Patent ID: 9233213
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A device configured to administer a medication, the device comprising: a lower housing that includes a housing latch; a syringe supported by the lower housing and being configured to retain a medication, the syringe having a needle configured to be inserted into tissue; a needle guard that is movable relative to the lower housing in a first direction from a first position, wherein the needle guard extends from the lower housing in a second direction, opposite the first direction, so as to cover a tip of the needle as the needle extends from the lower housing in the second direction, to a second position, wherein the needle guard is refracted relative to the tip of the needle so as to expose the tip of the needle; an upper housing supported relative to the lower housing, the upper housing configured to receive a manual force and move with respect to the lower housing in the second direction from a pre-use position to a dispensed position in response to the manual force; and a plunger rod carried by the upper housing and movable with the upper housing so as to advance relative to the syringe when the upper housing is moved in the second direction, wherein advancement of the plunger rod relative to the syringe causes the syringe to deliver the medication out the needle; wherein the housing latch releasably interferes with the upper housing when the upper housing is in the pre-use position so as to prevent the upper housing from moving relative to the lower housing toward the dispensed position, and the movement of the needle guard toward the second position, causes the interference to be removed, thereby allowing the upper housing to move relative to the lower housing from the pre-use position to the dispensed position.