Abstract: A cannula cover for use with an injector or injection device, wherein the injector or injection device includes a dosing section and a cannula support, and wherein the cover is attached to the cannula support and can be retracted against a bias in order to expose a cannula, said cannula cover including, in one embodiment, a substantially closed front facing side having an openable cannula passage opening.

Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors which are sold or distributed filled and with the springs tensed have to be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure the sterility of the injection needle. When such a needle protecting cap is removed as preparation for using the auto-injector, a tensile force can be exerted on the active agent container. Therefore, the active agent container comprising the injection needle must be prevented from being undesirably pulled forwards. At least one latching tongue prevents the active agent container from being prematurely shifted with respect to the casing, by abutting a flange arranged on a sliding sleeve which accommodates the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto a person's skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange and, thus, freeing the travel path for needle movement.

Abstract: The invention provides a injection device for administering an injectable product, including a base section adapted to receive a container from which a product dose is dispensed through a needle by displacement of a piston in the container, and a drive unit including a driven member, a drive element and a damping arrangement, the drive unit for applying a force to advance the piston in the container to dispense a dose, wherein the damping arrangement generally counteracts the drive force and counter forces. The invention also encompasses a needle safety sleeve and a blocking structure for use with injection devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a needle covering device of an injection device, the injection device including a casing comprising a reservoir, in particular an ampoule, for a product fluid to be administered, and an injection needle for injecting the product fluid from the reservoir, wherein the device surrounds the injection needle in an extended position and exposes the injection needle in a retracted position. The device comprises a passage for the injection needle, a front section via which the device is placed on an injection point, and another section which is nearer to the casing than the front section is, at least in the extended position. The sections can be moved axially relative to the casing and relative to each other, such that the device is variable in its length, the front section being guided in a straight line on the casing.

Abstract: An administering apparatus with a dosage display, including a casing, a reservoir for a fluid product, a driven device which acts on the product, a dosing means for selecting a product dosage to be delivered which includes a dosage scale including a number of dosage marks axially spaced from each other, and a drive device coupled to the driven device for driving the driven device, the drive device performing a delivery stroke from an initial position, in a drive direction, to a delivery stopper, the length of the delivery stroke counter to the drive direction being limited by selecting the product dosage using the dosing means, wherein the casing is transparent at least in an area overlapping the dosage scale, and wherein the drive device forms an indicator to the dosage scale in order to indicate the initial position of the drive device.

Abstract: An administering apparatus for delivering a dosage of product including a casing with a reservoir for the product, a conveying device, a dosage setting member mechanically coupled to the conveying device and a stopper for the dosage setting member. The conveying device is formed by a driven device and a drive device. The driven device, a piston rod in one embodiment, is mounted by the casing such that it performs a delivery movement in the form of a delivery stroke in an advancing direction along a translational axis to deliver a product dosage selected using the dosage setting member. The delivery movement of the driven device is effected with the drive device, the drive device and the driven device being coupled.

Abstract: A device for displaying a dosage setting on an injection device includes a reading area in a casing of the injection device and a scale band arranged in the interior of the casing. The scale band is at least partially guided past the reading area by a guiding device, and can be set in accordance with a dosage setting of the injection device, and the dosage setting can be read from the reading area. A transport device, coupled to a dosage setting device of the injection device, is provided for transporting said scale band past the reading area.

Abstract: A needle cover for covering an injection needle of an injection device, such as an injection pen, including a cover which can be shifted longitudinally along the longitudinal axis of the needle and which covers a proximal end of the needle in a needle protecting position, a restoring means for axially returning the cover from a retracted position towards the proximal end of the needle into an advanced position, and a latch for preventing the cover from being retracted in the needle protecting position, wherein the position of the cover is different in the advanced position and in the needle protecting position, and the latch is activated to prevent the cover from being retracted when the cover is shifted near to the needle protecting position. The present invention encompasses a cannula support comprising such a needle cover, wherein the needle cover is detachably or non-detachably connected to the cannula support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dosing substances to be dispensed, in particular medicinal liquids, in particular for an injection, the device including a setting device for setting the amount of the substance to be dispensed, a signal receiving device for detecting setting signals of the setting device, an evaluation unit for receiving and evaluating the setting signals detected by the signal receiving device, a device for generating speech signals in accordance with the evaluation signals of the evaluation unit, and a device for outputting speech signals. The invention encompasses a method for dosing substances to be dispensed including the steps of detecting a setting signal of a setting device and outputting a speech signal in accordance with the setting signal detected.

