Patent · US Active

Autoinjector

US9895492B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

2References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

APTAR FRANCE SAS · FR

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2013
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 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; 1010) receiving a reservoir, a piston, a needle, an actuating sleeve (11; 1011) with a contact end to contact the user. The actuating sleeve is displaceable between projected positions and an actuation position, being in a first projected position prior to actuation of the autoinjector. The autoinjector also having an injection device (5, 8; 1005, 1008) and an injection lock. The actuating sleeve is automatically returns to the second projected position when the user removes the autoinjector from his body and is locked in this second projected position. The autoinjector includes an external shell (22; 1022) having a display window for indicating the actuation sequences, at least one display window (221; 1221; 1023) indicating to the user that the injection of the fluid product is finished.

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