Patent ID: 11878154
Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A device for removing a protective shield from a drug delivery system having a medicament container, an injection needle in communication with the medicament container, and a protective shield disposed about said injection needle, the device comprising: a cup shaped body defining an axis and having a sidewall that circumscribes an interior space, a distal bottom wall and a proximal end opening in communication with the interior space, the interior space configured to receive the protective shield through the proximal end opening, the sidewall defining sidewall openings, and a pair of fingers, each finger of the pair of fingers disposed in a corresponding one of the sidewall openings and located opposite each other relative to the interior space, each finger of the pair of fingers being flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of each finger of the pair of fingers, each finger of the pair of fingers further including a plurality of projections extending in a circumferential direction in parallel to one another and projecting toward the interior space whereby the plurality of projections on each finger of the pair of fingers are grippingly engageable with the protective shield to thereby facilitate removal of the protective shield, wherein each projection of the plurality of projections on each finger of the pair of fingers includes a proximally facing surface and a distally facing surface, the proximally and distally facing surfaces extending between a first radially inner limit and a first radially outer limit of each projection of the plurality of projections, and wherein each finger of the pair of fingers further includes a distally facing engagement surface disposed near a distal end of each respective finger, wherein each of the distally facing engagement surfaces extends between a second radially inner limit and a second radially outer limit, wherein the second radially outer limit is disposed farther radially outwardly of the first radially outer limit.