Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Embecta Corp.

Matthew E Zuschlag

David E Huang

Mark Bowen

Todd Sack

David R Schiff

Shresta Marigowda

Amit Uday Limaye

Sudarsan Srinivasan

Stephan Lawson

Donald Vanroyen

Ronald J Pettis

Richard Klug

Christopher Rini

Pearse Egan

David Huang

A magazine assembly () that stores a plurality of needles () configured to engage a medication pen () via an adapter () for medication delivery, the magazine assembly () comprising a magazine housing () enclosing a plurality of hub chambers () each enclosing one of a plurality of needle hubs (), a connector () in each of the plurality of hub chambers (), each connector () engages one of the plurality of needle hubs (), and a plurality of enclosures () each sealing the plurality of hub chambers (), wherein a selected enclosure of the plurality of enclosures () is removed to expose a selected needle hub () of the plurality of needle hubs (), the adapter () attaches to the medication pen () to engage the selected needle hub () while disengaging the selected needle hub () from the hub chamber (), and the selected needle hub () is removed from the magazine housing () to prepare the medication pen () for medication delivery.

Needle storage magazine assembly

A needle hub assembly for a pen needle includes a needle hub, an inner shield and an outer cover. The open end of the outer cover is closed by a removable seal to access the needle hub. The needle hub has a body with a shoulder and a tower extending from the body for supporting a cannula. The inner shield fits over the tower and the cannula and includes a flange that has an outer dimension complementing the outer dimension of the needle hub and contacts the shoulder of the needle hub in the assembled condition. The outer cover encloses the needle hub and the inner shield and includes a stop member on an inner surface that contacts the flange of the inner shield to capture the inner shield between the shoulder of the needle hub and the outer cover.

Pen needle assembly

Pen needle outer cover

Pen needle inner shield

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Randolph, NJ, United States of America

Matthew E Zuschlag