# US 12,599,726 B2 · Safety cap > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,599,726 B2 - Document ID: US12599726B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/972,511 - Filed: 2019-06-28 - Published: 2021-09-02 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-20 - Assignees: Shl Medical AG - Applicants: Shl Medical AG - Inventors: Anders Boström - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12599726B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/3204: {Needle cap removers, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or needle hub, e.g. deshielding devices} - A61M 5/3213: {Caps placed axially onto the needle, e.g. equipped with finger protection guards (axially-extensible protective sleeves A61M5/3243)} - A61M 5/2033: {Spring-loaded one-shot injectors with or without automatic needle insertion (multishot dosing syringes A61M5/31525, needle insertion only A61M5/3287)} - A61M 2207/00: Methods of manufacture, assembly or production - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The protective cap according to claim 1, wherein the lid is arranged with at least one distally directed arm, which at least one distally directed arm is arranged with a ledge wherein the at least one distally directed arm is designed to fit into the at least one opening of the tubular body and the ledge will snap around an edge of the at least one opening thereby locking the lid to the tubular body of the protective cap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The protective cap according to claim 2, wherein the at least one distally directed arm is arc-shaped and provided with the ledge, and that the at least one opening of the tubular body is arc-shaped. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A medicament delivery device comprising a tubular housing, further comprising the protective cap according to claim 1. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The medicament delivery device according to claim 4, comprising a medicament container holder arranged coaxially with and inside the tubular housing and accommodating a medicament container with a medicament delivery member being attached to a proximal end thereof and the medicament delivery member shield covering the medicament delivery member and to be removed when the protective cap is removed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The protective cap according to claim 1, wherein the passageway for airflow between the tubular body and an ambient environment is non-linear.