Cover Or Protector For Body Entering Conduit Movable Axially Relative To One Another Patents (Class 604/198)
  • Patent number: 11660396
    Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle telescopically coupled to the case and movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed. The autoinjector includes a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case rotatable relative to the case between a first rotational position in which the plunger is engaged to the case and a second rotational position in which the plunger disengages the case engages the plunger to rotate the plunger from the first rotational position to the second rotational position when the needle shroud translates from the first extended position to the retracted position. The autoinjector includes a cap removably coupled to the case includes at least one compliant case beam adapted to releasably engage at least one aperture in the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Kemp
  • Patent number: 11660397
    Abstract: The invention relates to an auto injector, by which a fixed dose of a medicament can be injected as self-treatment, and by which needle exposure to an accessible position, injection of the medicament and retraction of the needle to an inaccessible position is automatically performed as a continuous sequence, after the auto injector is triggered. The invention provides solutions to improve the functionality of the retraction of the needle and the general experience of the use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHAILY ENGINEERING PLASTICS LTD.
    Inventor: Claus Schmidt Moeller
  • Patent number: 11607495
    Abstract: According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slibably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 11607502
    Abstract: Devices and methods for a compact injector are provided with a compact configuration for ease of carrying or storage, and an activated configuration ready for injection. In the compact configuration, a plunger and a needle are both retracted into the injector housing, and upon actuation to the activated configuration, the plunger extends proximally and the needle extends distally, ready for injection. An extendable needle shield is also provided to block visibility of the needle during injection, and to reduce the risk of inadvertent needle stick at other times, including disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LYNJOHNSTON, LLC
    Inventors: Linda J. Waller, Paul C. Henninge
  • Patent number: 11554041
    Abstract: Injection devices for delivering pharmaceutical compositions into the eye are described. Some devices include a resistance component for controllably deploying an injection needle through the eye wall. The resistance component may be disposed on the injector device, or on a portion of the injection device housing, or on a drug reservoir. Some devices may be removably attached to a drug reservoir, for example, through a luer connector. Other devices may comprise internal luer seal for securely connecting a drug conduit of the device to the luer cavity of a drug reservoir. Yet other devices may comprise a priming-enabling element to facilitate the drug priming of a shielded needle. Related methods and systems comprising the devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OcuJect, LLC
    Inventor: Leonid E. Lerner
  • Patent number: 11547382
    Abstract: A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus. The ultrasonic imaging system is operable on a standard, commercially available, user computing device without specific hardware modifications, and is adapted to interface with an external application without modification to the ultrasonic imaging system to allow a user to gather ultrasonic data on a standard user computing device such as a PC, and employ the data so gathered via an independent external application without requiring a custom system, expensive hardware modifications, or system rebuilds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Teratech Corporation
    Inventors: Noah Berger, Michael Brodsky, Mark Laforest, Alice M. Chiang, William M. Wong, Xingbai He, Peter P. Chang
  • Patent number: 11547809
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device is presented having a medicament container having an attached medicament delivery member; a housing where the medicament container is movable between a retracted and an extended position in which the medicament delivery member extends from the housing; a drive unit that advances the medicament container from its retracted position to its extended position to expel the contents through the medicament delivery member; and a medicament container holder for carrying the medicament container as it is advanced, the medicament container holder having a proximal end through which the medicament delivery member extends and a holding member releasably connected to the drive unit and attached to the medicament container holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Erika André, Gerard Scanlon
  • Patent number: 11541183
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a container for storing a drug having a longitudinal axis. A plunger rod aligned with the longitudinal axis of the container has a first end and a second end, where the second end is disposed within the container. A stopper is disposed in and movable relative to the container for expelling the drug, and a drive mechanism is operatively coupled to the first end of the plunger rod. The drive mechanism is configured to deliver a drive force to move the plunger rod along the longitudinal axis and through the container. A chamber disposed between a plunger rod and the stopper is adapted to oppose the drive force of the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Martin Hering, Brendan Smyth
  • Patent number: 11529473
    Abstract: A needle protection assembly, adapted to protect a tip of a hypodermic needle, comprising a shield adapted, in a protected operative orientation of the needle protection assembly, to shield the tip of the hypodermic needle, a locking element including at least one slot, the slot including at least three surfaces corresponding to three operative orientations of the shield, at least one slot engaging element, functionally associated with the shield, the slot engaging element being disposed within the slot of the locking element and movable relative thereto, between the surfaces, so as to transition the shield between the three operative orientations, and at least one biasing element, adapted for axial biasing of the shield, wherein the three operative orientations include a storage operative orientation, an injection operative orientation, and a needle protection operative orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DALI MEDICAL DEVICES LTD.
