Drug delivery device with integrated extendable/retractable information display element
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsChristian Pommereau, Steffen Raab
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicinal product, comprising: a housing having at least one housing component (100; 200; 300) a cartridge comprising the medicinal product, a dose dispensing mechanism operably engaged with the cartridge for setting and/or dispensing of a predefined dose of the medicinal product, and a display element (102; 202; 302) being movably disposed relative to the at least one housing component (100; 200; 300), wherein the display element (102; 202; 302) and the housing component (100; 200; 300) are mutually moveable for selectively concealing and/or revealing information provided on the display element (102; 202; 302).
Claims11
An injection drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicinal product, comprising:
- a housing having at least one housing component,
- a holder for a cartridge, the cartridge comprising the medicinal product,
- a dose dispensing mechanism operably engaged with the cartridge for setting and/or dispensing of a predefined dose of the medicinal product, wherein the housing component serves as a housing for the dose dispensing mechanism, and
- a spring biased display element movably disposed inside the at least one housing component,
- an inner sleeve coupled to a helical spring and rotatably mounted in the housing component,
- wherein the display element comprises a fixing element,
- wherein the inner sleeve comprises a longitudinal slit adapted to receive the fixing element of the display element, and wherein the fixing element is larger in size than the longitudinal slit,
- wherein the display element is moveable for selectively concealing and/or revealing information provided on the display element as the display element is moved into and out of the housing component,
- wherein the display is rolled up on the inner sleeve, and wherein the inner sleeve is configured to surround at least a portion of the dose dispensing mechanism.
An injection drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicinal product, comprising:
- a housing having at least one housing component,
- a holder for a cartridge, the cartridge comprising the medicinal product,
- a dose dispensing mechanism operably engaged with the cartridge for setting and/or dispensing of a predefined dose of the medicinal product, wherein the housing component serves as a housing for the dose dispensing mechanism, and
- a display element movably disposed inside the at least one housing component, wherein the housing component and the display element comprise corresponding sleeve-like geometries and are slidably disposed with respect to each other along a long axis of the at least one housing component,
- wherein the display element and the housing component are moveable with respect to one another for selectively concealing and/or revealing information provided on the display element as the display element is slid into and out of the housing component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.