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Needle changing apparatus

  • US 9,717,860 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2016
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for storing and changing needles for connection with a medicament delivery device, the apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having a floor disposed at a distal end thereof;

    a needle holder disposed within the housing, for fluidly connecting with a medicament container of the medicament delivery device;

    a plurality of needles displaceably disposed on the needle holder;

    a user interface disposed on the housing to individually select one of the plurality of needles and displace the selected needle; and

    a plurality of sterility barriers for ensuring sterility of a patient portion of each needle prior to exposure to an outside of the apparatus;

    wherein each sterility barrier comprises;

    a needle hub disposed around a portion of the patient portion of the needle; and

    an introducer, adapted to slide relative to the needle hub, the introducer having a distal cutting tip adapted to cut an opening to access the outside of the apparatus through the floor.

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