Injection device

• US 7,597,685 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2005
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shl Medical AG
• Original Assignee: SHL Group AB
• Inventors: Olson, Stephan
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirmons; Kevin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Doukas; Maria E
• Application Number:
  US10/597,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20080262436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 604/135, 604/197, 604/198, 604207-211, 604/220, 604223-224
• US Class Current: 604/208
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0066 with means for varying the dose size
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2013 triggering of discharging means by contact of injector with patient body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/19 having more than one chamber , e.g. including a manifold coupling two parallelly aligned syringes through separate channels to a common discharge assembly surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491
• 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 5/3146 Priming, e.g. purging, reducing backlash or clearance
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31505 Integral with the syringe barrel, i.e. connected to the barrel so as to make up a single complete piece or unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31525 Dosing burettes, pipettes B01L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31553 without axial movement of dose setting member
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3156 using volume steps only adjustable in discrete intervals, i.e. individually distinct intervals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31563 interacting with a displaceable stop member
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31586 performed by rotationally moving or pivoted actuator, e.g. an injection lever or handle
• 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 5/3257 Semi-automatic sleeve extension, i.e. in which triggering of the sleeve extension requires a deliberate action by the user, e.g. manual release of spring-biased extension means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3272 having projections following labyrinth paths

Abstract

Injection device comprising a tubular elongated main body, a needle shield slidably arranged in said main body, a needle shield link slidably connected to said needle shield, a enclosure containing medicament arranged in said main body, a needle connected to said enclosure, a plunger operatively arranged to said enclosure for ejecting said medicament through said needle and arranged on its upper part with a number of outwardly extending stop members, spring means arranged to said plunger for operating said plunger, a dose activating means, a needle shield spring surrounding the needle shield link. The invention is characterised in that said injection device further comprises a first tubular member rotationally and slidably arranged inside said needle shield link, said tubular member comprises a number or ridges and protrusions on both its outer and inner surfaces, said ridges and protrusions on the outer surface of the tubular member co-operate with guide members arranged on the inner surface of said needle shield link, said ridges and protrusions on the inner surface of the tubular member co-operate with the outwardly extending stop members of the plunger that said injection device further comprises a second tubular member arranged inside said housing, arranged and designed with a number of ridges and protrusions on its inner and outer surfaces capable of setting and delivering a certain preset dose.

Claims

1. An injection device, comprising:

a tubular elongated main body,

a needle shield unit slidably arranged in the main body,

a cartridge containing medicament arranged in the main body,

a plunger operatively arranged to the cartridge for ejecting the medicament through a needle attached to the cartridge and arranged on its upper part with first and second sets of outwardly extending stop members,

spring means arranged to the plunger for operating the plunger,

a dose activating means arranged with inwardly extending stop members that co-operate with the plunger'"'"'s second set of outwardly extending stop members to hold the plunger and the spring means in a tensioned locked position,

a needle shield spring arranged to act on the needle shield unit,

a first tubular member rotationally and slidably arranged inside the needle shield unit, wherein the first tubular member comprises a number or ridges and protrusions on both its outer and inner surfaces, the ridges and protrusions on the outer surface of the first tubular member co-operate with guide members arranged on the inner surface of the needle shield unit, and the ridges and protrusions on the inner surface of the first tubular member co-operate with the first set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger, and

a second tubular member rotationally locked to the dose activating means, wherein the second tubular member is arranged with a set of descending ledges on its inner surface that co-operate with the plunger'"'"'s second set of outwardly extending stop members for setting and delivering a certain preset dose.

2. The injection device of claim 1, wherein the needle shield unit comprises a needle shield link and a needle shield.

3. The injection device of claim 2, wherein the needle shield unit is arranged to be in a retracted position inside the main housing and to be held in this position against the force of the needle shield spring by an outwardly extending knob on the dose activating means outer surface abutting an inwardly extending knob on the inner surface of the needle shield link.

4. The injection device of claim 1, wherein the needle shield unit is arranged to be in an extended position and to be held in this position by the force of the needle shield spring.

5. The injection device of claim 1, wherein each descending ledge is arranged to be positioned in line with the second set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger for permitting different lengths of movement of the plunger and thus different doses of the medicament.

6. The injection device of claim 4, wherein the dose activating means is turnable from a locked position to an optional dose a start position, and turning of the dose activating means causes the second set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger to slide off the inwardly extending stop members of the dose activating means until the first set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger abut a protrusion arranged on the inner surface of the first tubular member, whereby the force of the injection spring pushes the plunger towards the cartridge in order to move a stopper inside the cartridge and thereby press any prevailing air and some liquid out of the cartridge through the needle.

7. The injection device of claim 6, wherein turning of the dose activating means causes the outwardly extending knob on the dose activating means to be moved out of contact with the inwardly extending knob of the needle shield link, and then the force of the needle shield spring urges the needle shield and the needle shield link to an extending position, thereby covering the needle from sight.

8. The injection device of claim 6, wherein the inner surface of the needle shield link is arranged with guide knobs, which during movement to an extended position run along a guide surface on the outer surface of the first tubular member having extending ridges and inclined ledges in relation to a longitudinal direction of the device, thereby causing the first tubular member to rotate in relation to the needle shield link.

9. The injection device of claim 8, wherein during an inward movement of the needle shield, the guide knobs of the needle shield link are arranged to run along longitudinally extending ridges on the outer surface of the first tubular member until the guide knobs come in contact with the inclined ledges on the outer surface of the first tubular member, whereby the contact causes the first tubular member to turn until the first set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger slip off the protrusion arranged on the upper part of the first tubular member and thereby moving the plunger downward due to the force of the injection spring and ejecting the medicament through the needle until the second set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger abut one of the descending ledges.

10. The injection device of claim 9, wherein during an outward movement of the needle shield after ejecting the medicament, the guide knobs of the needle shield link move along the ridges'"'"'other side on the outer surface of the first tubular member, and at a certain position along this path, the guide knobs fit into recesses in the first tubular member, thereby locking the needle shield in an extended position.

11. The injection device of claim 3, wherein the cartridge is a dual-chamber cartridge, the dose activating means is turnable from a locked position to a start position, and turning the dose activating means causes the second set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger to slide off the inwardly extending stop members of the dose activating means until the first set of outwardly extending stop members of the plunger abut a protrusion arranged on the inner surface of the first tubular member, whereby the force of the injection spring pushes the plunger towards the cartridge to move a stopper inside the cartridge and thereby mix substances within the dual-chamber cartridge.