    Inventors: David Daily, Lior Raday, Hagay Drori, Gad Lewkonya
  • Patent number: 11511043
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 11511050
    Abstract: A needle assembly is disclosed, which includes a needle protection member and a rotor. The rotor has a rotor body and a restriction portion. When the needle protection member in the initial state is displaced from the protection position to a use position and returns to a protection position, the restriction portion is displaced from the initial position to the lock position by the rotation of the rotor body with respect to the needle protection member. A needle hub has a displacement prevention portion that prevents the needle protection member from being displaced from the protection position to the use position again by contacting the restriction portion at the lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakajima, Yoichiro Iwase
  • Patent number: 11491283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a needle unit (10) for use with a pen injection device, wherein the needle unit (10) comprises a needle shield (50) and an axially movable needle hub (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Bengtsson, Vera Pinto Glenting, Kezia Ann Friis Praestmark, Bo Kvolsbjerg
  • Patent number: 11490840
    Abstract: A blood sequestration device configured to isolate an initial, potentially contaminated portion of blood from the flow of blood of a patient, prior to directing the flow of blood to an outlet port where the blood can be accessed. The blood sequestration device including a body member having an interior wall defining a fluid conduit having a distal portion, a first proximal portion, and a second proximal portion, wherein the first proximal portion defines a sequestration chamber configured to isolate an initial portion of blood of a flow of blood, a vent path configured to enable the escape of gas initially trapped within the sequestration chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay T. Breindel, Harsh D. Chheda
  • Patent number: 11484665
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a syringe for providing a safety syringe, the safety syringe including a plunger configured during an inward stroke to expel a substance from a hypodermic needle attached at an open end of a barrel of the syringe, the apparatus including: a biasing member configured to bias a sheath towards a closed position at least partially covering the hypodermic needle, wherein the biasing member is configured to be released at a point on the inward stroke of the plunger to urge the sheath towards the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventor: Damian Alexander Holland
  • Patent number: 11471245
    Abstract: A syringe assembly is provided comprising a syringe cylinder extending from an opening configured to receive a plunger to an end configured to couple with a needle and/or medical tubing, a cap configured to couple to the end, and barrier material at least partially encompassing the cap and the end. A syringe assembly is provided comprising a syringe cylinder extending from an opening configured to receive a plunger to an end configured to couple with a needle and/or medical tubing, a plunger extending from one end to a seal end, and at least one cap configured to couple to the one end. A syringe assembly is provided comprising a syringe cylinder extending from an opening configured to receive a plunger to an end configured to couple with a needle and/or medical tubing, and a plunger extending from one end to a seal end, the one end of the plunger defining a recess configured to receive at least one cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hyprotek, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick O. Tennican
  • Patent number: 11458255
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing (112), and a dose selector (116) operatively connectable to a dose indicator positioned within the housing. The dose selector and the dose indicator (118, 119) are capable of cooperating to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device. The injection device further comprises a spring (120) capable of storing energy necessary for ejecting the dose from the injection device. The spring is locked to the dose indicator such that a charging force can be transferred from the dose selector to the spring via the dose indicator to increase the energy stored by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell, James Alexander Davies, Oliver Hart, Joshua Arieh Shenker
  • Patent number: 11439771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a needle protection device for a pre-filled syringe with staked needle. This device comprises a blocking mechanism, comprising means for fastening to a syringe body, a needle shield, into which the needle can be driven, and an after-use safety system comprising a sleeve defining a central axis along which it is movable and means for resiliently loading the sleeve in a forward position in which it is able to cover the needle. The sleeve comprises an outer tube and a coaxial inner tube that are manufactured in one piece by injection molding, while the outer tube is arranged so as to cooperate with the blocking mechanism, and the inner tube is detachable from the outer tube and axially connected in translation with the needle shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BIOCORP PRODUCTION
    Inventor: Daniel Aneas
  • Patent number: 11426529
