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Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

May. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Inventors:

Peter V. Shultz, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Christopher R. Folk, San Diego, CA (US);

Sigrid Moeslinger, New York, NY (US);

Masamichi Udagawa, New York, NY (US);

Molly Evans, Laguna Beach, CA (US);

Lin Gao, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Lisa Nugent, Malibu, CA (US);

Assignee:

AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/50 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/3257 (2013.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61M 5/3134 (2013.01); A61M 5/3245 (2013.01); A61M 5/5086 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3263 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3267 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drug injection device () including a housing () for holding a container () having a needle () for penetrating skin and a plunger () for expelling a drug stored in the container. The device includes visual and/or audible indicators for indicating that the correct depth of needle penetration has been achieved and that drug injection/extrusion has been started and/or completed. The device may further include a label () for visually confirming the quality of the drug contained therein. Alternatively, a tray () may be provided for receiving the drug injection device, which allows the quality of the drug contained therein to be visually confirmed.


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