Needle cap remover and drug delivery device
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsMoritz Keim, Winfried Huthmacher, Peter Nober
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Abstract
The invention refers to a needle cap remover (7) for a needle cap (5.1) of a drug delivery device (2). The needle cap remover (7) comprises a body (8) having a material which differs from the material of the needle cap (5.1) or of a rigid needle shield (5) encasing the needle cap (5.1) in at least one parameter, wherein a body portion (8.1), which covers the needle cap (5.1) or the rigid needle shield (5) encasing the needle cap (5.1), is adapted to capture the needle cap (5.1) or the rigid needle shield (5) encasing the needle cap (5.1) by a positive and/or non-positive connections before or during removing of the needle cap (5.1) and is adapted to shrunk when a pulling force is applied.
Claims16
A needle cap remover for a needle cap of a drug delivery device, comprising:
- a body having a material which differs from a material of the needle cap or a rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap in at least one parameter,
- wherein a portion of the body, which covers the needle cap or the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap, is adapted to capture the needle cap or the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap before or during removing of the needle cap, wherein the portion of the body is formed as a shrinking hose adapted to be arranged onto the needle cap or onto the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap and heat shrunk onto the needle cap or onto the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap.
A drug delivery device comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a needle cap remover comprising:
- a body having a material which differs from the material of the needle cap or a rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap in at least one parameter,
- wherein a portion of the body, which covers the needle cap or the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap, is adapted to capture the needle cap or the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap before or during removing of the needle cap, wherein the portion of the body is formed as a shrinking hose adapted to be arranged onto the needle cap or onto the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap and heat shrunk onto the needle cap or onto the rigid needle shield encasing the needle cap.
A drug delivery device comprising:
- a housing comprising a syringe comprising a needle;
- a needle safety device mounted on the housing, the needle safety device comprising a needle cap covering at least a distal tip of the needle;
- and
- a needle cap remover configured to remove the needle cap to uncover the needle, the needle cap remover comprising:
- a body having a material which differs from the material of the needle cap,
- wherein a portion of the body, which covers the needle cap, is adapted to capture the needle cap before or during removing of the needle cap,
- wherein the portion of the body is formed as a shrinking hose adapted to be arranged onto the needle cap encasing the needle cap and heat shrunk onto the needle cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.