Leadscrew tip for an autoinjector
AssigneeFlextronics AP, LLC
InventorGiorgio Sardo
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Abstract
An autoinjector medical device can include a housing and a leadscrew disposed within the housing. The leadscrew can be rotatable and axially translatable within the housing along an axis of the leadscrew. The autoinjector medical device can further include a leadscrew tip coupled to an end of the leadscrew. The leadscrew tip can include a first end with at least one extension extending away from the first end in a direction parallel to a central axis of the leadscrew tip. The end of the leadscrew coupled to the leadscrew tip can be rotatable within and relative to the leadscrew tip.
Claims20
An autoinjector medical device comprising:
- a housing;
- a leadscrew disposed within the housing, the leadscrew being rotatable and axially translatable within the housing along an axis of the leadscrew;
- and
- a leadscrew tip coupled to an end of the leadscrew, the leadscrew tip comprising:
- a first end with at least one extension extending away from the first end in a direction parallel to a central axis of the leadscrew tip, wherein the end of the leadscrew coupled to the leadscrew tip is rotatable within and relative to the leadscrew tip.
A leadscrew tip comprising:
- a first end and a second end positioned at an opposite end of the leadscrew tip as the first end;
- at least one extension extending from the first end to the second end in a direction parallel to a central axis of the leadscrew tip;
- a stop extending from the first end into an interior of the leadscrew tip, the stop being axially aligned with the central axis of the leadscrew tip;
- and
- a protrusion extending from each of the at least one extension toward the central axis of the leadscrew tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.