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The Procter Gamble Company

Sterling Drug Inc.

Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Novartis Ag

Hypoguard (uk) Limited

Reed Packaging Limited

Cortecs (uk) Limited

Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Becton Dickinson France S.a.

Provalis UK Limited

Duma Ab

Pneumatic Rubber Stamp Co., Ltd.

Duma Packaging A/s

Gowllands Limited

Bernard Sams

Stephen Sams

Albert C Poore

Martin Zethoff

Kenneth Young

Hubert Jansen

Jean Claude Thibault

Eric Olive

Thomas Radtke

Robert Woolston

Stephanie Bley

Phil T Price

Heike Kammerer

Donald D Solomon

Jean-Pierre Grimard

Christopher John Smith

Ralf V Bitdinger

Alan Parker

Colin James Matthews

Richard H Chapman

Philip Robert Goodwin

Michael John Chard

Cyril Poore

This invention relates to a closure arrangement for closing an opening in a base component. In particular&#x2014;but not exclusively&#x2014;this invention relates to a closure arrangement for a container, to serve as an openable lid for the container.

Container closure arrangement

An incrementing mechanism suitable for use in a medical injector device has a driving member rotatably and slidably mounted within a tubular body and arranged to advance an elongate element in one direction with respect to the tubular body. A one-way clutch includes a generally conical surface and a blocking clutch member engageable with the conical surface. Means are provided to disengage the clutch, including a pressure component arranged and biased to engage the clutch member. Rotation of the driving member with respect to the pressure component causes two sets of inter-engageable teeth to ride over each other, which successively lifts the pressure component to disengage the clutch member from the conical surface and then allows the pressure component to be biased to a position where the clutch member engages the conical surface.

One-way clutch mechanisms and injector devices

Container for wet wipes

A device for dispensing a measured dose of liquid from an attached container which container has an elongate casing defining a dispensing cylinder, one end of the casing being adapted for mounting on the container. A plurality of dose indications are provided on the external surface of the casing so that a dose may be pre-selected by moving a dose setting collar along the casing. The collar has a stop engageable with a selected one of a multiplicity of recesses on the casing to secure the collar at the required position. A plunger having a piston co-operating with a cylinder defined by the casing is movable to lift the piston from said one end of the casing until the piston abuts the dose setting collar so charging the dispenser. Depression of the plunger to move the piston back to said one end dispenses the selected dose from an outlet port.

Dispensing device

Dosage device

Wet wipe dispenser

Sample collection apparatus is provided which allows for fast, accurate, repeatable sample collection, particularly of blood and saliva samples. This apparatus is adapted to interconnect with a device designed to carry out analyte detection. Kits comprising the sample collection apparatus are also provided.

Diagnostic test apparatus

Collector portion for a medical test device

Medical test device

A connector assembly provided for efficient flow of liquid into and/or out of a vial, such as a vial containing a lyophilized drug. The connector assembly features a collar mountable to the rim of the vial in a locked position and thereafter removable by an end-user when disposal of the device is desired. A protective cap mountable over the collar includes an annulus-type ring at its proximal end which mounts over locking structure associated with the collar. The ring is secured to the protective cap via one or more user-severable connections. As the cap is urged proximally, the ring places the collar in the locked position with the vial rim, exerting an inwardly-directed force onto the locking structure to secure the collar to the vial rim. The cap can be separated from the ring at its user-severable connections, and the device used in its ordinary matter. When disposal is desired, the ring may be urged proximally out of engagement with the locking structure of the collar. The collar may thereafter be removed from the vial to facilitate separate disposal of those components.

Vial connector assembly for a medicament container

A device for automatically injecting a material into the body is disclosed. The device includes a drive assembly and a disposable assembly including a syringe which is mounted to the drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a drive rod, a driver releasably coupled to the drive rod, and a spring which urges the drive rod towards the syringe assembly. The spring first urges the coupled drive rod and driver along the axis of the device, causing the skin to be penetrated by the needle of the syringe assembly. The drive rod is then decoupled from the driver. The spring continues to urge the drive rod in the axial direction, whereby the drive rod engages a piston in the syringe assembly and causes the displacement of the material therein. A cap is removably mounted to the disposable assembly. Locking members on the cap and disposable assembly prevent removal of the cap until the disposable assembly is moved to the firing position within the drive assembly. A lock release assembly including cooperating elements on the drive assembly and disposable assembly causes disengagement of the locking members upon rotation of the disposable assembly with respect to the drive assembly.

Non-dosing cartridge for an injection device

A connector assembly is provided for efficient flow of liquid into and/or out of a vial, such as a vial containing a lyophilized drug. The connector assembly includes a spike and a stopper sleeve, both slidably mounted in the open top of the vial. The connector assembly includes a stopper affixed to the stopper sleeve and sealingly engaged in the open top of the vial. The stopper is slidably moveable in response to axial movement of the stopper sleeve. Movement of the stopper sleeve relative to the vial will move the stopper into or out of sealing engagement with the vial. The connector assembly further includes a spring for generating a small amount of axial movement of the spike, stopper sleeve and stopper after the stopper has been moved into the opened position in the vial. Movement of the spike, stopper sleeve and stopper generated by the spring will cause a sufficient change in pressure to overcome surface tension and initiate an efficient flow of fluid into or out of the vial.

Sterile vial connector assembly for efficient transfer of liquid

Incrementing dosage mechanism for syringe

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London, United Kingdom

Bernard Sams