Casing
AssigneeZogenix, Inc.
InventorsGregor Anderson, John Mitchell
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Abstract
A casing (50) for an injection device (10) of the type having a safety device which prevents operation of the device (10), incorporating an actuator means (56) by which the safety means of the device (10) can be actuated to allow operation of the device (10). Also a casing (50) for a medicament container having an opening closed prior to use by a break-off tip (135), having relatively moveable first and second casing parts (51, 52), which on relative movement apply a breaking force to the break-off tip (135). A preferred embodiment includes both such features.
Claims30
A casing for an injection device of the type which comprises
- a cartridge containing a medicament for injection and having an orifice at one end thereof through which the medicament may be driven for injection through a patient's skin,
- drive means for driving the medicament through the patient's skin
- a trigger means operable to cause the drive means to act,
- a safety means which in a first configuration prevents the drive means from acting and in a second configuration allows the drive means to act,
- wherein
- the casing is adapted to enclose the device,
- and the casing incorporates an actuator means by which the safety means of an injection device enclosed therein can be brought from its first configuration into its second configuration.
A casing according to any one of the preceding claims having retaining means to retain the safety means of an enclosed injection device in its second configuration after the safety means has been brought into its second configuration.
A combination of:
- a casing according to any one of the preceding claims;
- and enclosed within the casing;
- an injection device of the type which comprises a cartridge containing a medicament for injection and having an orifice at one end thereof through which the medicament may be driven for injection through a patient's skin, drive means for driving the medicament through the patient's skin, a trigger means operable to cause the drive means to act, and a safety means which in a first configuration prevents the drive means from acting and in a second configuration allows the drive means to act.
A casing for enclosing a container of a medicament of the type having an opening at one end through which the medicament may be accessed for dispensing and the opening being closed prior to use by a break-off tip,
- the casing comprising relatively moveable first and second casing parts, being a first casing part adapted to hold the container, and a second part adapted to bear upon the break-off tip of a container held by the first casing part as a result of such relative motion to apply a force thereto causing the break-off tip to break off from the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.