Patent ID: 9327084
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An injection device comprising: a syringe or cartridge having a needle at a forward end; an elongate housing for receiving in use the syringe or cartridge, the elongate housing having a forward end and a rearward end, wherein the syringe or cartridge is mounted in use in the elongate housing, wherein the needle projects from the forward end of said elongate housing at least on completion of an injection process, and wherein the needle is initially protected by a longitudinally removable sheath; and a removable cap adapted to be fitted to the forward end of the elongate housing in both of said removable cap having a rearwardly extending element adapted to engage at its rearward end behind a base of the removable sheath, when said removable cap is in its pre-injection orientation, wherein upon removal of said removable cap from the forward end of said elongate housing, said sheath is removed from said needle, and wherein, in its post-injection orientation, said removable cap is re-fitted to the forward end of the elongate housing in a reverse orientation in which the rearwardly extending element of the cap extends forwardly of the housing to shroud said needle.