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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Christopher James Smith, Cheshire, GB;
Timothy Giles Claughton, Cheshire, GB;
Christopher James Smith, Cheshire, GB;
Timothy Giles Claughton, Cheshire, GB;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a dose setting mechanism () for a drug delivery device (), comprising a number of separate dose setting elements (to), wherein a dose volume and/or a dose number are/is set by moving at least one of the respective dose setting elements (to) from a stack position (I) to an initial position (II), and wherein a medicament dose volume is applied by moving at least one dose setting element (to) from the initial position (II) to a dispense position (III) and wherein the movement of the dose setting element (to) from the initial position (II) to the dispense position (III) is limited by at least a height (h) of the dose setting elements (to) in the initial position (II), wherein each dose setting element (to) comprises a plurality of bulges (Bto Bm) on at least one surface side (S), wherein the height (h) of each dose setting element (to) equals a sum of the thickness (D) of the dose setting element (to) and the bulge height (h).