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US 10,765,813 B2Granted
Self injection device with multi-position cap
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsRichard Cronenberg, Ruane Jeter
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Abstract
A self-injection device (100, 200), including a pen body (108, 208) connectable to a pen needle (10), and a cap (104, 204) selectively connectable to the pen body (108, 208) in a first orientation with respect to the pen body (108, 208) to minimize the length or volume of the self injection device (100, 200), and in a second orientation to provide sufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap (104, 204) to house a pen needle (10) connected to the pen body (108, 208).
Claims21
A self-injection device, comprising:
- a pen needle;
- a pen body connectable to the pen needle;
- and
- a cap connectable directly to a first end of the pen body:
- in a first orientation with respect to the pen body to render a length or volume of the self-injection device insufficient to house the pen needle connected to the pen body;
- and
- in a second orientation to provide sufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap to house the pen needle connected to the pen body.
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A self-injection device, comprising:
- a pen needle;
- a pen body connectable to the pen needle;
- and
- a cap connectable to the pen body in a first orientation with respect to the pen body to render a length or volume of the self-injection device insufficient to house the pen needle connected to the pen body, and in a second orientation to provide sufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap to house the pen needle connected to the pen body;
- wherein:
- the pen body comprises a pen body axial protrusion and a pen body axial recess, and the cap comprises a cap axial protrusion and a cap axial recess;
- in the first orientation, the pen body axial protrusion axially abuts the cap axial recess and the cap axial protrusion axially abuts the pen body axial recess;
- and
- in the second orientation, the pen body axial protrusion axially abuts the cap axial protrusion.
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A self-injection device, comprising:
- a pen needle;
- a body connectable to the pen needle at a first end of the body;
- a cap having an interior cavity, the cap being connectable directly to the first end of the body:
- in a first orientation with respect to the body in which the interior cavity is unable to accommodate the pen needle connected to the body;
- and
- in a second orientation with respect to the body that is axially further from a second end of the body than the first orientation, to accommodate the pen needle connected to the body within the interior cavity, the second end of the body being opposite to the first end.
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A self-injection device, comprising:
- a pen needle;
- a body connectable to the pen needle at a first end of the body;
- and
- a cap having an interior cavity, the cap being connectable to the body in a first orientation with respect to the body in which the interior cavity is unable to accommodate the pen needle connected to the body, and in a second orientation with respect to the body that is axially further from a second end of the body than the first orientation, to accommodate the pen needle connected to the body within the interior cavity, the second end of the body being opposite to the first end;
- wherein:
- the body comprises a body axial protrusion and a body axial recess, and the cap comprises a cap axial protrusion and a cap axial recess;
- in the first orientation, the body axial protrusion axially abuts the cap axial recess and the cap axial protrusion axially abuts the body axial recess;
- and
- in the second orientation, the body axial protrusion axially abuts the cap axial protrusion.
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A method of using a self-injection device comprising a pen needle, a body, and a cap, the method comprising the operations of:
- at a first time, connecting the cap directly to a first end of the body in a first orientation in which a length or volume of the self-injection device is insufficient to house the pen needle connected to the body;
- and
- at a second time, connecting the cap directly to the first end of the body in a second orientation that provides sufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap to house the pen needle connected to the body.
A method of using a self-injection device comprising a pen needle, a body, and a cap, the method comprising the operations of:
- at a first time, connecting the cap to the body in a first orientation in which a length or volume of the self-injection device is insufficient to house the pen needle connected to the body;
- and
- at a second time, connecting the cap to the body in a second orientation that provides sufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap to house the pen needle connected to the body;
- wherein connecting the cap to the body in the first orientation comprises orienting an axial protrusion and an axial recess of the cap to respectively axially abut an axial recess and an axial protrusion of the body;
- and
- wherein connecting the cap to the body in the second orientation comprises orienting the axial cap protrusion to axially abut the axial body protrusion.
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A self-injection device, comprising:
- a pen needle;
- a pen body connectable to the pen needle;
- and
- a cap connectable directly to a first end of the pen body:
- in a first orientation with respect to the pen body to provide insufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap to house the pen needle connected to the pen body;
- and
- in a second orientation to provide sufficient length or volume in the interior of the cap to house the pen needle connected to the pen body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.