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Matched Legal Cases: ['§371', '§119', 'art 2', 'art 2', 'art 5', 'art 7', 'art 2', 'Application No. 06005599']

Patent US8298194 - Injection device and a method of changing a cartridge in the device - Google Patents
A refillable injection device (1) having a dose setting mechanism with a dose setting member (4) and a dose rod (11). The dose setting member and the dose rod engage during normal operation of the injection device, and they do not engage during change of cartridge. The dose setting member and the dose...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US8298194?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8298194 - Injection device and a method of changing a cartridge in the device
Publication number US8298194 B2
Also published as CN101400393A, CN101400393B, EP1996259A1, EP1996259B1, US20090254027, WO2007104636A1
Publication number 12282442, 282442, PCT/2007/51757, PCT/EP/2007/051757, PCT/EP/2007/51757, PCT/EP/7/051757, PCT/EP/7/51757, PCT/EP2007/051757, PCT/EP2007/51757, PCT/EP2007051757, PCT/EP200751757, PCT/EP7/051757, PCT/EP7/51757, PCT/EP7051757, PCT/EP751757, US 8298194 B2, US 8298194B2, US-B2-8298194, US8298194 B2, US8298194B2
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US 8298194 B2
a dose setting mechanism operable to set a desired dose, the dose setting mechanism comprising a dose setting member and a dose rod, the dose setting mechanism being adapted to be in:
a first position during normal operation of the injection device in which the dose setting member and the dose rod engage so that the dose rod moves along with the dose setting member, and
a second position during cartridge change in which the dose setting member and the dose rod do not engage thereby allowing the dose setting member and the dose rod to move independently,
a piston rod cooperating with the dose rod and adapted to cooperate with a piston in a cartridge in order to expel a dose of liquid from the cartridge,
2. An injection device according to claim 1, wherein the first position of the dose setting mechanism is defined by teeth positioned on the dose setting member being engaged to teeth positioned on the dose rod.
3. An injection device according to claim 2, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a cartridge holding member comprising a set of jaws adapted to clamp a distal end of a cartridge.
4. An injection device according to claim 2, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a frame member adapted to carry the cartridge, wherein the cartridge is moved along with and by means of the frame member during cartridge change.
5. An injection device according to claim 2, further comprising a biasing mechanism causing the dose setting mechanism to be in the second position when no cartridge is positioned in the cartridge holder.
6. An injection device according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a cartridge holding member comprising a set of jaws adapted to clamp a distal end of a cartridge.
7. An injection device according to claim 6, further comprising a biasing mechanism causing the dose setting mechanism to be in the second position when no cartridge is positioned in the cartridge holder.
8. An injection device according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a frame member adapted to carry the cartridge, wherein the cartridge is moved along with and by means of the frame member during cartridge change.
9. An injection device according to claim 8, further comprising a biasing mechanism causing the dose setting mechanism to be in the second position when no cartridge is positioned in the cartridge holder.
10. An injection device according to claim 1, further comprising a biasing mechanism causing the dose setting mechanism to be in the second position when no cartridge is positioned in the cartridge holder.
11. An injection device according to claim 1, wherein during independent movement between the dose rod and the dose setting mechanism, at least one of the dose rod and the dose setting mechanism moves rotationally.
12. A method of changing a cartridge in an injection device, the injection device comprising a dose setting mechanism operable to set a desired dose, the dose setting mechanism comprising a dose setting member and a dose rod, the dose setting mechanism being adapted to be in:
a first position during normal operation in which the dose setting member and the dose rod engage so that the dose rod moves along with the dose setting member, and
the injection device further comprising a piston rod cooperating with the dose rod and comprising a cartridge holder being connected to the dose rod, the method comprising:
moving the cartridge holder holding a cartridge desired to be replaced in such a manner that the cartridge is accessible, and in such a manner that the dose setting mechanism is caused to move from the first position to the second position,
removing the cartridge from the cartridge holder,
moving the cartridge holder holding the new cartridge in such a manner that a piston rod of the injection device is moved along with a piston of the new cartridge, and
moving, by the cartridge holder, the dose rod and the piston rod, the dose setting mechanism from the second position to the first position while causing the dose rod to move along with the piston rod in an at least substantially axial direction.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein during independent movement between the dose rod and the dose setting mechanism, at least one of the dose rod and the dose setting mechanism moves rotationally.
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U.S. Classification 604/207, 604/181, 604/224, 604/232, 604/234, 604/71
International Classification A61M5/315, A61M5/00, A61M5/30
Cooperative Classification A61M5/31543, A61M5/3155, A61M5/31511, A61M5/31558, A61M5/31535, A61M2005/2411, A61M5/24, A61M5/3158