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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
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;
Michael Varga, Donzdorf, DE;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A medicament injection device comprising a main body arranged to receive a medicament cartridge; a needle carrier carrying a needle, wherein the needle carrier is axially movable with respect to the main body; and a rotatable cap at a distal end of the device, wherein the cap is removably coupled to the needle carrier, a releasable arrangement between the main body and the cap comprising a guide element and a slotted link, wherein the slotted link is arranged to cause the guide element to follow a predefined path at least partly in an axial direction during rotational movement of the cap, thereby causing the needle carrier to move axially towards a proximal end of the device as the cap is rotated up to a predefined point, wherein the main body comprises a medicament cartridge holder comprising the guide element depending therefrom for engagement with the cap.