Circuitous band needle changing apparatus

US9107988B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Michel Bruehwiler · Newton, US
• Cole Constantineau · Cambridge, US
• Ryan Schoonmaker · Salem, US
• James Bates · Paradise Valley, US
• Margaret Taylor · Coalville, GB
• Robert Banik · Hollywood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2005/004
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for a medicament delivery device having a medicament container, including a fixed mount for connecting the apparatus with the medicament delivery device, a needle holder displaceable along a circuitous path and connecting a plurality of needles displaceably disposed thereon, and a guide member for guiding displacement of the needle holder, the guide member being disposed about the fixed mount. The apparatus also includes a user interface rotatably disposed about the fixed mount and having at least one internal engaging structure for displacing the needle holder along the circuitous path.