Boot remover
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsChris Ward, Gareth Roberts, Graham Wilson, Troy Baker
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Abstract
The invention relates to a boot remover (10) for removing a protective needle boot (11) from a drug delivery device (1), wherein the boot remover (10) is substantially sleeve shaped with an internal diameter and a length adapted to receive and substantially cover a needle shield (4), wherein the boot remover (10) is arranged to engage the protective needle boot (11) when attacked to the drug delivery device (1). Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device (1) comprising a boot remover (10).
Claims18
A drug delivery device for dispensing a dose of a drug, comprising:
- a support body having a first end defining a first opening and a second end defining a second opening,
- a syringe barrel sealed by a stopper slidably disposed therein along an axial direction and adapted to have an integrated needle or to be coupled with a needle assembly comprising a needle, wherein the syringe barrel is positioned within the support body,
- a protective needle boot arrangeable over the needle on the syringe barrel,
- a needle shield adapted to be coupled to one of the ends of the support body and slidably disposed relative to the support body for covering or exposing the needle,
- an outer body coupled to the other end of the support body and slidably disposed relative to the support body;
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- a boot remover for removing the protective needle boot from the syringe barrel, wherein the boot remover is substantially sleeve shaped with an internal diameter and a length adapted to receive and substantially cover the needle shield, wherein the boot remover is arranged to engage the protective needle boot when attached to the drug delivery device.
A method comprising:
- grabbing an outer body or support body of the drug delivery device;
- and
- pulling a boot remover from the drug delivery device in a distal direction, the boot remover removing a proactive needle boot from the needle shield and removing the protective needle boot from a central opening of a needle shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.