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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Stefan Wendland, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Michael Harms, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
An auto-injector for delivering a liquid medicament comprising: a housing arranged to contain a syringe and a piston for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a proximal end and a distal end intended to be applied against an injection site, wherein the syringe comprises: a plurality of plunger elements arranged along a length of the syringe between the proximal end of the housing and the piston, each of the plurality of plunger elements having a longitudinal axis; and a cord arranged to connect the plurality of plunger elements, wherein the plunger elements are configured to become aligned along their axes to push the piston towards the distal end to displace the medicament when the cord is acted on by a driving force.