Injection device for dispensing a medicament

• US 10,449,299 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Kietzmann, Hardy
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehta, Bhisma
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schell, Laura C
• Application Number:
  US12/576,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20100152667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,665 Days
• Field of Search: 604210, 604211
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/585 having magnification means, e.g. magnifying glasses
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31551 including axial movement of dose setting member
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31556 Accuracy improving means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31573 Accuracy improving means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

Injection device for dispensing a medicament, comprising: a cartridge module, a dispensing mechanism which is actuated to dispense the injectable preparation, a dose-setting mechanism for setting the dose at which the injectable preparation is dispensed when the dispensing mechanism is actuated, the dose-setting mechanism comprising: a housing part (11) in which at least part of the dispensing mechanism is received, a display sleeve (13) rotatable therein, and an insertion sleeve (15) that can be inserted into the housing part (11), wherein

• • the insertion sleeve (15) has, on its outer face, a raised surface section (20) that is transparent at least in some areas, and
  • the housing part (11) has a recess (25) which is open at its distal edge (24) and which receives the insertion sleeve (15) in a rotationally fixed manner from the direction of the open end of the recess (25),
    and insertion sleeve for an injection device, dose-setting mechanism for an injection device for dispensing a medicament, and method for assembling an injection device.

Claims

1. An insertion sleeve for an injection device, the insertion sleeve having a cylindrical main body defined between a terminal distal end and a terminal proximal end, and comprising an outer face that is cylindrical and positioned between the terminal distal end and the terminal proximal end,

wherein a distal end portion of the outer face has a raised surface section that entirely protrudes radially outward from a single circumferential portion of the outer face of the cylindrical main body,

wherein the raised surface section of the insertion sleeve has a proximal abutting edge and longitudinally and axially extending side edges and is configured to be received in a recess located at a distal end of a housing part such that the insertion sleeve cannot rotate relative to the housing part,

wherein the distal end of the housing part has an inner face,

wherein the distal end of the housing part and the distal end portion of the outer face are directed away from a needle of the injection device,

wherein the raised surface section of the insertion sleeve has at least one transparent area,

wherein the outer face of the insertion sleeve has a locking device that is configured to engage a receiving device located on the inner face of the housing part to lock the insertion sleeve to the housing part in a longitudinal axial direction,

wherein the distal end of the housing part and the inner face of the housing part are a unitary structure defining an outermost housing of the injection device,

wherein the longitudinally and axially extending side edges of the raised surface section are configured in such a way that they form a clearance fit, transition fit or interference fit with inner faces of edges of the recess that extend in the longitudinal axial direction, and

wherein the insertion sleeve comprises an inner thread.

2. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein a contour line of the proximal abutting edge of the raised surface section extends rectilinearly and in a circumferential direction.

3. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein a contour line of the proximal abutting edge of the raised surface section is formed by two line sections which extend at an angle to each other, and which in particular taper to a point.

4. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein contour lines of the longitudinally and axially extending side edges and of the proximal abutting edge of the raised surface section are formed as curve lines, such that the contour lines of the raised surface section are at least partially oval in shape.

5. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein contour lines of the longitudinally and axially extending side edges of the raised surface section extend rectilinearly and parallel to each other, and a contour line of the proximal abutting edge of the raised surface section is formed as a curve line.

6. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one transparent area of the raised surface section has a projection formed thereon for achieving a magnifying glass effect.

7. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein part of the locking device arranged on the insertion sleeve has an outwardly protruding sleeve engagement part which cooperates with the receiving device.

8. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking device comprises a tongue, wherein a proximal end of the tongue is connected to the insertion sleeve and a distal end of the tongue forms a free end with a locking projection which extends into another recess of the housing part.

9. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 8, wherein the free end is designed as a singly or multiply divided free end.

10. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 8, wherein several tongues are provided in a circumferential direction on the insertion sleeve.

11. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 10, wherein several of the several tongues are arranged at a same axial position or are offset from one another in an axial direction.

12. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the raised surface section is provided with one or more markings that make it easier to read off a dose that has been set and is indicated on a display sleeve extending through the insertion sleeve.

13. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 12, wherein the one or more markings are applied by physical or chemical means, the physical or chemical means comprising printing or laminating.

14. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein a seal is arranged on a distal end and/or on an inner face of the insertion sleeve.

15. The insertion sleeve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recess is configured to receive the raised surface section from a distal direction.