US 11,938,089 B2
Medication delivery systems and methods
Jaime Ray Arnett, Fishers, IN (US); and Andrew Thomas Snow, Fishers, IN (US)
Assigned to Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US)
Filed by Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/999,446.
Application 16/999,446 is a continuation of application No. 16/578,498, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,765,602.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,093, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375845 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61J 1/14 (2023.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 38/28 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/1425 (2015.05) [A61K 9/14 (2013.01); A61K 38/28 (2013.01); A61M 11/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container assembly for holding a medication administration device, the medication administration device having an actuator and a non-actuator portion, the container assembly comprising: a side wall defining a tube extending axially between a closed bottom end and an upper open end to define a cavity, and an interior shoulder extending continuously along an interior surface of the side wall into the cavity, the interior shoulder axially spaced from the closed bottom end, and a cap defining one or more hold down members, the one or more hold down members being a rigid structure, wherein the cap is movable relative to the side wall between an open position and a closed position,
wherein in the closed position the cap is sealably engaged with the container assembly, and the one or more hold down members is disposed radially inward from the side wall and extends axially beyond the cap and through the upper open end of the tube in a direction toward the closed bottom end
wherein the one or more hold down members comprises a pair of hold down members extending along radially opposite sides of the cap to contact said non-actuator portion when the medication administration device resides within the cavity of the container assembly.