Pharmacia & Upjohn Ab

Tecpharma Licensing Ag

Pharmacia & Upjohn Aktiebolag

Rainer Bosse

Bohdan Pavlu

Rudolf Cseke

Guido Hertig

Magnus Westermark

Birger Hjertman

Stefan Jost

Birger T Hjertman

Gunnar Pettersson

Markus Ramseyer

Daniel Felder

Hans O Himbert

Anders Holte

Barbara Lippe

Markus Adam

A cannula cover for use with an injector or injection device, wherein the injector or injection device includes a dosing section and a cannula support, and wherein the cover is attached to the cannula support and can be retracted against a bias in order to expose a cannula, said cannula cover including, in one embodiment, a substantially closed front facing side having an openable cannula passage opening.

Cannula protecting cover

A delivery device including a) a housing, b) a container for a fluid arranged in the housing, the container having an opening, c) a delivery conduit connected in fluid communication with the opening, the conduit having a front end in flow respect distal from the container and a rear end in flow respect proximal to the container, the front end and the rear end defining an axis therebetween and a forward direction and a rearward direction, and d) a pump arranged to deliver fluid at least in a direction from the container through the conduit, the device comprising, a sensor able to change state in at least one respect in response to a predetermined proximity of an object to the sensor in a sensing direction, a converter, separate from or integral with the sensor, converting at least one of the sensor states into an electromagnetic signal, and a processor, receiving the electromagnetic signal and delivering a control signal to an operational component of the device.

Automated delivery device and method for its operation

Cartridge for pharmaceutical preparations

An injection device comprising a) a housing, b) a cartridge containing a preparation or precursor components for the preparation and having a front part and a rear part defining a general cartridge axis, an outlet for the preparation arranged at the front part and at least one movable wall arranged between the front part and the rear part, a displacement of which wall causes the preparation to be moved towards or expelled through the outlet, c) a piston rod, having a first end and a second end, at least partly contained within the housing and being operable to engage and displace the movable wall at its first end and d) actuating means within the housing arranged to move at least the rod. According to the invention the device comprises gripping means connected to the housing and arranged to hold the cartridge, or an enclosure therefore, with its front part distal and its rear part proximal to the housing, the actuating means being arranged to move the gripping means so as to move the cartridge, with its rear part leading, relative the housing, locking means able to lock the cartridge against axial movements relative to the housing, hereby defining a locked position for the cartridge, the actuating means being able to move the piston rod between at least one retracted position and at least one extended position, and the relative positions between the piston rod in its retracted position and the cartridge in its locked position being such that the piston rod extends into the cartridge. The invention also relates to a method for operating the device.

Injection device

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Kirchberg, Switzerland

Rainer Bosse