    Abstract: In an elongated casing, an active agent container connected to an injection needle can be shifted axially by a spring force. Auto-injectors distributed pre-filled and with the springs tensed may be provided with a needle protecting cap to ensure sterility of the needle. When the 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 and 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 accommodating the active agent container. When the auto-injector is placed onto the skin, a needle protecting tube is shifted into the casing, forcing the latching tongue away from the flange, thereby freeing the travel path for needle movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Benjamin Scherer
  • Patent number: 11413400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety assembly for preventing needle stick injury with a needle having a proximal end fixed to a tip of a medical container and a pointed distal end, the safety assembly having: an attachment ring fixed to the tip of the container and a safety device to cover at least the distal end of the needle, the safety device attached to the attachment ring. The safety assembly has an attachment ring having an inner ring and an outer ring to be snapped onto each other, the inner ring having an inner recess for applying glue between the inner ring and the tip, and the inner ring and outer ring having mutually engaging elements preventing any rotation of the outer ring relative to the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Franck Carrel, Freddy Mills
  • Patent number: 11406756
    Abstract: An at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body. The system comprises at least one flexibly bendable infusion needle with a tip end of each of said at least one infusion needle arranged in at least one first housing for penetrating the first housing's outer wall in at least one penetration area and having the respective other end arranged in at least one second housing, the first and second housings being adapted for implantation inside the patient's body, wherein the at least one second housing is provided for implantation inside the patient's body remote from the at least one first housing and wherein the injection needle is sufficiently long to bridge the distance from the at least one second housing for remote implantation to the at least one first housing and further through the first housing up to the outer wall of the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 11400215
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device (100) for delivery of medicament from a container (12) into an injection site through a cannula (16). The device comprises a chassis (106), a drive mechanism (400) for driving a piston member (22) along a container axis (A) to expel the medicament through the cannula (16), and a carriage (200) for retaining the container (12), the cannula (16) and the drive mechanism (400). An insertion mechanism (70, 120, 130, 504) is provided for moving the carriage (200) in an insertion direction (H) relative to the chassis (106), and a cannula bending mechanism (300) is provided for bending the cannula (16) about a bending axis (B) to substantially align at least an end part of the cannula (16) with the insertion direction (H) prior to movement of the carriage (200) in the insertion direction (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventors: Toby Cowe, Jake Mallon
  • Patent number: 11376373
    Abstract: A medical injection device for supporting a medical container, the medical container comprising a barrel adapted to contain a composition and a needle extending from a distal end of the barrel, wherein the medical injection device comprises: a body configured to receive at least a part of the medical container, a plunger axially movable relative to the body along an axis of the body, needle cover movable relative to the body along the axis, the needle cover being configured to move successively between storage position wherein the needle cover covers the needle, an injection position wherein the needle cover exposes at least partially the needle, a safety position wherein the needle cover covers the needle and is prevented from moving back to the injection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Frédéric Perot, Michaël Fiard, Gilles Bernede
  • Patent number: 11364095
    Abstract: A discharger for discharging a predetermined amount of fluid from a separate container including a discharge section defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end and a distal end and having a discharge passage for the fluid extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the discharge section. The discharger further includes an intermediate section including a distal portion cooperating with the proximal end of the discharge section and a proximal portion defining a receiving space which is adapted to be loaded with the separate container holding an amount of fluid to be discharged by the discharger. The distal portion and the proximal portion are formed in one piece and are interconnected by a breakable section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Josef Ettlin
  • Patent number: 11364349
    Abstract: A needle end and a safety syringe are provided, belonging to technical field of medical instruments. The safety syringe includes an injection end, a liquid storage device, and a base. The injection end includes a needle base, an injection needle, and a needle guard assembly. The injection needle is fixed to the needle base. The needle guard assembly is connected to the needle base. The needle guard assembly includes a protective casing and a spring, wherein a first terminal of the spring is connected to the needle base and a second terminal of the spring is connected to the protective casing. The liquid storage device includes a liquid storage container and a liquid storage sleeve. The liquid storage is sleeved on an outer surface the liquid storage container, wherein the liquid storage container is detachably connected to the injection end. The base is detachably connected to the liquid storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG KINDLY MEDICAL DEVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Hong Chen, Zhuoyuan Lou
