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US 10,092,699 B2Granted
Medical device protection assembly in the form of an attachable weight acting as impact-absorbing structure
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsMichael Jugl, Axel Teucher
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical device protection assembly and to a respective medical device. The protection assembly comprises at least one reorientation member being connectable with a medical device and being operable to orient the medical device into a predefined orientation in the event the medical device is subject to a free-fall.
Claims13
A medical device protection assembly comprising:
- at least one reorientation member being connectable to only an end portion of an outer surface of a housing of a medical device configured as a drug delivery device, the reorientation member when connected to the medical device being operable to orient the medical device into a predefined orientation in the event the medical device is subject to a free-fall, wherein the reorientation member comprises a cup-shaped receptacle configured to cover the end portion of the outer surface of the housing, where the reorientation member contains a reorientation weight such that when the reorientation member is attached to the housing, a center of gravity of the medical device is changed, wherein the reorientation member further comprises an impact receiving structure covering the reorientation member, where the impact receiving structure is not part of the housing of the medical device, and wherein an impact absorbing structure is integrated into the reorientation member or the impact receiving structure.
A medical device protection assembly comprising:
- at least one reorientation member arranged inside a housing of a medical device configured as a drug delivery device, the housing comprising a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a front face, and a back face, wherein the front face and the back face extend between the first end and the second end, the front face and the back face each having a length larger than a length of the first end and the second end, wherein the at least one reorientation member is located inside either the first end or the second end, and wherein the reorientation member is operable to orient the medical device into a predefined orientation in the event the medical device is subject to a free-fall, where the reorientation member contains a reorientation weight configured to modify a center of gravity of the medical device to be located at the first end or the second end;
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- an impact receiving structure covering the one of the first end or the second end of the housing that is provided with the reorientation weight, where the impact receiving structure is not part of the housing of the medical device.
A medical device protection assembly comprising:
- at least one reorientation member being connectable to a housing of a medical device, the housing comprising a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a front face, and a back face, wherein the front face and the back face extend between the first end and the second end, wherein the at least one reorientation member is configured to cover the first end, the second end, the front face, and the back face of the housing and the at least one reorientation member is operable to orient the medical device into a predefined orientation in the event the medical device is subject to a free-fall, wherein the reorientation member comprises a weight that is non-homogeneously distributed within the reorientation member such that when the reorientation member is attached to the housing, a center of gravity of the medical device is changed, and wherein the reorientation member further comprises an impact receiving structure covering the reorientation member, where the impact receiving structure is not part of the housing of the medical device.
A medical device protection assembly comprising:
- a cup-shaped body comprising a receptacle configured to receive a housing of a medical device, the medical device being a pen-type injector, wherein the housing comprises a first end, a second end, and a cylindrical portion extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the cup-shaped body is configured to receive only either the first end or the second end;
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- a reorientation member located in the cup-shaped body and being operable to orient the medical device into a predefined orientation when the cup-shaped body is attached to one of the first end or the second end in the event the medical device is subject to a free-fall, wherein the reorientation member comprises a reorientation weight such that when the cup-shaped body is attached to the housing, a center of gravity of the medical device is changed, and wherein the cup-shaped body further comprises an impact receiving structure covering the cup-shaped body, where the impact receiving structure is not part of the housing of the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.