IP Library Granted Patent US 9,289,554
Granted Patent B2
US 9,289,554 · App. 14/362,539 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Syringe carrier

Inventors: Yannick Hourmand (Cambridgeshire, GB); Douglas Ivan Jennings (Hers, GB); Matthew Ekman (Cheshire, GB)
Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
A61M5/24A61M5/2033A61M2005/206A61M2005/2403A61M2005/2485
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Patent No.
US 9,289,554
App. No.
14/362,539
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes an annular groove formed in a distal end and adapted to receive a circlip disposed in a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.

Claims (18)

1. A syringe carrier comprising:

a circlip;

a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe; the body including an annular groove formed in a distal end and adapted to receive the circlip disposed in a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield, the needle shield removably arranged on and covering a needle of the syringe, wherein, when the needle shield is coupled to the needle, a portion of the needle shield covers a portion of a neck of the syringe, leaving the circumferential gap between the barrel and the needle shield.

2. The syringe carrier according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the groove is larger than a diameter of the body and substantially equal to a diameter of the circlip.

3. The syringe carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the circlip is in a compressed state in the body and an expanded state in the groove.

4. The syringe carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement of the circlip in the groove prevents axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe carrier.

5. The syringe carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the groove includes one or more apertures.

6. The syringe carrier according to claim 5 , wherein the circlip is coupled to an external surface of the body and partially extends through the one or more apertures to engage the circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and the needle shield covering the needle of the syringe.

7. The syringe carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the body includes one or more viewing windows.

8. The syringe carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the body includes a retainer element adapted to provide an abutment surface to prevent the syringe from disengaging the syringe carrier in a proximal direction.

9. A syringe carrier comprising:

a circlip;

a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe, the body including an annular groove formed in a distal end and adapted to receive the circlip disposed in a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe, wherein the groove includes one or more apertures, and the circlip is coupled to an external surface of the body and partially extends through the one or more apertures to engage the circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and the needle shield.

10. The syringe carrier according to claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the groove is larger than a diameter of the body and substantially equal to a diameter of the circlip.

11. The syringe carrier according to claim 9 , wherein the circlip is in a compressed state in the body and an expanded state in the groove.

12. The syringe carrier according to claim 9 , wherein the engagement of the circlip in the groove prevents axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe carrier.

13. The syringe carrier according to claim 9 , wherein the body includes one or more viewing windows.

14. The syringe carrier according to claim 9 , wherein the body includes a retainer element adapted to provide an abutment surface to prevent the syringe from disengaging the syringe carrier in a proximal direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2014
From: HOURMAND, YANNICK; JENNINGS, DOUGLAS; EKMAN, MATTHEW
To: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 033731/0943 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 11192590 · Dec 8, 2011 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140336592A1 · Nov 13, 2014