  • Patent number: 11338099
    Abstract: A nicotine powder delivery system includes an inhaler article and a nicotine powder capsule disposed within the inhaler article. The nicotine powder capsule rotates about a longitudinal axis when air flows through the inhaler article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: 11331430
    Abstract: Disclosed is an injection device for receiving a syringe therein and for delivering a dose of medicament from the syringe, the injection device including: an insertion driver configured to drive the syringe forwards within the injection device for inserting a needle of the syringe into an injection site; an interlock mechanism configured to retain the insertion driver in a primed state and, when actuated, to allow the insertion driver to drive the syringe forwards; and an interlock actuator moveable between a stowed position and an operable position and configured on movement from the stowed position to the operable position to couple to an actuation system such that movement from the operable position back towards the stowed position actuates the interlock mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventor: Matthew John Dobson
  • Patent number: 11324664
    Abstract: Various aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a compounder system having a cartridge that includes fluid pathways controllable by valves of the cartridge. A pump component within the cartridge is actuable to move fluid through the controllable fluid pathways. The cartridge includes a needle extending from a cartridge body and fluidly coupled to at least one of the controllable fluid pathways. The cartridge includes a vacuum bellows that surrounds the needle when the bellows is in an extended configuration. The vacuum bellows is compressible to expose the needle and generates a vacuum condition within the bellows when the bellows is extended from a compressed configuration to the extended configuration. The needle may be a dual-lumen plastic needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Oda, Tomas Frausto, Dereck S. Ferdaws
  • Patent number: 11324895
    Abstract: A feedback mechanism for an injection device that is configured to deliver a medicament to a user is described. The feedback mechanism comprises a piston and a fluid chamber, and the piston is adapted to move into the fluid chamber during use of the injection device. The feedback mechanism also has a damper that is arranged to damp movement of the piston, and an indicator that is arranged to provide feedback to the user after the piston has moved a pre-determined distance into the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Kneip, Matthias Rau
  • Patent number: 11318261
    Abstract: A safety pen needle includes: a main body, a cannula fixed to the main body and at least partially projecting out of the main body, a lock element placed inside the main body, a thrust element placed inside the main body, and a shield movable relative to the main body while remaining at least partially inserted within the main body. The pen needle is configured to move from a first configuration, in which the shield entirely covers an upper end of the cannula, to a second configuration, in which the upper end of the cannula is exposed, due to the action of external thrust. The pen needle is configured to move from the second configuration to an irreversible third configuration, in which the shield entirely covers the upper end of the cannula, due to the action of thrust exerted by the thrust element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PIKDARE-SOCIETÀ PER AZIONI
    Inventor: Alejandro José Ruiz Bravo
  • Patent number: 11318258
    Abstract: The present invention suppresses the amount of fluid pushed out from an injection needle when confirming whether air has been pushed out of the injection needle. Provided is a syringe that comprises: a cylinder 20; an injection needle 22; a needle base 24; an injection needle cover 26; and a plunger rod 28. The needle base 24 communicates between the inside of the cylinder 20 and the inside of the injection needle 22. The injection needle cover 26, when extended from a folded state, surrounds the injection needle 22. The injection needle cover 26 comprises an injection needle surrounding part. The injection needle surrounding part has at least one cutout 130 in a section facing the needle base 24 and covering the needle base, such that the needle base 24 can be identified from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED, YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD., ARTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Okajima, Yuki Imanishi, Jiichi Arai, Yusuke Chuma
  • Patent number: 11311671
    Abstract: Auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes a housing to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice to apply against an injection site. A spring means, upon activation, can push the needle from inside the housing through the orifice and past the proximal end, operate the syringe to supply the dose of medicament, and retract the syringe with the needle after delivering the medicament. An activating means can lock the spring means in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring means for injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Matthew Ekman, Yannick Hourmand, Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams
