Drug delivery device with spring mechanism
US10441722B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M5/31593
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A drug delivery device comprises an housing, an axially displaceable piston rod, a rotatable drive member, a spring housing, a torsion drive spring coupled to the spring housing respectively the drive member, dose setting means allowing a user to simultaneously set a dose amount to be expelled and strain the torsion drive spring correspondingly by rotation of the drive member, and a release member being axially moveable relative to the housing between a proximal initial position and an actuated distal release position. The spring housing is helically coupled to the housing such that the spring exerts a tangential force on the spring housing to thereby bias the spring housing in the proximal direction, whereby the spring housing thereby exerts a proximally directed biasing force on the release member. The spring housing can be moved helically in the distal direction when a distally directed force is exerted on the release member.
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