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Autoinjector

US9662447B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

APTAR FRANCE SAS · FR

Inventors

David Fabien · La Buisse, FR
Antoine Mansencal · Langon, FR
Matthieu Walter · Le Vésinet, FR

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2013
Grant date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 29, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF04C2270/0421
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An autoinjector having a lower body (10) receiving a reservoir, a piston, a needle, a central body (1) fixed to the lower body, an actuating sleeve (11) having a contact end to contact the body of the user and displaceable in the lower body between a projected position, in which the actuating sleeve at least partially projects out of the lower body and an actuation position, in which the actuating sleeve is axially displaced towards the interior of the lower body. The actuating sleeve includes a flexible tab (110) adapted to deform on the one hand radially and on the other hand laterally relative to the central body when the actuating sleeve is displaced from its projected position towards its actuation position then from its return actuation position towards its projected position.

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