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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Jens Ulrik Poulsen, Virum, DK;
Jens Møller-Jensen, Copenhagen K, DK;
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Abstract
By a cylinder ampoule ( ), comprising a tubular vessel with a membrane ( ) sealingly closing one end and a piston ( ) closing the other end, liquid stored between said piston ( ) and said membrane ( ) can be pressed out through an injection needle ( ) piercing the membrane ( ) when the piston ( ) is pressed into the ampoule ( ). The tube is made from a plastically deformable material. A pressure foot ( ) on which a piston rod ( ) is acting abuts the piston ( ), carries a spring plate ( ) made from a harder material than is the ampoule ( ), is mainly perpendicular to the ampoule ( ) axis, and has at least one diameter which is larger than the inner diameter of the ampoule ( ) so that edges of the plate ( ) abutting the inner wall of the ampoule ( ) are deflected away from the piston ( ) to form an acute angle with said wall. The ampoule ( ) has an extension ( ) beyond the position of the piston ( ) by a full ampoule ( ) and forms a part of a pen shaped syringe further comprising a dose setting and injection means co-operating with the piston rod ( ).