US 11,786,665 B2
Grip accessory for a manual injection device
James McLusky, Edinburgh (GB); Nick Foley, Edinburgh (GB); Jimmy Mower, Edinburgh (GB); Ian Scrimgeour, Dunbar (GB); Michael Cannamela, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US); Peter Krulevitch, Pleasanton, CA (US); and Kui Liu, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Titusville, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 16/617,291
Filed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ (US)
PCT Filed May 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/034850
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/222575, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1708595 (GB), filed on May 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0164149 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3137 (2013.01) [A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 5/46 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3139 (2013.01); A61M 2205/586 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grip accessory for a manual injection device, the manual injection device comprising a safety device with a safety shield configured to move relative to a syringe body of the manual injection device, the accessory comprising:
a housing comprising a generally hollow body configured to support the manual injection device therein, the housing comprising:
a distal portion comprising a first opening adapted to receive the manual injection device;
a proximal portion defining a second opening wherein the proximal portion comprises a skin contacting surface at a proximal end of the housing, the skin contacting surface configured to contact the skin during an injection, and an inner sheath located within the second opening, the inner sheath defining a third opening out of which a proximal tip of a needle of the manual injection device can extend;
an intermediate portion extending between the proximal and distal portions; and
at least one support structure configured to secure the manual injection device within the housing, the at least one support structure defining a recess configured to confine a flange of the safety shield such that the housing is fixed to the safety shield, and such that the housing, including the inner sheath, is movable with the safety shield relative to the syringe body when the flange is confined in the recess.