the injection device has a locking part ( 47 ) which can be inserted through the loading opening ( 39 ) into the distal part ( 13 ) and which is configured to contact a proximal contact surface ( 49 ) of the injection loading part ( 3 ), the locking part ( 47 ) having a base body ( 51 ) and at least one locking element ( 53 ) which is pivotably articulated on the base body ( 51 ) and which, in a first axial position inside the distal part ( 13 ), remote from a locking opening ( 59 ) which is formed in a peripheral wall ( 61 ) of the distal part ( 13 ), is pivoted into the base body ( 51 ), wherein the locking element ( 53 ) is configured to pivot out, in a second axial position inside the distal part ( 13 ), at the position of the locking opening ( 59 ), and pass through the locking opening ( 59 ) in order to block an axial displacement of the injection loading part ( 3 ).

2. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the injection device ( 1 ) has the drive ( 7 ) of the proximal part ( 5 ) as the only drive ( 7 ), the drive ( 7 ) acting in particular on a piston rod ( 41 ) to axially displace the piston rod ( 41 ), the injection device ( 1 ) preferably being configured in such a way that at least one other mechanical function of the injection device ( 1 ) is additionally realized by the displacement of the piston rod ( 41 ).

3. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the injection device ( 1 ) is designed as a pen or as an auto-injector.

4. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the distal part ( 13 ) is detachably connected to the proximal part ( 5 ).

5. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the screen ( 15 ) is rigid on the distal part ( 13 ), and is preferably formed by the distal part ( 13 ).

6. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that a spring device ( 43 ) is arranged in the distal part ( 13 ), against which the injection loading part ( 3 ) rests, and against the spring force of which the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be displaced in the distal part ( 13 ) in the distal direction for performing an injection when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is arranged in the distal part ( 13 ).

7. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the locking part ( 47 ) has an axial passage opening ( 63 ) for a piston rod ( 41 ) assigned to the drive ( 7 ), the at least one locking element ( 53 ), in the first axial position, engaging in the passage opening ( 63 ), such that the passage opening ( 63 ) is blocked for the piston rod ( 41 ) and the locking part ( 47 ) can be displaced by the piston rod ( 41 ), wherein the locking elements ( 53 ), in the second axial position, clears the passage opening ( 63 ), such that the piston rod ( 41 ) can pass through the passage opening ( 63 ) and be displaced relative to the locking part ( 47 ).

8. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the screen ( 15 ) is held displaceably on the distal part ( 13 ).

9. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that a distal end face ( 35 ) of the distal part ( 13 ) has a loading opening ( 39 ) through which the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be inserted into the distal part ( 13 ), wherein the injection loading part ( 3 ) can preferably be screwed into the distal part ( 13 ), and/or the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be arranged in an axially fixed manner in the distal part ( 13 ).

10. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the injection device ( 1 ) comprises the injection loading part ( 3 ), the injection loading part ( 3 ) has a packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) in which a primary packaging means ( 23 ) is held, a pharmaceutical substance being arranged in the primary packaging means ( 23 ).

11. An injection device ( 1 ) for injecting a pharmaceutical substance, comprising

a proximal part ( 5 ) which has a drive ( 7 ) to implement an injection, and having

a distal part ( 13 ) which is configured to accommodate an injection loading part ( 3 ), which has a packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) and a primary packaging means ( 23 ) which held in the packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) and in which a pharmaceutical substance is received, wherein the pharmaceutical substance can be injected from the injection loading part ( 3 ) when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is arranged in the distal part ( 13 ), wherein

the distal part ( 13 ) is designed in such a way that the injection loading part ( 3 ) can be inserted axially into the distal part ( 13 ), wherein

the injection device ( 1 ) has a screen ( 15 ) which is designed and arranged in such a way that an injection needle ( 25 ) of the injection loading part ( 3 ) is concealed from a user during use of the injection device ( 1 ), wherein

the distal part ( 13 ) has a screen locking mechanism ( 89 ) which is configured to block the screen ( 15 ) in a blocking position and to release it in a release position, wherein the screen locking mechanism ( 89 ) is configured to be unblocked when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is inserted into the distal part ( 13 ), and to be blocked by a piston rod ( 41 ) assigned to the drive ( 7 ), and wherein

the screen locking mechanism ( 89 ) has a rotary disk ( 91 ) which is arranged in the distal part ( 13 ) so that it can rotate about a longitudinal axis of the distal part ( 13 ) between the blocking position and the release position, wherein the rotary disk ( 91 ) has at least one recess passage ( 101 ) through which a blocking projection ( 93 ) of the screen ( 15 ) can be displaced in the release position, wherein the blocking projection ( 93 ), in the blocking position, strikes the rotary disk ( 91 ).

12. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , characterized in that the rotary disk ( 91 ) has

a) at least one driving surface ( 99 ) which is configured to work together with a driver ( 67 ) of the injection loading part ( 3 ), such that the rotary disk ( 91 ) is rotated from the blocking position into the release position when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is screwed into the distal part ( 13 ); and/or

b) at least one runoff surface ( 103 ) on which an actuating structure ( 95 ) of the piston rod ( 41 ) can move in such a way that the rotary disk ( 91 ) is rotated from the release position into the blocking position when the piston rod ( 41 ) is displaced axially in a specific direction.

13. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 12 , characterized in that the injection device ( 1 ) comprises the injection loading part ( 3 ), the injection loading part ( 3 ) has a packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) in which a primary packaging means ( 23 ) is held, a pharmaceutical substance being arranged in the primary packaging means ( 23 ), the injection loading part ( 3 ) has at least one driver ( 67 ) which is configured to work together with the at least one driving surface ( 99 ) of the rotary disk ( 91 ) of the distal part ( 13 ) in such a manner that the rotary disk ( 91 ) is rotated from the blocking position into the release position when the injection loading part ( 3 ) is screwed into the distal part ( 13 ).

14. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 13 , characterized in that the packaging means receiving part ( 17 ) has a functional sleeve ( 19 ) and a retaining part ( 29 ), the primary packaging means ( 23 ) being accommodated in the functional sleeve ( 19 ), and the primary packaging means ( 23 ) being secured by the retaining part ( 29 ) in the functional sleeve ( 19 ).

15. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 14 , characterized in that the injection loading part ( 3 ) has a needle protection part ( 21 ) which is detachably connected to the functional sleeve ( 19 ) and which conceals an injection needle ( 25 ) of the primary packaging means ( 23 ) when the needle protection part ( 21 ) is connected to the functional sleeve ( 19 ).

16. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 15 , characterized in that the needle protection part ( 21 ) has an outer grip sleeve ( 31 ) and an elastic protective element ( 33 ) which is arranged inside the outer grip sleeve ( 31 ) in a manner allowing it to move together therewith, in which the injection needle ( 25 ) is accommodated when the needle protection part ( 21 ) is connected to the functional sleeve ( 19 ).

17. The injection device ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , characterized in that the injection device ( 1 ) has an adjustable limit stop ( 77 ) for the screen ( 15 ), wherein the screen ( 15 ) preferably strikes the adjustable limit stop ( 77 ) in an exposed position in which an injection can be carried out.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: NAUMBURG, TORSTEN; LIMBECK, ROLAND
To: VETTER PHARMA-FERTIGUNG GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 061399/0773 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019220296.9 · Dec 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2020086542 · Dec 16, 2020
Related Publication 20220313914A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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