Shell for small vial to fit into injector or cap remover

Abstract

A shell that is configured to cover at least a portion of a medicant container for insertion into another device. When the shell covers the medicant container so as to define an assembled container structure, the assembled container structure may be configured to nest in a chamber, of an injector or a decapper, that the medicant container is undersized for. For example, the chamber may be configured to receive another medicant container that has a larger outer periphery than that of the medicant container covered by the shell. The assembled medicant container structure may have outer dimensions that substantially match the outer dimensions of the second medicant container. The medicant container may include a stopper that is configured to receive a needle to receive medicant from within the medicant container. The medicant container may be a vial, or a cartridge (e.g., that includes a movable plunger).

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