Patent ID: 8337472

Claim:
A sheath remover for use in removing a sheath from a needle of a syringe prior to an injection, said sheath remover comprising: an elongate sheath passageway having a sheath capture region at a first end and configured to allow passage of a sheath along the passageway away from the sheath capture region to exit the passageway at a second end to be released from the sheath remover, the second end being opposite to the first end; a sheath gripping arrangement disposed in said sheath capture region and adapted in use to be engageable with a needle sheath when offered up thereto and to grip the sheath sufficiently to enable to the sheath remover to remove the sheath from the needle as the sheath remover is pulled away from the syringe, wherein said sheath remover is adapted such that, in use, a sheath already disposed in the sheath capture region is pushed along the passage, away from the sheath capture region, when the sheath remover is offered up to, and engages a subsequent sheath.