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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2021
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Caroline Grace Pyne Johnson, Carmel, IN (US);
Adam Nathaniel Wiesler, Zionsville, IN (US);
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A medication delivery device including a disposable portion and a reusable portion. The disposable portion can include a carrier and a syringe coupled with the carrier. The reusable portion can include a housing which includes radial opening that can receive the disposable portion in a radial direction. The reusable portion also includes a shuttle that includes a guide that can receive the carrier of the disposable portion through the radial opening. The reusable portion also includes an actuator assembly coupled with the shuttle that can move the disposable portion through the passageway of the housing between a stowed state in which the needle is concealed within the housing, a deployed state in which the needle extends from the housing to deliver the medication to a patient, and a retracted state in which the needle is retracted into the housing.