  • Patent number: 11311682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device. The cap assembly comprises: a cap body arranged to be mounted to a proximal end of a medicament delivery device for protecting and for removing a medicament delivery member shield. The cap body has an inner cap structure defining a channel extending along the central axis of the cap body, and a gripping member configured to be received in the channel. The gripping member is radially flexible and has a first leg, a second leg, and a connecting portion extending between the first leg and the second leg. The first leg and the second leg each has a proximal portion that is radially flexible and extends distally from the connecting portion. Each proximal portion has an inclined section extending radially inwards in an axial direction away from the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Andrew Moore
  • Patent number: 11311683
    Abstract: A self-retracting syringe has an injection assembly and a retraction assembly. The injection assembly has a housing, a spring rest, and a spring that is restrained initially in compression between the housing and the spring rest. A plunger rod is disposed inside the coil of the spring. A coupler in contact with the spring rest and the plunger rod releasably couples the plunger rod to the spring rest. When a latch is released, the plunger rod moves distally to urge a seal forward, which seal movement causes a hypodermic needle to extend and a medicament to be expelled through the hypodermic needle. A retraction assembly returns the hypodermic needle into the syringe body after the medicament is expelled. Embodiments of retraction assembly provide a port through which fluid may be introduced into the syringe through said hypodermic needle. Methods for filling the syringe are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Nspire Medical Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Richard David Gillespie, III
  • Patent number: 11305062
    Abstract: An autoinjector comprising a body (1) that is adapted to receive a reservoir (S), said reservoir (S) containing fluid and including a piston (P) and a needle (A), such as a pre-filled syringe, said autoinjector further comprising an actuator sleeve (10) that is movable relative to said body (1) between projecting positions in which said actuator sleeve (10) projects out from said body (1) at least in part, and an actuated position in which said actuator sleeve (10) is moved axially into said body (1), said actuator sleeve (10) being in a first projecting position before actuation of the autoinjector, and in a second projecting position after actuation of the autoinjector; said actuator sleeve (10) being urged towards said projecting positions by a spring (9), said autoinjector including a removable cap (20) that is fastened to said body (1) before the autoinjector is used, said removable cap (20), when it is fastened to said body (1), moving said actuator sleeve (10) axially relative to said first projecting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: David Fabien, Olivier His, Anthony Saussaye
  • Patent number: 11298462
    Abstract: An automatic injection device is provided, where the device includes a syringe carrier and a retraction assembly. The syringe carrier includes two identical parts that are discrete from one another and interlock with one another. The retraction assembly includes a shuttle and a follower, the follower having a moveable latch. The follower has a coupled configuration in which the latch is biasedly coupled to the shuttle, and a decoupled configuration in which the latch is in sliding engagement with a curvilinear surface of the shuttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: William Godwin Atterbury, Joseph Daniel Dennis, Jr., Brian Charles Kelley, Mark Lafever, Steven Michael Madland, Andrew Thomas Snow, Jessica Diane Young
  • Patent number: 11273265
    Abstract: An injection device includes a product container having an injection needle, a needle protection cap detachably secured to the product container surrounds the injection needle and seals same in a sterile manner. A cap is connected to the needle protection cap, via a remover element having an engaging element, in such a way that the removal of the cap from the injection device brings about the removal of the needle protection cap from the product container, where the engaging element is in an engaging position in relation to the needle protection cap, where in the engaging position, a section of the needle protection cap is arranged distally in line with the engaging element, characterized in that the cap and the engaging element are coupled in such a way that the cap is or can be moved relative to the engaging element during the removal from the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren, Markus Hunziker
  • Patent number: 11268972
    Abstract: A sample consumable that carries a microvolume of sample to a sample loader. The consumable is precisely aligned utilizing a double-alignment feature to the loader. The loader is based on a crank-slider geometry and allows for simple, one-handed operation for the user. Overall, the consumable and sample loader increase reproducibility of in-line sample loading and offers ease-of-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DNA Medicine Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Eugene Y. Chan
