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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1997
Antonio A Bendek, Vernon, NJ (US);
John E Burbank, III, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Charles L Bush, Jr, Fairfield, NJ (US);
Jonathan B Gabel, Randolph, NJ (US);
Lucio Giambattista, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Roger W Hoeck, Loomis, NE (US);
Malcolm E Taylor, Pepperell, MA (US);
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
An improved medication delivery pen is provided for injecting fluids such as insulin within body tissue. The medication delivery pen includes a mechanism that prevents the removal of a cartridge unless an injector button on the medication pen is in a predefined position, a bayonet attachment and an improved clutch assembly in a dose setting mechanism that provides improved control over the torque necessary to rotate a units counter ring in the medication delivery pen using a dose setting knob.