Ascendis Pharma A/s

Thorben Kvisgaard Jacobsen

Jan Olesen

An auto injector for administering injection of a medicament from a cartridge containing the medicament, includes a housing, a cartridge receiver with a cartridge receiver compartment configured to receive a cartridge assembly including at least one cartridge retention member when the cartridge assembly is inserted through a cartridge receiver opening along a longitudinal axis in a receiving direction, an elongated ejector including an ejector support face for supporting the cartridge or the cartridge assembly and a longitudinal ejector slot extending towards the ejector support face from an ejector rest portion, wherein the elongated ejector is suspended to move along the longitudinal direction and is spring-loaded in the direction opposite of the receiving direction, and an ejector lock supported for turning at least a fraction of a revolution and maintained in a longitudinal position relative to the housing.

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Græsted, Denmark

Thorben Kvisgaard Jacobsen