Cover Or Protector For Body Entering Conduit Movable Axially Relative To One Another Patents (Class 604/198)
  • Patent number: 12102797
    Abstract: An automatic injection device including a generally cylindrical syringe body having an opening, an outlet and an inner cylindrical surface adapted to contain an injectable liquid to be injected at an injection site via the outlet; a piston disposed in the cylindrical syringe body; a driving assembly, including an elongate plunger element having a forward end adapted to be axially inserted into the generally cylindrical syringe body and an at least partial forward sealing element mounted onto the elongate plunger element adjacent the forward end for creating an at least temporary slidable seal between the elongate plunger element and the inner cylindrical surface, whereby axial insertion of the elongate plunger element and the forward sealing element into the generally cylindrical syringe body creates friction between the forward sealing element and the inner cylindrical surface and also creates an at least temporary air spring between the forward sealing element and the piston, wherein the friction and the ai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: E3D A.C.A.L LTD
    Inventors: Dmitri Sarkorov, David Daily, Lior Raday
  • Patent number: 12097360
    Abstract: Safety needle device (1) comprising: a hub (10) configured to be connected to a pen-injector, the hub (10) comprising a lateral wall (11) and an upper wall (12) which define therebetween a cavity (13) extending between the upper wall (12) and an lower aperture (14) able to receive the pen injector; a needle (20) attached to the hub (10), the needle (20) extending along a longitudinal direction (X-X) between a distal end (21), configured for insertion into a patient, and an opposed proximal end (22) configured to be connected to the pen injector, a back-end shield (30) slidable along the longitudinal direction (X-X) within the cavity (13) of the hub (10) and rotatable about the longitudinal direction (X-X), the back-end shield (30) being movable irreversibly from an initial position, before connection of the pen injector to the hub (10), to a locking position, after removal of the pen injector to the hub (10) passing through an intermediate position, an elastic member (40) arranged within the cavity (13) and a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HTL-STREFA S.A.
    Inventors: Marcin Komuda, Marcin Niemiec, Robert Grzelak, Robert Osak, Rafal Perlak, Bartlomiej Bialas
  • Patent number: 12097358
    Abstract: An auto injector is provided 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. Solutions to improve the functionality of the retraction of the needle and the general experience of the use, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHAILY ENGINEERING PLASTICS LTD.
    Inventor: Claus Schmidt Moeller
  • Patent number: 12083325
    Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device (1), comprising a body (2), a container carrier (7) for retaining a medicament container within the body (2) and being slidably disposed in the body (2), a sleeve (6) slidably coupled to body (2), and a piston rod (11) coupled to the body (2) and the container carrier (7). The piston rod (11) and the container carrier (7) provide a feedback as the container carrier (7) moves from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2) relative to the body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Huthmacher, Peter Nober
  • Patent number: 12064605
    Abstract: A syringe for medical use having a barrel with a longitudinally extending tubular fluid chamber and at least one longitudinally extending, outwardly facing, substantially flat indicia display surface disposed proximally to the fluid chamber, a plunger slidably inserted into the fluid chamber, a needle projecting forwardly from the barrel in fluid communication with the fluid chamber; and a fixed length needle safety device having an activation handle slidably engaging the barrel and a forwardly projecting needle tip shield encircling the needle that moves forwardly to cover a tip end of the needle when the activation handle is moved forwardly following use of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Retractable Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Shaw, Mark Small
  • Patent number: 12064608
    Abstract: A safety insulin pen needle includes a needle body, intermediate shield, front shield, tail cover, rear spring, and rotating tube. The rotating tube includes a beveled rail, and the front shield includes a bevel acting part that interacts with the beveled rail. The tail cover includes an elastic leg, which includes a rear protection stopper. The rotating tube includes a first and second rail slot spaced apart along a circumferential direction, which interact with the rear protection stopper. Backward movement of the front shield when the needle is pushed rotates the rotating tube and uses the interaction of the first and second rail slot on the rotating tube and the rear protection stopper on the tail cover to change the relationship between the tail cover and the rotating tube, which provides reliable locking protection of the tail cover after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SANDSTONE MEDICAL (SUZHOU) INC.
