Patent ID: 8057444

Claim:
A device for holding a needle and for releasable arrangement on an injection pen, said device having a main body, and the needle being arranged in the main body in such a way as to be substantially non-displaceable along a central axis of the main body, wherein latching means arranged on the circumferential surface of the main body are configured to be engaged by mating latching means of a release mechanism of a storage or disposal container for the device, wherein the latching means of the main body define a ramp for elastically deflecting the mating latching means of the release mechanism upon engaging the latching means of the main body with the mating latching means of the release mechanism, wherein the latching means of the main body also define a rear abutment, which intersects the ramp, upon which the mating latching means bear to limit translation of the main body in a single direction with respect to the container; wherein the latching means further comprises a lateral abutment that intersects the ramp and the rear abutment, and the lateral abutment is configured to limit rotation of the main body with respect to the mating latching means of the container when the latching means of the main body are engaged with the mating latching means of the container.