Device for temporarily retaining a protective needle cap of an injection apparatus

• US 7,370,759 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2005
• Issued: 05/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Inventors: Hommann, Edgar
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu; Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): JOHNSON, JERROLD D
• Application Number:
  US11/132,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20050279664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 206/364, 206/365, 206/366, 604/192, 604/263
• US Class Current: 206/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3208 by application of rotational movement to the needle hub, e.g. by use of electrically driven toothed wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3215 Tools enabling the cap placement
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3205 Apparatus for removing or disposing of used needles or syringes, e.g. containers; Means for protection against accidental injuries from used needles for sharps A61B50/362; disintegrating apparatus in general B02C, e.g. B02C19/0075, B23H9/001; disposal of medical waste in general B09B3/00; receptacles for refuse disposal in general B65F1/00

Abstract

A device and method for removing and replacing a needle-protecting cover associated with an injection apparatus, the device comprising a housing, a receptacle in the housing for accommodating the injection apparatus, and a holding mechanism, wherein the receptacle is movable in the housing and, in a first position of the receptacle, the holding mechanism is in a releasing position and, in a second position of the receptacle, the holding mechanism is in a holding position.

Claims

1. A device for removing and replacing a needle-protecting cover associated with an injection apparatus, the device comprising a housing, a generally elongated cylindrical sleeve in the housing for accommodating at least a portion of the injection apparatus, and a plurality of clamping pieces, wherein the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve is movable in the housing and, in a first position, is in a releasing position and, in a second position, is in a holding position.

2. An apparatus for temporary retaining of a protective needle cap of an injection apparatus, comprising a housing, a generally elongated cylindrical sleeve arranged in the housing for accommodating the injector apparatus, and a plurality of clamping pieces, wherein the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve is movable in the housing, so that in a first state of the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve the clamping pieces are in a releasing position and in a second state of the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve the clamping pieces are in a holding position.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve is rotatably movable from the first state to the second state.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the clamping pieces are moveable around pivot axes extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the apparatus.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve comprises a pressing curve that in the second rotational state of the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve presses the clamping pieces toward the longitudinal axis of the apparatus.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve comprises a releasing curve that in the first rotational state of the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve presses the clamping pieces away from the longitudinal axis of the apparatus.

7. An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising indicator means making the rotational state of the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve part visible from the outside.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the indicator means comprises a window in the housing, through which, in each rotational state of the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve, a different marking region associated with the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve is visible.

9. A loading station for the preparation of an injection apparatus, and a device for removing and replacing a needle-protecting cover associated with the injection apparatus, the device comprising a generally elongated cylindrical sleeve for accommodating at least a portion of the injection apparatus, and a plurality of clamping pieces, wherein the generally elongated cylindrical sleeve is movable in a housing and, in a first position, is in a releasing position and, in a second position, is in a holding position.

10. A loading station according to claim 9, wherein the device is removably accommodated in the loading station.

11. A loading station according to 10, wherein the station comprises means for storing parts of the injection apparatus.