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US 10,441,719 B2Granted
Syringe carrier
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsYannick Hourman, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
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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.
Claims27
A syringe carrier comprising:
- an elongate body comprising first and second resilient arms, the first and second resilient arms extending distally from a collar of the elongate body and comprising projections extending radially inward from distal ends of the first and second resilient arms, the projections being configured to contact a rigid needle shield of a syringe when the syringe is advanced distally into the syringe carrier and the first and second resilient arms being configured to deflect radially outward as the projections ride along the rigid needle shield of the distally advancing syringe, the resilient arms being configured to return to a non-deflected position in which the projections are disposed in a gap between a barrel of the syringe and the rigid needle shield when the rigid needle shield moves distally beyond the projections;
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- first and second elements extending proximally from the body, the first and second elements being configured to contact the syringe at an abutment surface to directly restrict proximal movement of the syringe after the syringe has been inserted into a proximal end of the syringe carrier.
A syringe carrier comprising:
- an elongate body comprising first and second resilient arms, the first and second resilient arms extending distally from a collar of the elongate body and comprising projections extending radially inward from distal ends of the first and second resilient arms, the projections being configured to contact a rigid needle shield of a syringe when the syringe is advanced distally into the syringe carrier and the first and second resilient arms being configured to deflect radially outward as the projections ride along the rigid needle shield of the distally advancing syringe, the resilient arms being configured to return to a non-deflected position in which the projections are disposed in a gap between a barrel of the syringe and the rigid needle shield when the rigid needle shield moves distally beyond the projections;
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- means for restricting proximal movement of the syringe after the syringe has been inserted into a proximal end of the syringe carrier, the means being located at a proximal end of the elongate body to directly contact the syringe.
An assembly comprising:
- a syringe;
- a syringe carrier configured to receive the syringe, the syringe carrier comprising an elongate body comprising first and second resilient arms, the first and second resilient arms extending distally from a collar of the elongate body and comprising projections extending radially inward from distal ends of the first and second resilient arms, the projections being configured to contact a rigid needle shield of the syringe when the syringe is advanced distally into the syringe carrier and the first and second resilient arms being configured to deflect radially outward as the projections ride along the rigid needle shield of the distally advancing syringe, the resilient arms being configured to return to a non-deflected position in which the projections are disposed in a gap between a barrel of the syringe and the rigid needle shield when the rigid needle shield moves distally beyond the projections;
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- an element having an abutment surface configured to directly contact the syringe to restrict proximal movement of the syringe after the syringe has been inserted into a proximal end of the syringe carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.