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Injection device

US7241278B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 2003
Grant dateJul 10, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/581
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An injection device for injection of set doses of medicine from a cartridge, in which syringe a dose is set by screwing a nut up along a threaded piston rod, whereby a dose setting drum, which carries on its cylindrical surface along a helix a scale of which a number corresponding to the set dose is shown in a window in the housing of the syringe, and an injection button, which is elevated over the end of the syringe, are moved axially a distance which is larger than the axial movement of the nut. A gear wheel gear transmission is established between the nut and the injection button.

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