Patent ID: 8672879
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. A medicament device, comprising: a sealed medicament dose container having a substantially tubular body comprising a medicament that is stored frozen, then thawed into a liquid prior to administration, wherein the dose container has a longitudinally extending compressible outer wall with a perimeter having a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart long sides that enclose an interior chamber and that merge into opposing first and second closed short ends; a medicament dose cartridge configured and sized to snugly hold the dose container therein during extraction of the liquid medicament; and a dose retainer comprising a frame and a base portion, wherein the dose retainer is configured to sandwich the dose container between the frame and the base and define a unitary dose assembly adapted for cryogenic storage separate from the cartridge, and wherein the dose assembly is sized and configured to be snugly held in the dose cartridge prior to extraction of the liquid medicament.