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US5042977A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Injection device which can be cocked only in the zero position

Assignee: BD MEDICO Sarl
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Filing: 1988-05-05
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Granted: 1991-08-27
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Expires: 2008-05-05
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Abstract

Abstract An injection device can be loaded by the user only when in the zero position. This reminds even forgetful patients to readjust the dose before the injection and is of great help to blind patients.

Inventors

  • 👤 Herbert Bechtold
  • 👤 Peter Kinast

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 12:20
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M5/00; A61M5/178; A61M5/20; A61M2205/00; A61M2205/58; A61M2205/581; A61M5/2033; A61M5/206; A61M5/31; A61M5/315; A61M5/31533; A61M5/31545; A61M5/31548; A61M5/3155; A61M5/31553; A61M5/31563; A61M5/31565; A61M5/31566; A61M5/31568; A61M5/31576; A61M5/31578; A61M5/46

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 189 words
An injection device (10), having a mechanism (18, 62) serving to effect an injection process, which mechanism is displaceable by means of a cocking element (74) counter to the force of a spring into a cocked position (FIGS. 4, 5) from which it can be released to effect an injection process, in order to act upon a wall, in particular a piston (17), of a container (12) containing a fluid to be injected, further having a rotatable adjusting element (74) for setting the injection dose injected in an injection process, which element varies the length of the mechanism (FIG. 8: 18, 62) serving to effect an injection process, and having a scale (89) associated with the rotatable adjusting element (74) for displaying an injection dose, characterized in that associated with the adjusting element (74) is a first blocking device (97, 116, 122), which is dependent on the rotational position of the rotatable adjusting element (74) and which, outside the rotational position of the adjusting element (74) in which the injection dose of zero is displayed, prevents displacement of this mechanism (18, 62) into its cocking position (FIGS. 4, 5).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 189 words
An injection device (10), having a mechanism (18, 62) serving to effect an injection process, which mechanism is displaceable by means of a cocking element (74) counter to the force of a spring into a cocked position (FIGS. 4, 5) from which it can be released to effect an injection process, in order to act upon a wall, in particular a piston (17), of a container (12) containing a fluid to be injected, further having a rotatable adjusting element (74) for setting the injection dose injected in an injection process, which element varies the length of the mechanism (FIG. 8: 18, 62) serving to effect an injection process, and having a scale (89) associated with the rotatable adjusting element (74) for displaying an injection dose, characterized in that associated with the adjusting element (74) is a first blocking device (97, 116, 122), which is dependent on the rotational position of the rotatable adjusting element (74) and which, outside the rotational position of the adjusting element (74) in which the injection dose of zero is displayed, prevents displacement of this mechanism (18, 62) into its cocking position (FIGS. 4, 5).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 39 words
The injection device according to claim 1, characterized in that a limiting device (136) is associated with the rotatable adjusting element (74), which limiting device (136) limits any rotation of this adjusting element (74) beyond a predetermined injection dose.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 70 words
The injection device according to claim 1 characterized in that associated with the mechanism (18, 62) is a second blocking device (97, 124), controlled by the position of the rotatable adjusting element (74), which blocking device (97, 124) prevents tripping of an injection process in a position in which the injection dose of zero is displayed on a scale displaying the injection dose and associated with the adjusting element (74).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
The injection device according to claim 1, characterized in that a display device (88, 89) is provided, which displays the injected dose after the injection (FIG. 1).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 86 words
The injection device according to claim 1, characterized in that the container (12) containing the fluid to be injected is displaceable counter to the action of a restoring spring (29) up to a stop (46), to cause upon the release of the mechanism (18, 62) an injection process by first, a displacement of the said container (12) up to the stop and thereby a penetration of the injection needle (16), and next a displacement of the piston (17) in the container (12) and thereby an injection.

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