Drive mechanisms suitable for use in drug delivery devices
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsRobert Frederick Veasey, Christopher Nigel Langley, Steven Wimpenny
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AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsRobert Frederick Veasey, Christopher Nigel Langley, Steven Wimpenny
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The present disclosure is directed to a dose setting mechanism that may be used with a drug delivery device. The dose setting mechanism may include an inner body having a helical thread along an outer cylindrical surface of the inner body, and a drive sleeve for driving a piston rod in an axial direction, the drive sleeve positioned within at least a portion of the inner body. The dose setting mechanism may further include a dose dial sleeve rotatably engaged with the helical thread of the inner body and a dial grip connected to the dose dial sleeve and releasably connected to the drive sleeve. Further when a dose is set, the dial grip is rotated so that both the dose dial sleeve and the drive sleeve rotate with respect to the inner body.
A drug delivery device comprising:
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