Automatic injection device

US8992476B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Abb Vie Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sherwin S. Shang · Vernon Hills, US
• Joseph F. Julian · Libertyville, US
• Chuan Li · Warren, US
• Eduard N. Tsvirko · Arlington Heights, US
• Edwin Chim · Vernon Hills, US
• Shubha Chethan Somashekar · Waukegan, US
• Esra Ozdaryal · Deerfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F04C2270/041
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Automatic injection device includes a housing, a syringe, a plunger, and a syringe carrier. The housing includes a barrel. The barrel includes an elongated window to allow viewing of contents inside the housing. The syringe is disposed within the housing and has a reservoir. The plunger is at least partially disposed within the syringe and includes a visual indicator. The syringe carrier is disposed within the housing and configured to contain the syringe and displace the syringe within the housing between a first position and a second position. The syringe carrier can have at least one opening and at least one pair of legs defining at least a portion of the at least one opening.