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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Lawrence H Chanoch, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A dose setting knob adapter for use on a medication delivery pen to convert the small, discrete dose setting control knob into an enlarged T-shaped handle that is easily rotated during dosage setting by a patient with reduced physical skills. The dose setting knob adapter attaches to the clip of the medication delivery pen for storage and mounts with the cap onto the dose setting knob over the proximal end of the medication delivery pen to permit a user to easily manipulate the dose setting knob during dosage setting. The enlarged handle is useful during drug injection since it provides a larger surface for the user to hold during injection. In addition, since the adapter mounts on the clip of the pen's cap during storage, the portable and discrete usage design approach is not compromised.