    Inventors: Guoping Shi, Anthony Scott Horstman
  • Patent number: 12059554
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including at least a housing, a drug container with a needle, and a cap, wherein the housing has an inner surface forming a cavity configured to retain the drug container, wherein the cap is configured to be releasably connected to the housing, and wherein a back end of the device opposite to a front end of the device directed to the cap includes a gripping lug axially protruding from the back end of the device. The disclosure further relates to an emergency pack including such a drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Wolfgang Obermeier
  • Patent number: 12048839
    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: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHL Medical AG
    Inventor: Andrew Moore
  • Patent number: 12042611
    Abstract: A shield for a needle of a peripheral intravenous catheter or other IV catheter system is provided. The shield may be formed of a single piece of material that may be bent to form a top portion, a bottom portion, a proximal portion, a top distal portion and a bottom distal portion. The proximal portion may form a proximal needle opening and the top or bottom distal portion may form a distal needle opening to allow a needle to extend through the shield when the shield is positioned within the lumen of a catheter adapter. When the distal tip of the needle is withdrawn proximally, the shield may transition from an unlocked position to a locked position in which the distal tip will be retained within the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Jithendra Kumar Sathyanarayana Naidu
  • Patent number: 12029887
    Abstract: A rotational locking type safety insulin pen needle comprises a needle body, intermediate shield, front shield and a spring, wherein the intermediate shield has a rotating tube with a beveled rail on the outer edge; the front shield has a bevel acting part on the inner edge; the rotating tube has an elastic arm in the front with a front protection stopper; relative to the front protection stopper, the front shield has a guiding and a limit slot at intervals along the circumferential direction. The backward movement of the front shield when the needle is pushed to drive the rotation of the rotating tube and uses the coordination of the front protection stopper on the rotating tube with the guiding and limit slot on the front shield to change the coordination relationship between the front shield and the rotating tube, which provides the reliable locking protection of the front shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SANDSTONE MEDICAL (SUZHOU) INC.
    Inventors: Guoping Shi, Anthony Scott Horstman
  • Patent number: 11998725
    Abstract: An auto injector for delivery of a medicament is disclosed. The auto injector comprises a housing, a syringe holder configured to receive a syringe; a first drive module adapted to move the syringe holder relatively to the housing; and a rigid needle shield remover comprising a first part adapted for separating a rigid needle shield from the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Phillips-Medisize A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Sørensen, Esben Weldingh Johansen, Jan Olesen, Jørgen Funder Rasmussen, Emil Wegger Jensen, Søren Koch Bechmann, Lucile Daul
  • Patent number: 11980727
    Abstract: A needle protection device may include a hub, a housing disposed within the lumen of the hub, and a needle. The housing may include a tubular portion, which may include two arms coupled thereto. Each of the arms may include a first end coupled to the tubular portion, a second end disposed within the tubular portion, and a bent portion therebetween. The second end of the first arm and the second end of the second arm may form a duckbill valve. A needle may extend through the housing. Withdrawing a sharp distal tip of the needle in a proximal direction beyond the second end of each of the arms may close the duckbill valve and facilitate removal of the housing from the hub. Shielding the sharp distal tip of the needle in this manner may prevent blood spatter and exposure to blood and blood-borne pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Marty Stout, Austin McKinnon
  • Patent number: 11964132
    Abstract: An injection device for administering a substance, including a housing, a plunger rod which can be moved relative to the housing, at least one retaining element associated with the rod to hold the rod relative to the housing, and a displaceable locking sleeve which can be displaced relative to the housing from one position in which the sleeve holds the at least one retaining element in a retaining position to a second position in which the at least one retaining element is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren, Patrick Vogt
  • Patent number: 11948671
    Abstract: Intelligent (smart) tracking accessories for a medicine dispensing device, such as an injection pen or pen device, are described. A smart tracking accessory in the form of a smart cap for a medicine dispensing device, such as an insulin pen, is configured to protect the needle of the dispensing device and the medicine contained therein when the device is not in use. The smart cap may detect the presence of the medicine dispensing device, detect an activation event such as removal from the medicine dispensing device, inform the user whether it is safe to administer a therapeutic dose of medicine, and log occurrence of the dosing event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Pryor, Arnold Holmquist, Michael Mensinger, Sean Saint, Cory McCluskey
  • Patent number: 11883070
    Abstract: An intraosseous device may include a chamber portion having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end includes a base, a tensile puller configured to extend through the chamber portion and slidingly engage the base, the tensile puller comprising a proximal end and a distal end, an actuator on the proximal end of the tensile puller, and a connector on the distal end of the tensile puller adapted to engage a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Erick Anderson
  • Patent number: 11872376
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting, the injection device comprising a housing having an interiorly facing wall with the wall having a plurality of ribs formed thereon, the ribs defining a channel extending therebetween, a plunger rod mountable within the housing and having at least one protrusion engageable within the channel, a cylindrical body, a spring mounted at a distal end of the housing with the spring being biased between the distal end and a needle hub, and a pusher rod raised such that pressure thereon from the plunger rod will cause the pusher rod to enter the cylindrical body, the pressure causing the spring to act on the needle hub to move the needle hub and the cylindrical body upwardly within the housing such that a needle is in an enclosed position within the housing and cannot be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DUOJECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Simon Hamel, Andrea Chagnon, Sylvain Cloutier
