Patent ID: 11957883
Assignee: AMGEN INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. The machine of claim 13, further comprising a movable plunger rod base coupled to the carriage, the plunger rod base disposed above the cradle and including an orifice sized to receive a flanged proximal end of the plunger rod, the orifice coaxially aligned with the aperture portion of the cradle, the plunger rod base being movable with the cradle from the first position to the second position;
a holding cap having an outwardly extending tab arranged to extend into the orifice of the plunger rod base, the holding cap removably attached to the plunger rod base; and
wherein the holding cap is fixed relative to the carriage and is disposed in the orifice when the cradle is in the first position.