Patent · US Active

Container for storing a product to be injected, and an injection device for use with the container

US7914500B2 · kind B2 · utility

20Cited by

9References

28Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Roche Diagnostics International AG · CH

Inventors

Simone Gafner-Geiser · Langenthal, CH
Rudolf Zihlmann · Thalwil, CH
Hanspeter Heiniger · Lotzwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2006
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2205/6063
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A container for storing a product to be injected, e.g., a therapeutic or diagnostic liquid, wherein the container includes a container body and a piston body arranged in the container body in a sliding manner, the piston body moveable between a rear end position that determines a maximum filling of the container and a front end position to dispense the product, and wherein the container has a maximum opening ratio H/L of approximately 1.25 to 1.0, H corresponding to the maximum height of the container body and L corresponding to the maximum distance between the lateral wall or walls of the container body.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.