Patents Assigned to SHL Group
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Patent number: 9579467Abstract: A safety needle device comprising a needle hub, an attachment mechanism arranged at the distal end for attaching the safety needle device to a medicament container, and a coaxially arranged needle attachment member. The safety needle device also comprises an injection needle comprising a proximal pointed injection end and a distal pointed non-injection end arranged to penetrate a septum of a medicament container, the injection needle being attached inside the needle hub and extending through the needle attachment member. A rotator arranged to rotate on the hub, the rotator arranged with an annular wall provided with a central passage, such that the needle attachment member of the needle hub extends through a central passage of the rotator. A needle shield surrounds the rotator and slidably arranged with respect to the hub and the rotator.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Sebastian Karlsson
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Patent number: 9539395Abstract: Provided is a medicament delivery device comprising an axially elongated housing, a coaxially extending plunger rod mounted with in the housing for expelling successive doses of medicament and rotateable about the axis. The plunger rod can be axially displaced from a ready-to-use position for expelling a dose of medicament to a non-ready-to-use position axially spaced from said ready-to-use position along the axis, and from said non-ready-to use position to a subsequent ready-to-use position angularly spaced from said non-ready-to use position about the axis The device further comprises an indicator member displaceably mounted onto the housing between a first angular position indicative of the ready-to-use positions and a second angular position indicative of the non-ready-to use positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Magnus Gustafsson, Stefan Lööf
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Patent number: 9480798Abstract: Provided is a delivery device that has an initial locked position, an intermediate priming position, and a final delivery position. The device is configured such that individual dose setting and activation of delivery is prevented until a cap is removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Sebastian Karlsson, Mattias Daniel
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Patent number: 9468723Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a housing; a carrier for a medicament container, the carrier being slidable in the housing; a trigger unit; a cover unit coaxial and slidable in the housing; a release mechanism configured to be actuated partly by the trigger unit and partly by movement of the cover unit; a preloaded drive unit releasably connected to the carrier and controlled by the release mechanism for advancing the carrier to a predetermined proximal position in relation to the housing, the preloaded drive unit having a plunger rod and a helical drive spring disposed within the plunger rod, with at least one end of the helical drive spring configured to interact with an interior of the plunger rod; and a braking mechanism between the preloaded drive unit and the release mechanism configured to control a speed of the preloaded drive unit when advancing the slidable stopper within the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Stephan Olson, Slobodan Stefanov
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Patent number: 9468722Abstract: An injection device includes a housing; a container holder configured for accommodating a medicament container and having a needle attached to one end thereof and a stopper sealingly and slidably arranged inside the medicament container at the other end thereof; a drive unit, including a plunger rod, a plunger driver, and a first energy accumulating member operationally associated with the plunger driver; and an injection indication mechanism, including a tactile signaling element and a drive mechanism for driving the tactile signaling member, the drive mechanism being coupled to the plunger driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Stephan Olson
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Patent number: 9457148Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising an elongated housing (10, 10?) having opposite distal and proximal ends, a medicament container (18; 18?) arranged inside said housing, a medicament delivery member (16; 16?) attachable to said medicament container; a plunger rod (22; 22?) arranged to act on a stopper (20; 20?) inside said medicament container; driving means arranged to interact with said plunger rod; wherein said device further comprises an operation member (38; 38?) transversally protruding through an elongated opening (39; 39?) on the longitudinal surface of the elongated housing and interactively connected to the driving means for both setting and actuating the delivery of a dose of medicament.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: SHL GROUP ABInventor: Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 9446201Abstract: A medicament delivery device has proximal and distal housing parts connected along a longitudinal axis, the proximal part for accommodating a medicament container. A drive member inside the distal part has a first circumferential set of interacting devices. A longitudinal plunger rod is rotationally locked through a central passage of the distal part, acts on a stopper inside the container, and is connected to the plunger rod. A turnable dose setting member coaxially arranged around the drive member is rotatably connected to the distal part. A torsion spring is connected to the dose setting member and to a hub of the drive member. The hub, spring, dose setting member, and drive member are coaxial transversally. The drive nut has second interacting devices on its outer surface. When the drive member is rotated by the spring, the drive nut rotates, whereby the plunger rod moves proximally for expelling a dose of medicament.