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Device for injecting a pharmaceutical active principle

US8348881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Société de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S) SAS · FR

Inventors

Christophe Aubert · Cudrefin, CH
Roland Cherif-Cheikh · Castelldefels, ES
Thierry Rimlinger · L'Isle-d'Abeau, FR
Fabrice Bonacci · Saint-Priest, FR
Serge Barneaud · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2005
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M37/0069
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for injecting a solid medicine (10) comprising a body (2) inside which moves along a general forward moving axis (X-X) a bevelled (34) needle (4) wherein is introduced the medicine (10), said injection device (1) further comprising retaining means for preventing the medicine from falling (10) prior to being injected. The invention is characterized in that the medicine (10) is retained through an elastic deformation imparted to the needle (4) by the retaining means or by an elastic deformation of the retaining means themselves, or still by the combined flexibility of those two means.

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