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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Richard A. Cronenberg, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Asif Fayyaz, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Atul Patel, Wilkes-Barre, PA (US);
Matthew Dylan Sweeney, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Lionel Vedrine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard A. Cronenberg, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Asif Fayyaz, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Atul Patel, Wilkes-Barre, PA (US);
Matthew Dylan Sweeney, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Lionel Vedrine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Comapany, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a medical injector is provided herein having a body and an overcap releasably attached to the body configured to prevent mounting of a needle prior to mixing of components within the body. In a further aspect, a slidable collet may be provided useable to urge resilient members from an outward disrupted state inwardly to collectively define a needle mount. Advantageously, a medical injector is provided which ensures proper sequence in preparation of the device, particularly with respect to the step of allowing mounting of a medical needle to the device subsequent to preparation of the medicament to be administered.