US 11,833,339 B2
Adaptor for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device
Marc Flippe, Claix (FR); and Freddy Mills, Fontanil Cornillon (FR)
Assigned to Becton Dickinson France, Le Pont de Claix (FR)
Filed by Becton Dickinson France, Le Pont de Claix (FR)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/096,676.
Application 17/096,676 is a continuation of application No. 15/580,294, granted, now 10,864,331, previously published as PCT/EP2016/063267, filed on Jun. 10, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15305915 (EP), filed on Jun. 12, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0060267 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/344 (2013.01) [A61M 5/349 (2013.01); A61M 5/347 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptor for a drug delivery device having a reservoir and a longitudinal tip having an outer surface and a longitudinal channel for dispensing any material stored into the reservoir, the adaptor comprising:
a distal part defining a connecting ring intended to receive a connector;
a proximal part defining a mounting ring having an inner surface, the mounting ring being shaped and configured such that, when the adaptor is mounted around the longitudinal tip of the drug delivery device, at least one annular space is created between the inner surface of the mounting ring and the outer surface of the longitudinal tip, the at least one annular space being able to accommodate an adhesive layer in order to bond the adaptor to the longitudinal tip; and
an annular ring provided at a distal extremity of the inner surface of the mounting ring,
wherein the inner surface of the mounting ring further comprises at least one protrusion such that, when the adaptor is mounted around the longitudinal tip of the drug delivery device, the at least one protrusion protrudes into the at least one annular space, wherein the at least one protrusion being in the form of longitudinal ribs, and wherein the longitudinal ribs extend a whole length of the mounting ring.