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US 2018/0001015 A1Published application
Auto-injector case
OwnerUlrike H M Ziegnerinventor
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Abstract
An insulated, epinephrine auto-injector case that also includes a rapid-opening cap, two spring-loaded chambers, each with a rapid-opening cap to facilitate immediate and easy availability of the auto-injector for grasping by the user, means for recording the expiration date of an auto-injector contained within the case, such as a re-writeable surface positioned on the case, means for attaching the case to a user or to a user's clothing, such as a stitched holster, a belt loop, a belt clip or an adjustable lanyard.
Claims4
A case for holding two epinephrine auto-injectors comprising:
- a housing having a length, width, height, top end, top end cap, bottom end, and two cavities extending from said top end toward said bottom end;
- insulation material positioned around said cavities, inside of said housing and adapted to maintain the interior of said case at ambient temperature for a predetermined period;
- a temperature measuring strip positioned inside of said housing and adapted to measure and to provide an indication of the highest temperature reached inside of said device;
- each of said cavities sized and configured to encase an epinephrine auto-injector;
- each of said cavities having an internal top cap;
- a spring-loaded ejector assembly positioned at the bottom of each of said cavities;
- said ejector assembly including a movable plate, a spring and adapted to move toward the bottom of said housing upon insertion of an auto-injector and to move said auto-ejector toward the top end of said housing when a corresponding internal top cap;
- and,
- said case including means for recording an expiration date of an epinephrine auto-injector contained within said case.
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An insulated epinephrine auto-injector system comprising:
- an epinephrine auto-injector container having a first container end and a longitudinal centerline extending from the first container end to a second container end, an epinephrine auto-injector and an auto-injector container top cap positioned adjacent the first container end;
- said auto-injector container having sides of a predetermined length from the first container end to the second container end, a predetermined outer periphery, said auto-injector container top cap is connected to the auto-injector container at the first container end by a hinge and rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the container longitudinal centerline, a closed bottom at the second container end and a cavity open at the first container end;
- said epinephrine auto-injector including an auto-injector top cap, a substantial part of said auto-injector positioned in said cavity;
- thermal insulation positioned between said cavity and said container outer periphery, and surrounding said auto-injector and said auto-injector top cap;
- and,
- and adjustable lanyard assembly including a lanyard cord, a lanyard fastener and a loop attached to said case, said lanyard assembly adapted to be adjustable to various loop sizes and to hold the container around a user's neck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.