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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Frank Richter, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Ross MacArthur, Cheshire, GB;
Elizabeth Verity Wolseley-Hext, Staffordshire, GB;
Joseph David Cowan, Staffordshire, GB;
Lee Thomas Smith, Staffordshire, GB;
David John Mills, Staffordshire, GB;
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Frankfurt Am Main, DE;
Abstract
The specification describes a cartridge for insertion into a meter, the interior of the meter comprising a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body. The cartridge comprises an orientation member provided at one end of the cartridge, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding at least part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step.