  • Patent number: 11260183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an injection needle assembly for use in a medicament delivery device. The injection needle assembly comprises an injection needle holder, an injection needle fixed to said injection needle holder, the injection needle having a proximal end and a distal end, and a sealing assembly for sealing the distal end of the injection needle. The sealing assembly comprises a spacer element surrounding the distal end of the injection needle and a sealing membrane for sealing the distal end of the injection needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Helmer, Matthias Rau, Winfried Huthmacher
  • Patent number: 11235104
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device (100; 300; 400) comprises a chassis (124), a drive element (166) for driving a stopper (22) to expel the medicament through a cannula (144). A carrier (126) is arranged for movement with respect to the chassis (124). Insertion means (130, 202) biases the carrier (126) in an insertion direction. A control part (132) is biased for rotation with respect to the carrier (126). A locking element (176) prevents rotation of the control part (132) in an initial state. The locking element (176) is coupled to the drive element (166) such that the control part (132) is released for rotation when the drive element (166) reaches an activation position during a delivery stroke. Rotation of the control part (132) through a predetermined angle causes decoupling of the insertion means (130, 202) from the carrier (126) to allow movement of the carrier (126) in a retraction direction after the end of the delivery stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventors: Toby Cowe, Timothy Evans
  • Patent number: 11224699
    Abstract: A method includes protecting an entire length of a needle of a needle-based device in a first state of disuse thereof with a needle cap, encompassing, by a needle shield, the entire length of the needle and at least a partial length of the needle cap in the first state of disuse, and encompassing an entire protruding length of the needle cap outside the needle shield within a safety cap and securing the safety cap onto an outer surface of the needle shield such that the needle and the needle cap are completely protected and covered during the first state of disuse. Following removing the safety cap along with the needle cap from the needle shield, the method also includes retracting the needle shield to cause the needle to emerge out of the needle shield to prepare the needle-based device for a second state of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIVENA SP. Z O.O.
    Inventor: Jaroslaw Moleda
  • Patent number: 11219718
    Abstract: The present invention improves the feeling in use when a finger is hooked on a finger grip. This syringe is provided with a cylinder 22, a syringe needle 24, a finger grip 30, and a plunger rod 32. The finger grip 30 is provided with a cylindrical portion and a pair of finger hook portions. The finger hook portion has an inclined curved surface 70 and an end-side curved surface 72. The inclined curved surface 70 is disposed on a side, of a side surface of the finger hook portion, connected to the cylinder 22. In the inclined curved surface 70, the inclination of a base-side region with respect to the center axis of the cylindrical portion is gentler than the inclination of an end-side region with respect to the center axis of the cylindrical portion. The end-side curved surface 72 is disposed at the boundary between the end of the finger hook portion and the inclined curved surface 70. The end-side curved surface 72 extends along the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED, ARTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Kanazawa, Kiyotaka Kamata, Akihiko Ono, Tomoyuki Manoshiro, Jiichi Arai, Naoki Choda
  • Patent number: 11191904
    Abstract: A plunger configured as described herein provides geometry optimizations to minimize friction magnitude and variability during use by maintaining low deformation under large extrusion forces. More specifically, plunger embodiments described herein minimize a contact area between the plunger and a syringe or chamber, while also maintaining high contract pressures to maintain container closure integrity. Moreover, the plunger embodiments are configured to have minimal or no increase in the contact area under high loads associated with the delivery of viscous products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Julian Jazayeri, Ronald Forster, Jolita Seckute, Olivia Alice Henderson, Kristen Brown, Gregory Gordon, Rasmus Øhlenschlæger, Peter Dan Kaare Soelberg
  • Patent number: 11173254
    Abstract: A method includes protecting an entire length of a needle of a needle-based device protruding from a needle mount coupled to a body thereof based on providing a needle shield configured to completely encompass the entire protruding length of the needle in a first state of disuse of the needle-based device, and retracting the needle shield in a first direction toward the body to cause the needle to emerge out of the needle shield to prepare the needle-based device for a second state of use. The method also includes transitioning the needle-based device back to the first state of disuse in accordance with a force applied in a second direction, securedly maintaining the needle shield in the first state of disuse, and locking the needle shield with a lock button formed on the needle shield or external thereto in the first state of disuse of the needle-based device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIVENA SP. Z O.O.
