US 11,850,407 B2
Needle shield grip devices and related methods
Bryan Grygus, Clifton Park, NY (US); Richard Jeff Gildersleeve, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Shaina Varghese, Green Island, NY (US)
Assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US)
Filed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,502.
Application 17/930,502 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,327, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,478,588.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/734,665, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409824 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01); F16B 2/24 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3204 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14819 (2013.01); B29C 45/2602 (2013.01); F16B 2/245 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7544 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A needle shielding device, comprising:
a body extending from a first end to a closed second end along a central longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the body further comprises:
an interior cavity extending from an opening in the first end of the body to a closed wall, wherein the closed wall extends perpendicularly to the central longitudinal axis and is longitudinally offset from the closed second end the body; and;
a continuously solid exterior surface outside of the opening; and
a retainer disposed within the interior cavity.