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US 12,383,676 B2Granted
Auto injector with charger safety
AssigneeAscendis Pharma A/S
InventorsJan Olesen, Flemming Madsen
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Abstract
An auto injector is disclosed comprising: a housing, a cartridge receiver, and an ejector member. The cartridge receiver is configured to receive a cartridge containing the medicament. The auto injector further comprises a blocking member coupled to an ejector member. The blocking member is configured to move between a blocking position wherein a connector opening is blocked and a non-blocking position wherein the connector opening is not blocked.
Claims15
An auto injector for administering a medicament, the auto injector being connectable to an electrical power supply, the auto injector comprising:
- a housing accommodating a battery and a first electrical connector accessible via a connector opening in the housing and accepting a second electrical connector of the electrical power supply;
- a cartridge receiver configured to receive a cartridge containing the medicament;
- an ejector member movable along a longitudinal axis between a first ejector position and a second ejector position and being configured to follow movement of the cartridge along the longitudinal axis when the cartridge is received in the cartridge receiver;
- a blocking member coupled to the ejector member, the blocking member being configured to move between a blocking position wherein the connector opening is blocked and a non-blocking position wherein the connector opening is not blocked, wherein the blocking member is in the blocking position when the ejector member is in the second ejector position, and wherein the blocking member is in the non-blocking position when the ejector member is in the first ejector position;
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- an ejector lock configured to restrict movement of the ejector member along the longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.