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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
Martin John Mcloughlin, Burnham, GB;
Darrell P. Morgan, Auckland, NZ;
Michael James David Heald, Maidenhead, GB;
Kevin Richard Lozeau, Port Melbourne, AU;
Agnete Enga, Oslo, NO;
Heather Martin, Barcelona, ES;
Eric Freitag, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Formosa, Piermont, NY (US);
Michael Schumann, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Brian Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Jake Cowperthwaite, New Limerick, ME (US);
Alex Flamm, Baltimore, MD (US);
Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ilario Melzi, Milan, IT;
Martin John McLoughlin, Burnham, GB;
Darrell P. Morgan, Auckland, NZ;
Michael James David Heald, Maidenhead, GB;
Kevin Richard Lozeau, Port Melbourne, AU;
Agnete Enga, Oslo, NO;
Heather Martin, Barcelona, ES;
Eric Freitag, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Formosa, Piermont, NY (US);
Michael Schumann, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Brian Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Jake Cowperthwaite, New Limerick, ME (US);
Alex Flamm, Baltimore, MD (US);
Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ilario Melzi, Milan, IT;
UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL, Brussels, BE;
Abstract
There is provided a cassette unit that is suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The cassette unit housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe that is suitable for use in the injected delivery of drug to a patient. The cassette unit includes a removable cap that fits over and thereby, acts such as to close off, the needle projection aperture; and connecting to the removable cap, a needle cover defining a needle sheath for sheathing of the needle tip of the syringe. The removable cap is provided with a finger-grip feature that is sized and shaped for gripping by the finger of a user to allow for removal of the removable cap and needle cover from the cassette unit housing.