Patent ID: 8216180
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for administering a fluid product, comprising: a) a housing; b) an accommodating member for the fluid product and/or for a reservoir for the fluid product, which can be inserted relative to the housing along a longitudinal axis of the housing from an initial position to an inserted position; c) a drive member which is mounted in the housing and can be moved relative to the accommodating member to deliver the fluid product from the accommodating member and/or reservoir, wherein d) the drive member comprises at least one holding element which holds the drive member relative to the housing in the initial position of the accommodating member and is moveable from the holding position to a released position in which the drive member can be moved relative to the housing by inserting the accommodating member, the drive member further comprising an activating element with which the accommodating member engages during the insertion movement and which moves the drive member relative to the housing to an activated position in which drive member protrudes proximally out of the housing, wherein the activating element abuts an axial abutment on the accommodating member during the insertion movement, lies within the accommodating member in an end position after the fluid product has been administered, and wherein in the end position the holding element abuts the abutment, which is fixed with respect to the housing, and lies substantially within the accommodating member.