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 9440030Abstract: The invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing arranged to receive a medicament container (20), a drive unit (25) arranged to act on a stopper (27) in said medicament container (20), which drive unit (25) comprises a torsion drive spring (50). A dose setting member (56) is operably connected to said drive unit (25) such that a manual turning of said dose setting member (56) causes a tensioning of said torsion drive spring (50). The device further comprises an activation mechanism (76) having an activation button (94) protruding through the distal end of the device, wherein said activation mechanism (76) is operably connected to said drive unit (25) such that actuation of said activation mechanism (76) causes a release of said drive unit (25) whereby a set dose of medicament is delivered.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 9408976Abstract: Injection device comprising a tubular elongated main body, a needle shield slidably arranged in said main body, a needle shield link slidably connected to said needle shield, a enclosure containing medicament arranged in said main body, a needle connected to said enclosure, a plunger operatively arranged to said enclosure for ejecting said medicament through said needle and arranged on its upper part with a number of outwardly extending stop members, spring means arranged to said plunger for operating said plunger, a dose activating means, a needle shield spring surrounding the needle shield link. The injection device is capable of setting and delivering a certain preset dose.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Stephan Olson, Lennart Brunnberg
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Publication number: 20160193416Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a housing; a carrier for a medicament container, the carrier being slidable in the housing; a trigger unit; a cover unit coaxial and slidable in the housing; a release mechanism configured to be actuated partly by the trigger unit and partly by movement of the cover unit; a preloaded drive unit releasably connected to the carrier and controlled by the release mechanism for advancing the carrier to a predetermined proximal position in relation to the housing, the preloaded drive unit having a plunger rod and a helical drive spring disposed within the plunger rod, with at least one end of the helical drive spring configured to interact with an interior of the plunger rod; and a braking mechanism between the preloaded drive unit and the release mechanism configured to control a speed of the preloaded drive unit when advancing the slidable stopper within the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: SHL Group ABInventors: Stephan Olson, Slobodan Stefanov
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Patent number: 9345844Abstract: Medicament delivery device comprising a housing (10) and container holder (12) accommodating a multi-chamber medicament container wherein said housing and said medicament container holder are interactively connected to and movable relative each other; a mixing guard mechanism interactively connected to the body for driving the medicament container holder within the housing achieving a reconstitution, wherein the mixing guard mechanism comprises a guard member (34), a force member (52), a guard member locking means (24, 42) whereby, when the reconstitution is achieved, the medicament container holder and the guard member are movable in relation to said housing from a pre-mix position to a mixed position wherein said medicament container holder has been displaced distally in relation to said housing, at which mixed position said guard member locking means is activated, whereby said guard member is forced in the proximal direction by said force member for covering the delivery member (22).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 9327083Abstract: Provided is a medicament delivery device (100) comprising a tubular housing (110), having a proximal end (111) and an opposite distal end (112), an actuator means (119, 120), slidably and coaxially arranged inside the tubular housing (110) wherein is provided an inter-locking mechanism (119, 413) between the a cap (410) and the housing (110), enabling the cap (410) to freely spin, i.e. it is impossible to open the cap (410), until the medicament delivery device (100) has been properly activated by an activator means (160).Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Lucio Giambattista, Antonio Bendek
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Patent number: 9320855Abstract: A medicament delivery device for a reconstituted medicament, comprising a proximal housing part (12; 12?; 12??), a distal housing part (10; 10?; 10??), a medicament delivery drive unit and actuation means, wherein the medicament delivery drive unit is mounted in said distal housing part and wherein the actuation means further include an activation member (74; 101; 201) which is displaceable between an inactive position wherein the actuator is prevented from engaging the medicament delivery drive unit and an active position wherein the actuator is able to engage the medicament delivery drive, whereby the actuator is capable of interacting with said medicament delivery drive unit to perform a delivery of the reconstituted medicament only in the active position of the activation member and in the second position of the medicament delivery drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Anders Holmqvist, Stefan Lööf