    Inventor: Jaroslaw Moleda
  • Patent number: 11135377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safe support device for a syringe, said support comprising a support sheath for the body of a syringe, and safety means which comprise an inner sheath suitable for sliding relative to said support sheath between a waiting retracted position, in which said inner sheath is substantially retracted inside said support sheath, and an active protection position, in which said inner sheath projects from said support sheath. The inner sheath has a free end portion formed by a flexible end-piece. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising such a safe support device and a syringe having a body, a piston and a needle disposed at one end of said body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Stephane Chevallier
  • Patent number: 11110230
    Abstract: A needle shield remover is presented having a generally tubular body with a longitudinal extension and a number of grip elements arranged at a distal area of the body, where the grip elements extend radially inwards from a circumference of the body. At least one longitudinally extending cut-out in the body and adjacent to the grip elements engage an outer surface of a needle shield when the needle shield remover is pushed onto the needle shield, where the at least one cut-out enables a generally radial outwardly bias of the grip elements during the pushing action to facilitate mounting of the needle shield remover on the needle shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Brian Maxfield, Jason Frost, Dane Kris
  • Patent number: 11110225
    Abstract: An injector may include a container having a wall with an interior surface and a seal assembly with an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the wall and the seal assembly defining a closed sterile reservoir filled with a drug product. The injector may also include a fluid delivery system comprising a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle having a point disposed only partially through the seal assembly in a storage state, and disposed through the interior surface of the seal assembly into the sterile reservoir in a delivery state. Further, the injection may include an actuator that is adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Francisca Tan-Malecki, Ronald Forster, Scott M. Nunn, Mark D. Holt, Son C. Tran, Sheldon Moberg
  • Patent number: 11107369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic injection training device (10) comprising an elongated housing (12) having a distal end (14) and an opposite proximal end (16) and extending along a longitudinally axis (L); a tubular demo container (128) axially and rotationally fixed relative to the elongated housing (12) and having a tubular wall (140) extending along the longitudinally axis (L); a reloadable plunger assembly (104) comprising a plunger rod (106) which is movable in the demo container (128) between a first and a second position and a first energy accumulating element (110) configured to move the plunger rod (106) from the first to the second position; an actuation assembly (42) configured to hold the plunger rod (106) in the first position and to release the plunger rod (106) from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Wen-An Chang, Yun-Hsuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11103651
    Abstract: A safety needle device is disclosed comprising a hub, needle cannula, housing, tether, retractable sleeve, locking member and spring element. The tether is slidably disposed in the housing, the tether having a slot with an enlarged first guide path and a narrowed second guide path extending distally from the enlarged first guide path. The retractable sleeve is configured to move between an initial position, retracted position and an extended position with respect to the housing, wherein the initial position partially exposes a distal tip of the needle cannula, the retracted position fully exposes the needle cannula, and the extended position fully covers the distal tip of the needle cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Beckon, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Laurie Sanders, Peter Smith, Edward P. Browka, Eli B. Nichols
  • Patent number: 11077258
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device, having a cap containing a tubular body provided with a distal opening, the cap being configured to be mounted to a proximal end of a medicament delivery device, a tubular remover configured to be received in the distal opening of the cap, the remover having flexible radially inwards extending grippers configured to engage with a delivery member shield, and a tubular remover insert configured to be received by the remover and configured to be fixedly attached to the cap to prevent axial displacement of the remover insert relative to the cap, wherein the remover is axially displaceable relative to the cap and relative to the remover insert, from a first position in which the grippers are pressed radially outwards by an outer surface of the remover insert, to a second position located distally relative to the first position, in which second position the grippers are arranged distally beyond the outer surface of the remover insert,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Hsuan Wang, Jung-Chien Chou, Wen-Yen Lee
  • Patent number: 11077250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing (16, 18), arranged to accommodate a medicament container (26); a power unit (64) arranged inside said housing, said power unit comprising a plunger rod (112), a drive spring (114) operably arranged to act on the plunger rod (112) and, which is, upon activation, operably arranged to act on said medicament container (26), an actuator (90) comprising holding elements (94, 100), capable of releasably holding said plunger rod (1112) with said drive spring (114) in a tensioned state, and an actuator sleeve (76) operably connected to said actuator (90) for releasably locking said holding elements (94, 100) in a holding state; said medicament delivery device further comprising a medicament delivery member guard (34) slidably movable in said housing (16, 18) and arranged to act on said actuator sleeve (76) for setting said holding elements (94, 100) with said actuator sleeve (76) in a first activation state; an activator unit (124) arra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Stefan Hogdahl