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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2013
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Thomas Frederick Osman, Warwickshire, GB;
David Sanders, Warwickshire, GB;
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a pen-type injector equipped with a cartridge holder for a drug delivery device. The cartridge holder has a longitudinal axis and comprises a body for receiving a cartridge, wherein the body comprises at a proximal end engagement means for releasably coupling the cartridge holder to the drug delivery device, a latch member for releasably engaging a cap of the drug delivery device and an alignment element which is visual from the outer side of the body. The alignment element may be an aperture provided in the body and/or a lug which forms the latch member.