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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Søren Steenfeldt-Jensen, Hornbaek, DK;
Peter Møller-Jensen, Hørsholm, DK;
Assignee:
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ;
Abstract
A dose display for a medicine administration device in which rotation of a dose setting actuator ( ) is transmitted to a display means comprises a flexible disc ( ) carrying numbers in a band along its perimeter, which numbers are in accordance with the set dose presented in a window in a wall of the device to show said dose. During its rotation the disc ( ) is deflected to follow an inner contour of the device to attain a cylindrical shape having a generatrix extending in the axial direction of the injection device and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the disc.