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US 2010/0137785 A1Published application
Drug Pellet Molding Onto Plunger Assembly
AssigneeAlcon Research, Ltd.
InventorCasey Jean Lind
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Abstract
A pellet loading apparatus has a pellet housing configured to receive and hold a plunger so that a cavity is formed by an interior surface of the pellet housing and the plunger. A pellet is located or formed in the cavity. A dispensing chamber housing is located in a disposable drug delivery device. The dispensing chamber housing is configured to couple with the pellet housing so that the plunger and the pellet can be loaded into the dispensing chamber housing.
Claims10
A pellet loading apparatus comprising:
- a plunger
- a pellet housing configured to receive and hold the plunger so that a cavity is formed by an interior surface of the pellet housing and the plunger;
- a pellet located in the cavity;
- and
- a dispensing chamber housing located in a disposable drug delivery device, the dispensing chamber housing configured to couple with the pellet housing so that the plunger and the pellet can be loaded into the dispensing chamber housing.
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A method of loading an ophthalmic injection device, the method comprising:
- seating a plunger in a pellet housing to form a cavity bounded by an interior surface of the pellet housing and a top surface of the plunger;
- injecting a substance into the cavity to form a pellet;
- coupling a top surface of the pellet housing to a bottom surface of a dispensing chamber housing;
- and
- expelling the plunger and the pellet into the dispensing chamber housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.