  • Patent number: 11865297
    Abstract: A transport lock assembly for a medicament delivery device, wherein the transport lock assembly comprises a powerpack (30) having a locking member (50, 50?, 50?) configured to interact with a control member (60), which locking member (50, 50?, 50?) is movable, relative to the control member (60), from a first state in which the control member (60) is immobilized, to a second state in which the control member (60) is free to move; wherein the transport lock assembly further comprises a housing part (20) having a key member (22), such that assembly of the powerpack (30) with the housing part (20) causes the key member (22) to move the locking member (50, 50?, 50?) from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Anders Holmqvist
  • Patent number: 11850401
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is an injector comprising a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, a shell, a plunger, a needle guard, a first member, and an actuation assembly. The shell may be within the housing and may have a cavity to receive at least a portion of a medicament chamber. The shell may be moveable with respect to the housing from an initial position to an injecting position. The plunger may be moveable with respect to the shell. The needle guard may be moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. The first member may be within the housing. The actuation assembly may be coupled to the housing and the shell. The needle guard may move the first member with respect to the housing as the needle guard moves from the extended position to the retracted position. The actuation assembly may move the shell from the initial position to the injecting position when the first member moves with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Swanson, Aaron V. Hua
  • Patent number: 11850400
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an autoinjector device for use in combination with a syringe, said syringe comprising a movable plunger; a needle; and a tubular needle shield. The claimed autoinjector device comprises: an elongated housing having a proximal and a distal end; a drive mechanism; a syringe holder in order to support the fragile syringe and to prevent damage to the syringe. The invention furthermore relates to a method for assembly of the autoinjector device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Anders Holmqvist, Hsueh-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 11806509
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a casing and a storage container with a dose delivery member, at least a portion of which extends through an opening in the casing. A guard is movable relative to the casing between extended and retracted positions. The guard surrounds the extended portion of the dose delivery member in the extended position, and exposes the extended portion in the retracted position. An interference arrangement is included for providing selected threshold of resistance to movement of the guard from the extended position to the retracted position during insertion of the dose delivery member into body tissue. The arrangement has first and second members engaging one another to retain the guard in the extended position. The first or second member can move if the selected threshold of resistance is exceeded to allow the members to slide and allow the guard to move into the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Scott R. Gibson, Sheldon Moberg
  • Patent number: 11786665
    Abstract: A grip accessory for a manual injection device comprises a housing comprising a generally hollow body configured to support a manual injection device therein. The housing comprises a distal portion comprising a first opening into which a manual injection device can be inserted, a proximal portion having a second opening through which the needle of the manual injection device extends. The proximal portion comprises a skin contacting surface at a proximal end of the device that can be placed against an injection site. An intermediate portion extends between the proximal and distal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: James McLusky, Nick Foley, Jimmy Mower, Ian Scrimgeour, Michael Cannamela, Peter Krulevitch, Kui Liu
  • Patent number: 11786672
    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 completely encompassing the entire protruding length of the needle in a first state of disuse, and retracting the needle shield in a first direction toward the body of the needle-based device to apply a first force in the first direction 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 following the second state of use in accordance with applying a second force in a second direction diametrically opposite to the first direction, and providing a lock button to lock the needle shield in the first state of disuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Jaroslaw Moleda
  • Patent number: 11744958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protection device (1) intended to at least partially cover the needle (2) of an injection device, comprising: a support (3) of the protection device (1), a sleeve (4) movable axially in translation with respect to the support (3), an arrangement (14) for returning the sleeve (4) from an injection position to a protection position, an axial guidance arrangement (29, 30) for preventing the sleeve (4) from pivoting with respect to the support (3), one peg (6) directly and at least elastically, coupled longitudinally to the support (3) or the sleeve (4) and housed in a passageway (10) defining a first section (11) and a second section (12) followed by the peg (6) from a storage position to the injection position and then to the protection position, and a safety arrangement (21; 36, 34, 35) part of which being elastically deformable, arranged in a way as to prevent the peg from returning from the second section to the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Franck Carrel, Laurent Barrelle
  • Patent number: 11744955
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sheath remover for removing a protective needle sheath from a drug cartridge. The sheath remover includes a resilient ring and one or more resilient legs attached to the ring and extending in a proximal direction. Each leg includes an inwardly directed ledge arranged at a proximal end of the leg. The ring consists of a resilient material allowing inward deflection of a proximal end of the ring. The present disclosure further relates to a method for assembling and a method for using the sheath remover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventor: Winfried Huthmacher
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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