Automatic injection device

• US 9,943,649 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbvie Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Abbvie Incorporated
• Inventors: Shang, Sherwin, Tsvirko, Eduard, Chim, Edwin, Somashekar, Shubha Chethan, Ozdaryal, Esra, Julian, Joseph F., Li, Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Stigell, Theodore
• Assistant Examiner(s): KOO, BENJAMIN K
• Application Number:
  US14/220,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20140207073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• Field of Search: 604131, 604134, 604135, 604136, 604156, 604157, 604187, 604194, 604197, 604198, 604214, 604218, 604235
• 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 2205/583 by visual feedback
• 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 5/3129 Syringe barrels A61M5/3205 and A61M5/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31566 Means improving security or handling thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3157 Means providing feedback signals when administration is completed A61M5/20 takes precedence

Abstract

Automatic injection device includes a housing, a syringe, a plunger, and a syringe carrier. The housing includes a barrel between a first end and a second end. The barrel includes an elongated window to allow viewing of contents inside the housing. The syringe is disposed within the housing and has a reservoir. The plunger is at least partially disposed within the syringe and includes a visual indicator. The syringe carrier is disposed within the housing and configured to contain the syringe and displace the syringe within the housing between a first position and a second position. The syringe carrier can be substantially transparent. The syringe carrier can have first and second legs and an extension disposed therebetween, and at least a portion of the extension can be configured to align with the window and the reservoir when the syringe carrier is in the first position.

Claims

1. An automatic injection device comprising:

a housing having a first end, a second end, and a barrel between the first end and the second end, the barrel comprising an elongated window to allow viewing of contents inside the housing;

a syringe disposed within the housing and having a first end, a second end, and a reservoir between the first end and the second end;

a plunger at least partially disposed within the syringe and comprising a visual indicator on a portion of the plunger; and

a syringe carrier disposed within the housing and configured to contain the syringe and displace the syringe within the housing between a first position and a second position, the syringe carrier being substantially transparent and having first and second legs defining at least a portion of at least one opening configured to align with the window and the reservoir when the syringe carrier is in the first position.

2. The automatic injection device of claim 1, the housing further comprising a beveled edge surrounding the elongated window to receive a shield.

3. The automatic injection device of claim 2, wherein the shield is configured to prevent UV radiation from entering the housing through the elongated window.

4. The automatic injection device of claim 1, wherein the elongated window has a substantially symmetrical oval shape.

5. The automatic injection device of claim 1, wherein the elongated window has at least one tapered portion extending along a length thereof.

6. The automatic injection device of claim 1, the at least one opening comprising a first opening configured to align with the window and the reservoir when the syringe carrier is in the first position.

7. The automatic injection device of claim 6, wherein the syringe carrier is configured to allow viewing of substantially all of a liquid therapeutic agent in the reservoir when the syringe carrier is in the first position.

8. The automatic injection device of claim 6, the at least one opening further comprising a second opening configured to align with the window and the visual indicator when the syringe carrier is in the second position.

9. The automatic injection device of claim 8, the syringe carrier further comprising a middle portion between the first and second openings, the middle portion sized to resist deformation of the syringe carrier.

10. The automatic injection device of claim 8, wherein the first opening is positioned nearer to the first end of the housing than the second opening.

11. The automatic injection device of claim 1, the syringe carrier further comprising first and second pairs of legs, and the at least one opening comprising a front opening portion and a diametrically opposed rear opening portion, the first pair of legs defining at least a portion of the front opening portion and the second pair of legs defining at least a portion of the rear opening portion.

12. The automatic injection device of claim 1, wherein the first position is a pre-injection position.

13. The automatic injection device of claim 1, wherein the second position is a post-injection position.

14. The automatic injection device of claim 1 further comprising a cap having an outer portion, the first end of the housing configured to receive the outer portion of the cap, the outer portion of the cap comprising a cap notch, a portion of the elongated window being aligned with the cap notch when the cap receives the housing to prevent obstruction of the window.

15. The automatic injection device of claim 1, further comprising a shroud at least partially disposed within the housing, a portion of the shroud disposed within the housing having a shroud notch, the shroud notch being aligned with at least a portion of the elongated window to prevent obstruction of the window.

16. The automatic injection device of claim 1, further comprising a liquid therapeutic agent in the reservoir, the liquid therapeutic agent having a volume of 0.4 mL.

17. The automatic injection device of claim 1, further comprising a liquid therapeutic agent in the reservoir, the liquid therapeutic agent having a volume of 0.8 mL.

18. The automatic injection device of claim 1, further comprising a liquid therapeutic agent in the reservoir, the liquid therapeutic agent comprising a protein.

19. The automatic injection device of claim 1, further comprising a liquid therapeutic agent in the reservoir, the liquid therapeutic agent comprising adalimumab.