Patent ID: 11925783
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 11:
12. A drug delivery device comprising:
a housing;
a cartridge received within the housing, the cartridge configured to receive a medicament;
a drive assembly received within the housing and configured to engage the cartridge and dispense medicament from the cartridge;
a needle actuator assembly received within the housing, the needle actuator assembly comprising a patient needle configured to pierce a user's skin; and
a priming system comprising:
a cartridge priming assembly comprising a first hub, a first base connected to the first hub and moveable relative to the first hub between a first position and a second position, wherein one of the first hub and the first base defines a first slot and the other of the first hub and the first base comprises a first projection received within the first slot, the first slot having a first end and a second end, and wherein, when the first projection is at the first end of the first slot, the first base is in the first position, and, when the first projection is at the second end of the first slot, the first base is in the second position; and
a needle actuator priming assembly comprising a second hub, a second base connected to the second hub and moveable relative to the second hub between a first position and a second position, wherein one of the second hub and the second base defines a second slot and the other of the second hub and the second base comprises a second projection received within the second slot, the second slot having a first end and a second end, and wherein, when the second projection is at the first end of the second slot, the second base is in the first position, and, when the second projection is at the second end of the second slot, the second base is in the second position.