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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Matias Melander, Copenhagen, DK;
Joshua Jay Dudman, Copenhagen, DK;
Joseph Michael Iglesias, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Bjarke Lykke Ludvig Svendsen, Slagelse, DK;
Adam B. Mccullough, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Christian Plambech, Soeborg, DK;
Steve Sanchez, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A drug delivery device includes a housing, an injection assembly at least partially disposed in the housing, a shield, and a drive assembly at least partially disposed in the housing and coupled with the injection assembly and the shield. The shield has an extended position where at least a proximal end thereof extends a distance beyond a proximal end of the housing. The injection assembly includes a needle or cannula having an endpoint. Upon moving the shield axially towards the distal end of the housing a predetermined distance, a retraction profile commences whereby the drive assembly administers a medicament via the injection assembly. A peak resistance force is exerted within approximately the first 12 mm of axial movement of the shield.