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Drug delivery device

US9180250B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH · DE

Inventors

Axel Teucher · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Michael Jugl · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2010
Grant date	Nov 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2005/3152
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicinal product, comprising, a housing, a drive mechanism comprising an axially displaceable piston rod to act on a piston of a cartridge containing the medicinal product to be dispensed, wherein the housing is adapted to support a piercing element which is adapted to penetrate a distal end face of the cartridge exclusively on demand. Furthermore, the drug delivery device comprises means for displacing the cartridge from a proximal stop position to a distal stop position in an axial direction and with respect to the housing, wherein in the distal stop position, the cartridge is connected to the piercing element and wherein in the proximal stop position, the cartridge is disconnected from the piercing element such that a fluid transfer between inside volume of the cartridge and the piercing element is interrupted.

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