Injector with Thumb Operable Scroll Wheel
AssigneeSHL Group AB
InventorJochen Ratjen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an injector comprising a housing (10); a medicament container (12) disposed within the housing, wherein the container has at least one chamber, a front opening with or for an injection needle for delivering the medicament therethrough, and at least one movable stopper; a drive unit (22) slidable arranged within the housing, and capable of acting on said container for expelling medicament through said needle; and a scroll wheel member (24) operatively connected to said housing via a transmission and wherein said scroll wheel member comprises friction enhancing means such that it is capable of being maneuverable with a finger of a user for performing a function.
Claims5
-6. (canceled)
An injector, comprising:
- a housing, comprising a rear housing and a front housing, wherein the front housing is slidably arranged inside the rear housing;
- a medicament container, being disposed inside the front housing and comprising a first chamber containing a first agent, a second chamber containing a second agent, a rear stopper, and a divider stopper;
- a front opening configured for an injection needle for delivering the medicament therethrough;
- a drive unit slidably arranged within the housing and configured to act on the container for expelling medicament through the needle;
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- a scroll wheel member attached to the rear housing and rotatable around an axis generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the injector, wherein the scroll wheel member is operatively connected to the front housing via a transmission and the scroll wheel member comprises a friction enhancing device such that the scroll wheel member is maneuverable with a finger of a user for mixing a medicament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.