# US 10,500,347 B2 · Cap for a medicament container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,347 B2 - Document ID: US10500347B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/914,391 - Filed: 2014-08-27 - Published: 2016-10-27 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-29 - Assignees: Sanofi - Applicants: Sanofi - Inventors: David Darras; Fabien Canepa; Bruno Serre; Jacky Mazzolini - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500347B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/3202: {Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps (A61M5/50 takes precedence; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001)} - A61M 5/3204: {Needle cap removers, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or needle hub, e.g. deshielding devices} - A61M 5/326: {Fully automatic sleeve extension, i.e. in which triggering of the sleeve does not require a deliberate action by the user} - A61M 2005/3139: {Finger grips not integrally formed with the syringe barrel, e.g. using adapter with finger grips} - A61M 2005/3264: {Trigger provided at the proximal end, i.e. syringe end opposite to needle mounting end} - A61M 2205/583: by visual feedback - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract Described is a cap (60) for covering a needle shield (29) on a needle (26) of a medicament container (20), the cap (60) comprising a cylindrical portion (61) having a first outer diameter, a disc portion (62) disposed on a distal end of the cylindical portion (61), the disc portion (62) having a second outer diameter larger than the first outer diameter; and a gripping surface (63) disposed on an inner surface of the cylindiral portion (61) and adapted to frictionally engage a needle shield (29) on a needle (26). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cap for covering a needle shield on a needle of a medicament container, the cap comprising: a cylindrical portion having a first outer diameter measured in a first direction; a disc portion disposed on a distal end of the cylindrical portion, the disc portion having a second outer diameter measured in the first direction, wherein the second outer diameter is larger than the first outer diameter; and a gripping member disposed on an inner surface of the cylindrical portion and adapted to frictionally engage the needle shield on the needle, wherein the gripping member disposed on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion has a thickness that decreases from a distal end to a proximal end and wherein the gripping member further comprises a proximal portion disposed on an outer surface of the cylindrical portion and a proximal surface of the disc portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein the gripping member further comprises a distal portion disposed on a distal surface of the disc portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein the gripping member is made from a first material and the cylindrical portion and the disc portion are made from a second material, and wherein the first material has a lower durometer than the second material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The cap according to claim 2, wherein the proximal portion or the distal portion includes one or more frictional features. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein the gripping member includes a ramp feature on the proximal end. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, further comprising: an indicia disposed on one or more of the following: the cylindrical portion, the disc portion and the gripping member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cap according to claim 6, wherein the indicia includes a word or a symbol. ### Claim 8 A medicament container comprising: a barrel; a needle disposed on a distal end of the barrel; a needle shield coupled to the needle; and a cap coupled to the needle shield, wherein the cap comprises: a cylindrical portion having a first outer diameter measured in a first direction; a disc portion disposed on a distal end of the cylindrical portion, the disc portion having a second outer diameter measured in the first direction, wherein the second outer diameter is larger than the first outer diameter; and a gripping member disposed on an inner surface of the cylindrical portion and adapted to frictionally engage the needle shield on the needle, wherein the gripping member disposed on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion has a thickness that decreases from a distal end to a proximal end and wherein the gripping member further comprises a proximal portion disposed on an outer surface of the cylindrical portion and a proximal surface of the disc portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medicament container according to claim 8, wherein the gripping member is made from a first material and the cylindrical portion and the disc portion are made from a second material, and wherein the first material has a lower durometer than the second material, wherein the needle shield comprises a sheath made from a third material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The medicament container according to claim 9, wherein the needle shield comprises a casing made from a fourth material different from the third material and disposed on the sheath. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The medicament container according to claim 10, wherein the third material is rubber or elastomer latex and the fourth material is polypropylene or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. ### Claim 12 A medicament delivery device comprising: a medicament container comprising: a barrel, a needle disposed on a distal end of the barrel; a needle shield coupled to the needle, and a cap coupled to the needle shield, wherein the cap comprises: a cylindrical portion having a first outer diameter measured in a first direction; a disc portion disposed on a distal end of the cylindrical portion, the disc portion having a second outer diameter measured in the first direction, wherein the second outer diameter is larger than the first outer diameter; and a gripping member disposed on an inner surface of the cylindrical portion and adapted to frictionally engage the needle shield on the needle, wherein the gripping member disposed on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion has a thickness that decreases from a distal end to a proximal end and wherein the gripping member further comprises a proximal portion disposed on an outer surface of the cylindrical portion and a proximal surface of the disc portion; a safety device adapted to cover the needle of the medicament container; and a finger flange coupled to the safety device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein the first outer diameter is circular. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The cap according to claim 13, wherein the second outer diameter is circular. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The cap according to claim 1, wherein a distal end of the cap is closed.