US 11,602,600 B2 · Apparatus for mounting a pen needle assembly

Abstract

A storage device (30) for storing a pen needle assembly (10) includes a housing (30) having first wells (44) with a dimension for receiving the pen needle assembly and second wells (46) for receiving an inner shield (24) of the pen needle assembly. The second wells (46) have a diameter less than a diameter of the first wells (44). An ejector (40) in the housing (34) can be actuated to eject the used needle hub (16) and outer covers (22) from the first well (44) and the inner shield (24) from the second well (46) for disposal. A method of coupling a pen needle delivery device to a needle hub positions a needle hub assembly (18) in the first well (44) and inserts the coupling end of the delivery device (10) into the first well (44) and is coupled to the needle hub. The needle hub is pulled from the outer cover (22). The inner shield (24) is inserted into the second well (46) to remove the inner shield from the needle hub.

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Dependent claims

A device for receiving at least one pen needle assembly for a pen needle delivery device, where the at least one pen needle assembly includes an outer cover, a needle hub having a cannula and an inner shield, said device comprising:

a housing having a top wall with at least one first well for receiving and retaining the outer cover of the at least one pen needle assembly, and at least one second well having a diameter less than said at least one first well and a dimension for receiving and retaining the inner shield for separating the inner shield from the needle hub;
and
an ejector operatively coupled to said housing for simultaneously ejecting the outer cover from the at least one first well and for ejecting the inner shield from the at least one second well.

A method of coupling and uncoupling a needle hub with respect to a pen needle delivery device for delivering a substance to a patient, said method comprising:

providing a device having a housing with plurality of first wells with a dimension for receiving an outer cover and needle hub of a pen needle assembly, and a plurality of second wells having a dimension for receiving an inner shield of the pen needle assembly;
inserting the pen needle assembly into one of said plurality of first wells and coupling to a coupling end of the needle hub;
removing said pen needle delivery device and needle hub from each of the plurality of first wells;
inserting an inner shield coupled to the needle hub into a second well of said device, where said second well is spaced from each of said plurality of first wells, where said inner shield is gripped by said second well, and separating said needle hub from said inner shield for use in delivering the substance to the patient;
positioning a resulting used needle hub in said outer cover retained in each of the plurality of first wells and uncoupling said needle hub from said pen needle delivery device;
and
simultaneously ejecting the outer cover and used pen needle from the plurality of first wells and ejecting the inner shield from the plurality of second wells.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for mounting a pen needle assembly

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Abstract

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