Medicament Delivery Device Having a Cap Assembly
AssigneeShl Medical AG
InventorOscar Alexandersson
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AssigneeShl Medical AG
InventorOscar Alexandersson
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The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device comprises: a housing having a proximal end and a distal end; a medicament container positioned in the housing and having a medicament delivery member shield; a medicament delivery mechanism associated with the medicament container; an activation member operably connected to the medicament delivery mechanism and longitudinally movable in relation to the housing from an extended position to a retracted position to activate the medicament delivery mechanism; and a removable cap assembly comprising a deshielder, an inner tubular integrity lock member having a resilient structure configured to interact with both a first engaging structure of the activation member and a second engaging structure of the housing for preventing the activation member from moving into the retracted position; and wherein the removable cap assembly further comprises an outer tubular cap body which is movable in relation to the housing and to the inner tubular integrity lock member from an initial position in which the outer tubular cap body is releasably connected to the housing and is disengaged from the inner tubular integrity lock member, to an intermediate position in which the outer tubular cap body is partially disengaged from the housing for giving tamper proof indication and in which the outer tubular cap body is fixedly engaged to the inner tubular integrity lock member for allowing the removal of the medicament delivery member shield.
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A medicament delivery device comprising:
The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the removable cap assembly further comprises a cap closer which is connected to the inner tubular integrity lock member.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, wherein a deshielder is fixedly attached between the integrity lock member and the cap closer.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the outer tubular cap body further comprises a third connecting element and the inner tubular integrity lock member a fourth connecting element configured to interact with each other when the outer tubular cap body is in the intermediate position such that the outer tubular cap body is fixedly engaged to the inner tubular integrity lock member.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, wherein in the initial or in the intermediate position of the outer tubular cap body, the resilient structure of the inner tubular integrity lock member is configured to interact with both the first and the second engaging structures for preventing the activation member from moving into the retracted position.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 5, wherein the first engaging structure of the activation member comprises a guiding recess and a guiding protrusion.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 6, wherein the guiding recess is substantially U-shaped and it is defined by two parallel longitudinally extending side walls, a transversal side wall and a bottom wall and wherein the guiding protrusion is arranged on the outer surface of the bottom wall of the guiding recess.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 7, wherein the resilient structure of the inner tubular integrity lock member comprises a pair of spaced apart longitudinally extending arms which are flexible in the transversal direction and which form a U-shaped cut-out portion between them.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 8, wherein each longitudinally extending arm has a distal free end having a first transversal inwardly extending lip, a second transversal outwardly extending lip and a distal top edge.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 9, wherein the first transversal inwardly extending lip has a shape configured to interact with a corresponding shape of the guiding protrusion for allowing the longitudinally extending arm to flex.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 10, wherein in the initial or in the intermediate position of the outer tubular cap body, the pair of spaced apart longitudinally extending arms are configured to extend longitudinally along the bottom wall of the U-shaped guiding recess and to receive the guiding protrusion in U-shaped cut-out portion defined by the pair of spaced apart longitudinally extending arms.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 11, wherein the second engaging structure is formed as a U-shaped slot or cut-out defined by a transversal edge and two spaced apparat and opposite side edges and wherein each side edge form a transversal inwardly protrusion which presents an edge which forms part of a proximal rim of the housing.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 12, wherein each second transversal outwardly extending lip is releasably connected to a corresponding side edge of the U-shaped slot or cut-out of the housing for preventing the longitudinally extending arms to flex transversally outwards and thereby prevent the activation member from moving into the retracted position when the outer tubular cap body is in the initial or in the intermediate position.
The medicament delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the medicament delivery device is an auto-injector.
A removable cap assembly for a medicament delivery device including a housing having a second engagement structure and an activation member having a first engagement structure, the removable cap assembly comprising an outer tubular cap body;
The removable cap assembly according to claim 15, wherein the cap closer is connected to the inner tubular integrity lock member.
The removable cap assembly according to claim 15, wherein the deshielder is fixedly attached between the integrity lock member and the cap closer.
The removable cap assembly according to claim 15, wherein the outer tubular cap body further comprises a third connecting element and the inner tubular integrity lock member a fourth connecting element configured to interact with each other when the outer tubular cap body is in the intermediate position such that the outer tubular cap body is fixedly engaged to the inner tubular integrity lock member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.