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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Medication dispensing apparatus configured for rotate to prime and pull/push to inject functionality
Mark James Fisher, Highland Park, IL (US);
Traci JO Barron, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott Alan Massing, Chicago, IL (US);
Iain Roberts, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark James Fisher, Highland Park, IL (US);
Traci Jo Barron, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott Alan Massing, Chicago, IL (US);
Iain Roberts, Chicago, IL (US);
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A medication dispensing apparatus having a manually operable plunger axially shiftable relative to the apparatus housing. The plunger is pullable relative to the housing in a proximal direction to cock the apparatus, and when the plunger is then manually pushed back toward the housing, a piston within a medicine container of the apparatus is shifted to force medication from a needle assembly at the distal end of the apparatus. The medication dispensing apparatus also includes a priming mechanism which is operated by rotating an externally accessible driver portion to prime the apparatus for use, which priming can be performed whether or not the apparatus is in a cocked state.