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Patent number: 9302053Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device (1) comprising a housing (2) having an abutment surface (5) provided near a proximal end, said abutment surface extending at least partially around a perimeter of said housing and at least one engagement structure (6) provided at the abutment surface, wherein the injection device further comprises: a cap (7) provided with an opening (10) at a distal end (9); wherein a first lifting pole (11) is pivotally arranged within the cap, said first lifting pole being pivotally connected to the cap and being arranged to bear against the abutment surface in a fully attached position on the housing; and wherein relative rotational movement between the cap and the housing around a longitudinal axis will cause a distal end of the first lifting pole to engage with the engagement structure thus causing axial displacement of the cap relative to the housing towards a detached position of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 9302047Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member and a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged with an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Oscar Alexandersson
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Patent number: 9283325Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing (10,12), capable of containing a medicament container (14), a plunger rod (18) and a drive member (34) arranged to said plunger rod and capable of acting on said plunger rod (18) for moving it in the proximal direction of the device for expelling a dose of medicament from said medicament container (14), a dose and drive setting mechanism (52) comprising a dose setting member (56) operably connected to a force member (82) such that setting of a dose causes said force member (82) to be energized. The intermediate member (68) is configured to interact with a dose setting sleeve (50) through a first unidirectional connection (64, 62), configured to interact with said drive member (34) through a second unidirectional connection (70, 72), and configured to interact with a dose drive sleeve (76) through a third connection (74,78).Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Anders Karlsson
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Patent number: 9248236Abstract: A medicament delivery device has an elongated housing; a medicament container carrier for a medicament container to which a medicament delivery member is attached, the carrier being slidable in the housing; a trigger unit; a cover unit coaxial and slidable in the housing; a release mechanism adapted to be actuated partly by the trigger unit and partly by movement of the cover unit; a preloaded drive unit releasably connected to the carrier and controlled by the release mechanism for advancing the carrier to a predetermined proximal position in relation to the housing at which the drive unit becomes disconnected from the carrier for advancing a slidable stopper in the container and thereby dispensing the medicament; and a braking mechanism acting between the preloaded drive unit and the release mechanism for controlling the speed of the preloaded drive unit when advancing the slidable stopper in the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Stephan Olson
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Patent number: 9233212Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for removing delivery member shields which are intended to cover and protect delivery members, said device comprising a remover body arranged to accommodate a delivery member in its interior. The invention is characterised in that the remover body comprises at least two sets of gripping members extending into its interior and wherein each set of gripping members is configured for gripping a certain type of delivery member shield.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: SHL GROUP ABInventor: Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 9220841Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a drive means configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding means configured to hold said drive means in a pre-tensioned state; an activation means configured to interact with said holding means for releasing said drive means from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further comprises feedback means configured to interact both with said holding means and with said drive means for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SHL Group ABInventor: Mattias Daniel
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Patent number: 9220847Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a generally elongated housing (10; 100, 102), a drive assembly disposed in said hosing and an actuation assembly operably connected to said drive assembly, wherein said drive assembly comprises a guard member (12; 104) and an actuator member (44; 180), characterized in that the actuation assembly further comprises a locking member (28; 32) disposed between the guard member and the actuator member, wherein said locking member is configured to be moved by the guard member when the guard member is pressed against a delivery site between a first locking position in which the locking member is blocking the actuator member and a released position in which the locking member allows the actuator member to be operated.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SHL Group ABInventors: Anders Holmqvist, Helen Moore