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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Jacques Appy, Schlierbach, FR;
Andrew Bryant, Buggingen, DE;
Neil Cammish, Manchester, GB;
Congyi Huang, Klagenfurt, AT;
John Palmer-Felgate, Horsham, GB;
Claudio Rossi, Elinsbach, CH;
Oliver Shergold, Bolligen, CH;
Gianluca Tordi, Derendingen, CH;
Adrian Francios Von Muralt, Basel, CH;
Mark Horlock, Cheshire, GB;
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an automatic drug delivery device (), in particular automatic drug delivery device, for dispensing a fluid product, in particular a fluid medicament, including: •a longitudinal housing () •a removable cap () •a syringe assembly () •a drive mechanism () •wherein the loaded drive mechanism is operatively coupled with a safety shield () movable within the longitudinal housing (), •wherein the safety shield () is biased into a proximal position in which it protrudes out of the proximal end of the longitudinal housing () in order to cover a needle tip () of the injection needle (), and wherein the safety shield () is movable into a distal position in which the injection needle () is exposed for injection; •wherein the longitudinal housing provides an inner receiving component fixed thereto for receiving a syringe holder and providing a predetermined radial and axial position of the syringe holder within the longitudinal housing; •wherein the syringe assembly is a first syringe assembly and is received within the longitudinal housing by a first syringe holder, wherein the first syringe holder provides an interface between the longitudinal housing and the syringe assembly; and •wherein the longitudinal housing and receiving component is sized and configured to be able to receive a second syringe holder and a second syringe assembly, the second syringe assembly having a different diameter than the first syringe assembly.