Device for administering an injectable product

• US 20060264830A1
• Filed: 05/04/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ypsomed AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Inventors: Hommann, Edgar
• Granted Patent: US 8,591,465 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/136
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2013 triggering of discharging means by contact of injector with patient body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/206 With automatic needle insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2073 preventing premature release, e.g. by making use of a safety lock
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2033 Spring-loaded one-shot injectors with or without automatic needle insertion multishot dosing syringes A61M5/31525, needle insertion only A61M5/3287
• 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 5/3202 Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps A61M5/50 takes precedence; for infusion spikes A61M5/1626; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/326 Fully automatic sleeve extension, i.e. in which triggering of the sleeve does not require a deliberate action by the user

Abstract

A device for administering an injectable product, including a housing, a displaceably mounted product container accommodated by the housing, a plunger in the container so that it can be displaced in a forward-drive direction in order to dispense the product, a plunger rod acting on the plunger in the forward-drive direction and having a releasable retained position, and a spring acting on the plunger rod in the forward-drive direction, the plunger rod releasably held in the retained position in a retaining engagement against the force of the spring, wherein the spring projects into the container in the retained position.

Claims

1. A device for administering an injectable product, comprising:

a) a housing,

b) a displaceably mounted product container accommodated by the housing in which a plunger is mounted so that it can be displaced in a forward-drive direction in order to dispense the product,

c) a plunger rod acting on the plunger in the forward-drive direction, and

d) a spring acting on the plunger rod in the forward-drive direction, wherein the plunger rod is held releasably in a retained position in a retaining engagement against the force of the spring, and wherein the spring projects into the container in the retained position.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plunger rod has a ram, the ram pushing against the plunger in the forward-drive direction to dispense the product.

3. A device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ram forms a foremost end face of the plunger rod in the forward-drive direction.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plunger rod surrounds the spring.

5. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plunger rod is a sleeve and the spring is supported on a shoulder which projects inwardly on a front end of the sleeve in the forward-drive direction and forms the foremost end face of the plunger rod.

6. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plunger rod comprises a retaining shoulder extending at an angle with respect to the forward-drive direction with a directional component parallel with and a directional component perpendicular to the forward-drive direction.

7. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plunger rod is a sleeve structure made from a semi-finished product by a plastic forming process.

8. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plunger rod is formed as a single piece.

9. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein a metallic material is used to make the plunger rod.

10. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plunger rod is a deep-drawn part.

11. A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plunger rod is produced from a tubular piece by forming at least one end of the tubular piece.

12. A device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a support structure which supports the product container so that the container is displaceable in the forward-drive direction.

13. A device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the support structure forms a support for the spring.

14. A device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the housing supports the support structure so that the support structure is displaceable in the direction opposite the forward-drive direction.

15. A device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the plunger rod is in the retaining engagement with the support structure.

16. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plunger rod comprises a retaining shoulder and the device comprises a complementary shoulder fixed so that it can not be displaced in the forward-drive direction, at least when the plunger rod is in the retained position.

17. A device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the retaining shoulder and the complementary shoulder are in direct contact with one another in the retaining engagement.

18. The device according to claim 16, wherein a transmitting device causes the retaining engagement between the retaining shoulder and the complementary shoulder.

19. A device as claimed in claim 18, wherein a blocking mechanism is provided, which blocks one of the retaining shoulder and complementary shoulder in the retaining engagement.

20. A device for administering an injectable product, comprising a housing, a displaceably mounted product container associated with by the housing, a plunger in the container so that the plunger can be displaced in a forward-drive direction to administer the product, a plunger rod acting on the plunger in the forward-drive direction and having a releasable retained position, and a spring acting on the plunger rod in the forward-drive direction, the plunger rod releasably held in the retained position in a retaining engagement against the force of the spring, wherein the spring projects into the container in the retained position.