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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Bode, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Assignee:
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/3204 (2013.01); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0814 (2016.02); A61M 5/24 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a sheath removal mechanism () for removing a protective needle sheath () from an injection needle () of a syringe () in a drug delivery device (). The sheath removal mechanism () comprises a cap () adapted to cover a distal end of a drug delivery device () and adapted to engage the protective needle sheath (), and at least one rotatable cam () adapted to move the cap () in a distal direction (D) away from the syringe () when rotated from a first rotational position (P) towards a second rotational position (P).