Abstract: The present invention is an injection device for injecting a fluid product from a reservoir includes a casing having at least two casing portions. The device also includes a mounting for the reservoir such as an ampoule containing the fluid product to be administered, wherein one casing portion at least partially surrounds the reservoir. An activating element for triggering fluid product administering is provided. The at least one casing portion surrounding the reservoir is movable relative to the other casing portion or parts, such that by moving the movable casing portion, the reservoir and/or an injection needle connected to the same is accessible from the outer side of the casing, in order to be replaced.

Abstract: An injection device including a housing, a reservoir for a product to be injected, an advancing apparatus that carries out an advancing movement to discharge a selected dose of product from the reservoir, a dosing member that carries out a propulsion movement relative to the housing in a propulsion direction and a dosing movement counter to the propulsion direction, the dosing member operably coupled with the advancing apparatus such that the propulsion movement causes the advancing movement of the advancing apparatus, wherein the length of a distance determining the discharged dose is selected by the dosing movement, a first catch mechanism formed by the housing in a sleeve section that surrounds the dosing member, and a second catch mechanism formed by one of the dosing member or a separate, additional dosing catch body, wherein a catch engagement of the catch mechanisms is releasable through a rotation free dosing movement of the dosing member or the separate, additional dosing catch body.

Abstract: A device for administering an injectable product in doses including a casing, a reservoir for the product, a piston which displaces product towards a reservoir outlet and out of the reservoir when it slides in an advancing direction, a drive member which may be slid along a sliding axis, thereby pushing the piston in the advancing direction, and a dosing member which is mounted in the casing and may be slid, preferably rotatably, about the sliding axis of the drive member for setting a product dose, wherein a bearing surface between the dosing member and the casing is lubricated and at least one lubricating agent reservoir is provided on the bearing surface.

Abstract: A needle protecting device including a carrier and a needle cover connected to the carrier at a distal needle cover end, the needle cover including a proximal needle cover end which is movable relative to the distal needle cover end such that the needle cover may be elongated along the length of the needle from an exposing position in which the injection needle protrudes through the needle cover to a protecting position in which the needle cover surrounds the injection needle at least as far as its tip, wherein the needle cover is elongated by an elasticity force, and wherein locking elements, including at least a distal locking element and a proximal locking element, lock the needle cover against shortening in its protecting position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting the position of a rotor relative to a stator, wherein at least one electrode is arranged on the rotor and at least one electrode is arranged on the stator, such that the electrodes at least partially overlap in at least one rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator, and encompasses a method for measuring the rotational position of a rotor including at least one rotor electrode relative to a stator including at least one stator electrode, wherein the rotational position is detected using a capacitive coupling between the rotor electrode and the stator electrode.

Abstract: The invention provides a injection device for administering an injectable product, including a base section adapted to receive a container from which a product dose is dispensed through a needle by displacement of a piston in the container, and a drive unit including a driven member, a drive element and a damping arrangement, the drive unit for applying a force to advance the piston in the container to dispense a dose, wherein the damping arrangement generally counteracts the drive force and counter forces. The invention also encompasses a needle safety sleeve and a blocking structure for use with injection devices.

Abstract: A device for the controlled delivery of an injectable liquid from a liquid container, wherein a flexible force transferring means transfers the drive force of a drive wheel onto a piston which can be slid axially in the device, a preferably permanently acting restoring force of a spiral spring is applied to the drive wheel in order to advance the piston and expel the liquid, and a locking means locks the drive wheel against rotation and releases the drive wheel to expel the liquid. In one embodiment, the amount of liquid expelled can be indicated by audible clicks and, in one embodiment, the drive wheel moves only incrementally when the locking mechanism releases the drive wheel.