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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Marc Schader, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Michael Helmer, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Peter Nober, Rommersheim, DE;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
An injection device comprising: a housing arranged to contain a medicament cartridge; a needle holder holding an injection needle; a generally tubular needle sleeve fixed with respect to the needle holder and axially movable with respect to the housing; and a gear assembly comprising a rotary gear fixed to the needle holder, a first gear rack disposed on the needle sleeve and a second gear rack disposed on the housing, wherein the gear assembly is arranged so that movement of the needle sleeve in a proximal axial direction causes movement of the needle holder in the proximal axial direction.