Abstract: The invention relates to coating or otherwise modifying or changing a surface characteristic, including a surface characteristic of a device for administering an injectable product, wherein the device includes a casing made of multiple casing parts, wherein at least one external surface of at least one of the casing parts is completely or partially provided with one or more surface-refining coatings. The coating may be applied to the casing part after or while the casing part is shaped, and the coating may comprise various materials which may be arranged alongside each other, on top of each other or may be mixed.

Abstract: A device for administering an injectable product from a multiple-chamber ampoule including a first casing part and a second casing part into which the ampoule can be inserted, wherein the second casing part can be moved relative to the first casing part in order to mix the injectable product prior to administering it. In one embodiment, a holder releaseably holds the second casing part in a fixed position relative to the first casing part.

Abstract: A mixing device for an injectable product including a casing, an ampoule including at least a first chamber containing a first product component and at least a second chamber containing a second product component, and a drive mechanism which drives a stopper in the ampoule relative to the casing using a translational movement.

Abstract: An injection device including a housing with a reservoir for an injectable product, a delivery device used to dispense a product dose from the reservoir, and a dose metering member which, in order to select the product dose, can carry out a rotational displacement in relation to the housing in a first direction until it reaches an end position and can be displaced in an opposite second rotational direction, wherein the dose metering member is coupled to the delivery device in such a way that the latter, when actuated, dispenses the product dose that has been selected by means of the dose metering member, the injection device also including an anti-twist safety device which has at least one anti-twist stop and at least one anti-twist counter-stop, one of which is formed by the housing and the other by the dose-metering member, wherein the anti-twist stop and the anti-twist counter-stop come to rest against one another in the end position in order to prevent the rotational displacement of the dose metering memb

Abstract: An administering apparatus for delivering a dosage of product including a casing with a reservoir for the product, a piston within the reservoir to deliver the product, a piston rod for engaging the piston, a drive device for driving the piston rod, and a dosage setting member mechanically engaging the piston rod and a stopper for the dosage setting member. The casing includes a front casing section containing a reservoir for the product and a rear casing section detachably connected to the front casing section. The front casing section is connected to or forms a first latching element, and the rear casing section is connected to or forms a second latching element. The latching elements are in latching engagement when the casing sections are connected. The casing sections may be axially fixed to one another by the latching engagement.

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: An administering apparatus including a front casing section, a rear casing section connectable to the front casing section, a driven member carried by at least one of said casing sections for performing a delivery movement, a dose setting member for performing a dosing movement relative to the driven member to select said product dosage, and a dosing and drive device moveable rotationally about a rotational axis and translationally relative to the front casing section, wherein, when connecting the casing sections, the dosing and drive device is coupled to the driven member and the dose setting member such that a rotational movement of the dosing and drive device causes the dosing movement of the dose setting member and a translation movement of the dosing and drive device causes the delivery movement of the driven member, wherein at least one axial guide is formed on one of the casing sections and at least one engagement element is formed on the other of the casing sections such that when connecting the casin

Abstract: A product dispensing apparatus including a reservoir module, a dosing module and a dose setting member. The reservoir module includes a front casing section, a block, a first connector, a piston, and a piston rod moveable in a dispensing movement and against the dispensing movement, and including a return block engageable with the block, wherein engagement between the block and the return block prevents the piston rod from moving against the dispensing movement. The dosing module includes a rear casing section, including a second connector which is engageable with the first connector to form a detachable connection between the reservoir module and the dosing module, and a dosing and drive device. The dose setting member engages the piston rod such that it is moveable together with and in the same direction as the piston rod during the dispensing movement and is moveable relative to the piston rod against the dispensing movement.

Abstract: An administering apparatus having a casing including a reservoir for a product to be administered, a piston which can be shifted in the reservoir in an advancing direction towards a reservoir outlet to administer the product, a piston rod, a dosing and drive element for performing a dosing movement for selecting a product dose and a delivery movement for delivering the product dose, and a dose setting member which is moved in the advancing direction during the delivery movement, and which engages the piston rod and the casing such that it can only be moved in the advancing direction jointly with the piston rod and is moved counter to the advancing direction relative to the piston rod during the dosing movement.

Abstract: A device for connecting an injection needle to an injection apparatus, wherein the device provides a plurality of possible points of contact in at least two planes, and wherein the points of contact have associated spring forces for acting generally perpendicularly on the injection apparatus.

Abstract: A cannula support including an inner thread turning in a first direction and an outer thread turning in a second, opposite direction, and a system including the cannula support and a protective cap having an inner thread which can engage with the outer thread of the cannula support. In one embodiment, the invention is a cannula support including a plug-on or push-on protective cap, wherein a latching element is provided on the cannula support and a corresponding element is provided on the protective cap in order to create a latching connection, and encompasses a method for securing or covering a cannula carried by the cannular support, the cannula temporarily covered when the protective cap is arranged on the cannula support but the latching and corresponding elements are not engaged with each other, and permanently covered when the latching and corresponding elements are engaged with each other.

