# US 2026/0077136 A1 · Medicament delivery system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0077136 A1 - Document ID: US20260077136A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/110,482 - Filed: 2023-09-01 - Published: 2026-03-19 - Earliest claimed: 2022-09-13 - Assignees: Shl Medical AG - Applicants: SHL Medical AG - Inventors: Nurettin Ali; Iskender Okan Ates - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260077136A1 ## CPC - A61M 5/3204: {Needle cap removers, i.e. devices to dislodge protection cover from needle or needle hub, e.g. deshielding devices} - A61M 5/178: Syringes - A61M 5/20: Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically (A61M5/142 takes precedence) - A61M 5/3202: {Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps (A61M5/50 takes precedence; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001)} - A61M 2205/586: Ergonomic details therefor, e.g. specific ergonomics for left or right-handed users - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery system comprising a medicament delivery device comprising a needle and a needle shield, wherein a proximal end of the medicament delivery device is directed towards an injection site and a distal end of the medicament delivery device is directed away from the injection site, and a cap assembly, wherein the cap assembly comprises: a central axis, and at least two grip means. The at least two grip means extend in the direction of the central axis and are arranged around the central axis to form circular segments. A distal end of each of the at least two grip means is bent towards the central axis to form a hook, wherein each hook is configured to wedge a distal edge of the needle shield. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding cap assembly and a corresponding method. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-11. (canceled) ### Claim 12 A medicament delivery system comprising: a medicament delivery device comprising a needle and a needle shield, wherein a proximal end of the medicament delivery device is directed towards an injection site and a distal end of the medicament delivery device is directed away from the injection site; and a cap assembly, wherein the cap assembly comprises: a central axis; and at least two grip means, wherein the at least two grip means extend in the direction of the central axis and are arranged around the central axis to form circular segments, and wherein a distal end of each of the at least two grip means is bent towards the central axis to form a hook, wherein each hook is configured to wedge a distal edge of the needle shield. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The medicament delivery system according to claim 12, wherein each distal end of the at least two grip means is tilted towards the central axis. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The medicament delivery system according to claim 12, wherein the needle shield comprises an outer needle shield and an inner needle shield with respect to the central axis and wherein the hooks are configured to engage the needle shield between the inner and the outer needle shield to wedge the outer needle shield. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The medicament delivery system according to claim 14, wherein the outer needle shield is a rigid needle shield, and the inner needle shield is a flexible needle shield. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The medicament delivery system according to claim 11, wherein, during attachment of the cap assembly to the proximal end of the medicament delivery device, the at least two grip means are configured to be bent outwardly with respect to the central axis around the needle shield and to flex inwardly after the distal edge of the needle shield is passed, and wherein the hooks are configured to wedge the needle shield at the distal edge of the needle shield when the cap assembly is removed in a proximal direction such that the cap assembly and the needle shield are removed together. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The medicament delivery system according to claim 11, wherein the hooks are configured to hold the needle shield in the cap assembly. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The medicament delivery system according to claim 11, wherein each grip means comprises at least three flexible support ribs, and wherein the flexible support ribs of each grip means are arranged parallel to each other in the direction of the central axis and are connected to each other by the hook of the corresponding grip means. ### Claim 19 A cap assembly for removing a needle shield from a medicament delivery device, wherein the cap assembly comprises: a central axis; and at least two grip means, wherein the at least two grip means extend in the direction of the central axis and are arranged around the central axis to form circular segments, wherein an end of the grip means is bent towards the central axis to form a hook for wedging an edge of the needle shield. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) The cap assembly according to claim 8, wherein the cap assembly is configured to be used in a system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. ### Claim 21 (depends on 11) A method for preparing the medicament delivery system according to claim 11 for use, the method comprising: attaching the cap assembly to the proximal end of the medicament delivery device, and removing the cap assembly together with the needle shield. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method according to claim 21, wherein during attaching the cap assembly the at least two grip means bend outwardly with respect to the central axis around the needle shield and flex inwardly after a distal edge of the needle shield is passed, and wherein the grip means wedge the needle shield at the distal edge of the needle shield when the cap assembly is removed in a proximal direction such that the cap assembly and the needle shield are removed together and hold the needle shield in the cap assembly.