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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9764084 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2012

Auto-injector

Applicants:

Martin John Mcloughlin, Hemel Hempstead, GB;

Darrell P. Morgan, Sonning Common, GB;

Michael James David Heald, Berkshire, GB;

Kevin Richard Lozeau, Black Rock, AU;

Agnete Enga, Oslo, NO;

Heather Martin, Barcelona, ES;

Eric Freitag, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Daniel Formosa, Piermont, NY (US);

Brian Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);

Jake Cowperthwaite, Baltimore, MD (US);

Alex Flamm, Baltimore, MD (US);

Ilario Melzi, Milan, IT;

Inventors:

Martin John McLoughlin, Hemel Hempstead, GB;

Darrell P. Morgan, Sonning Common, GB;

Michael James David Heald, Berkshire, GB;

Kevin Richard Lozeau, Black Rock, AU;

Agnete Enga, Oslo, NO;

Heather Martin, Barcelona, ES;

Eric Freitag, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Daniel Formosa, Piermont, NY (US);

Brian Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);

Jake Cowperthwaite, Baltimore, MD (US);

Alex Flamm, Baltimore, MD (US);

Ilario Melzi, Milan, IT;

Assignee:

UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL, Bussels, BE;

Attorney:

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Emily Schmidt

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 5/50 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/14546 (2013.01); A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/3134 (2013.01); A61M 5/3137 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 5/3213 (2013.01); A61M 5/5086 (2013.01); A61M 5/3129 (2013.01); A61M 5/31511 (2013.01); A61M 5/3204 (2013.01); A61M 2005/206 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3139 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3152 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3215 (2013.01); A61M 2202/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/27 (2013.01); A61M 2205/276 (2013.01); A61M 2205/33 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/586 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); F04C 2270/0421 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided an auto-injector for a syringe that is suitable for use in the injected delivery of drug to a patient. The auto-injector comprises a cassette unit arranged for receipt of a syringe provided with a needle cover and removable cap. The auto-injector also comprises a drive unit arranged for docking receipt of the cassette unit at a docking position and a drive arrangement. The drive unit is provided with a timer that starts a time count on removal of the removable cap and needle cover from the cassette unit.

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