Abstract: The invention refers to a device for administering an injectable product in doses, comprising a casing, itself comprising: a reservoir for the product; a piston which forces product out of the reservoir when moved in a feed direction towards a reservoir outlet; a drive member; a driven member which is slaved by the drive member when the drive member is moved in the feed direction, so moving the piston in the feed direction; and a dosing member which may be rotated about the sliding axis of the drive member, to set the product dosage to be administered. The drive member and the dosing member abut each other via at least one dosage stopper each, one of which is provided on the drive member and the other on the dosing member. At least one of these dosage stoppers at least partially encircles the sliding axis of the drive member in the form of a spiral. The at least one spiral dosage stopper exhibits a continuous course with a constant pitch &agr;.

Abstract: The invention refers to a device for administering an injectable product in doses, comprising a casing, itself comprising: a reservoir for the product; a piston which forces product out of the reservoir when moved in a feed direction towards a reservoir outlet; a drive member (6); a driven member which is slaved by the drive member (6) when the drive member (6) is moved in the feed direction, so moving the piston in the feed direction; and a dosing member (15) which may be rotated about the sliding axis (V) of the drive member (6), to set the product dosage to be administered. The drive member (6) and the dosing member (15) abut each other via at least one dosage stopper (14, 18) each, one of which is provided on the drive member (6) and the other on the dosing member (15). At least one of these dosage stoppers (14, 18) at least partially encircles the sliding axis (V) of the drive member (6) in the form of a spiral.

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: The present invention provides an auto-injection device including a housing, a container from which a product is dispensed by advancing a piston, the container shiftably accommodated by the housing and carrying a needle, and a drive unit including a driven member, wherein the driven member is shiftably accommodated by the housing and, during an auto-injection, is adapted for inserting the needle and advancing the container to a predetermined frontal position in relation to the housing and advancing the piston within the container for dispensing of the product, wherein the driven member remains uncoupled with the piston until the container reaches its frontal position, and upon the container reaching its frontal position, the driven member detaches from the container and couples with the piston for advancing the piston within the container.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for administering an injectable product in doses, wherein the device includes a casing, comprising a reservoir for the product, a piston, which when moved in a feed direction towards an outlet of the reservoir forces product from the reservoir, a gear rack, moving the piston in the feed direction, comprising a first series of teeth and a second series of teeth, a drive member, movable relative to the casing in and counter to the feed direction, and slaving the gear rack when moved in the feed direction, and a blocking means, arranged secured against shifting relative to the casing and cooperating with one of the series of teeth such that it prevents the gear rack from being moved counter to the feed direction and allows the gear rack to be moved in the feed direction.

Abstract: A piston stopper for a medicine injector, wherein the stopper has a stopper body with a mesh section and at least one sealing element positioned at least partly around the circumference of the stopper body, wherein at least one of the sealing element and mesh section is connected to the stopper body in a material bond. A method for manufacturing such a piston stopper is encompassed.

Abstract: An injection device including a sterile injection needle, the injection device including a container for an injectable product including an outlet for the product at a front end sealed by a membrane, the injection needle, which has a front needle portion facing away from the container for injecting into tissue and a rear needle portion which, in an initial state of the injection device lies opposite and faces the membrane and which is injected through the membrane into the container for an injection, a needle support which holds the injection needle in a central needle portion, and a casing which supports the needle support and the container and movably guides them relative to each other for piercing the membrane, wherein, in the initial state of the injection device, the needle support forms a sterile chamber for the rear needle portion, the chamber sealed by a sealing element on a rear side of the chamber facing the outlet of the container, and wherein the front end of the container for piercing the membran

Abstract: A holding device for holding a protective cap serving as a cover for an injection needle of an injection device, the holding device including a receptacle in a support, the receptacle being recessed from the support and exhibiting a smaller width at its opening than a maximum outer dimension of the protective cap perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the protective cap, wherein the height of the holding device perpendicular to the support is larger than the length of the protective cap in its longitudinal direction. The invention further encompasses a packaging container for storing and transporting a plurality of cannula supports, wherein the packaging container includes the holding device. In some embodiments, the holding device may include a second receptacle for a packaging container of cannula supports and a holder for securely fastening the holding device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device for injecting a selectable dose of a liquid substance from an ampoule, located in an ampoule holder, comprising a piston and a sleeve-shaped mechanism holder, mechanically coupled thereto, in the interior of which a longitudinally shiftable shaft is provided which acts on the ampoule.