Patent ID: 11865316
Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. The medication delivery device of claim 1, wherein the therapeutic agent delivery assembly is translatable relative to the housing of the disposable portion from the deployed configuration to a retracted configuration, in the retracted configuration the needle being disposed proximally relative to the distal end of the housing of the disposable portion, wherein the first rack and pinion mechanism is actuatable to translate the frame relative to the housing of the reusable portion in a retraction direction, and wherein the therapeutic agent delivery assembly further comprises a biasing element, the biasing element elongating when the first rack and pinion mechanism translates the frame relative to the housing of the reusable portion in the retraction direction, and the biasing element thereby translating the therapeutic agent delivery assembly relative to the housing of the disposable portion from the deployed configuration to the retracted configuration.