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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Thomas Buch-Rasmussen, Gentofte, DK;
Søren Aasmul, Holte, DK;
James M. Flink, Frederiksberg, DK;
Philip Hansen, Holte, DK;
Claus Juul-Mortensen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Jens Ulrik Poulsen, Virum, DK;
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaard, DK;
Abstract
A cassette for storing and insertion of a solid medicine peg appears as a unit having a first bore ( ) which accommodates the medicine peg ( ) and has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of this peg ( ), a second bore ( ) in coaxial extension of the first bore ( ) and having a diameter larger than the diameter of the first bore ( ), an inserter having a shaft ( ) fitting into the first bore ( ) and a guiding head ( ) in coaxial extension of the shaft ( ) fitting into the second bore. The inserter shaft ( ) has one end adjacent to the peg ( ) and the other connected to the guiding head ( ) which projects from the cassette. The head ( ) fits into the second bore with a fitting providing a diffusion tight sealing and the distal end of the unit is closed by a membrane diffusion tightly sealing this distal end.