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US 12,599,726 B2Granted
Safety cap
AssigneeShl Medical AG
InventorAnders Boström
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Abstract
A protective cap is presented that is releasably connected to a medicament delivery having a generally tubular body and a medicament delivery member with a shield to be removed when the protective cap is removed, attachment elements for holding a generally tubular medicament delivery member shield remover within the protective cap and a lid attached to the cap body for holding the medicament delivery member shield remover in position.
Claims6
A protective cap to be releasably connected to a medicament delivery device having a medicament delivery member shield, the protective cap comprising:
- a tubular body and a tubular medicament delivery member shield remover for removing the medicament delivery member shield, wherein a proximal end of the tubular medicament delivery member shield remover comprises an attachment element;
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- a lid attached to a proximal end of the tubular body,
- wherein the tubular body comprises an end wall provided with a passage through which the tubular medicament delivery member shield remover protrudes and at least one opening,
- wherein the attachment element comprises an outwardly extending ledge or flange on the tubular medicament delivery member shield remover, which outwardly extending ledge or flange is positioned between the end wall and the lid,
- wherein the end wall is arranged with a seat for said outwardly extending ledge or flange,
- wherein the lid is further arranged with one or more first distally directed protrusions, wherein the one or more first distally directed protrusions are in direct contact with the outwardly extending ledge or flange of the tubular medicament delivery member shield remover to thereby hold the tubular medicament delivery member shield remover in place in the seat,
- wherein the lid is further arranged with one or more second distally directed protrusions at an outer edge of the lid, wherein the one or more second distally directed protrusions are in direct contact with the end wall of the tubular body thereby creating a circumferential gap between an outer edge of the proximal end of the tubular body and the lid, and
- wherein the circumferential gap between the outer edge of the proximal end of the tubular body and the lid creates a passageway for airflow between the tubular body and an ambient environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.