US 12,226,341 B2
Implant injector device
Peter Jarrett, Burlington, MA (US); Erik Wong, Newton, MA (US); and Eric Dickinson, Amherst, NH (US)
Assigned to OCULAR THERAPEUTIX, INC., Bedford, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/282,124
Filed by OCULAR THERAPEUTIX, INC., Bedford, MA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/021700
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/204374, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,536, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041647 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/0017 (2013.01) [A61M 5/158 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first assembly comprising:
a body forming a first interior volume;
a plunger comprising a first end of the plunger disposed within the first interior volume and a second end of the plunger disposed outside the body, the second end being opposite the first end;
a wire comprising a first end of the wire directly connected to the first end of the plunger; and
a plunger clip configured to interface with the plunger and the body to prevent actuation of the plunger via the second end of the plunger; and
a second assembly comprising:
a cowl forming a second interior volume;
a needle comprising a hub and a shaft, a first end of the shaft being connected to the hub, the hub being disposed within the second interior volume, wherein the shaft is configured to receive an implant, wherein the implant is to be deployed from the shaft responsive to the plunger clip being removed and the plunger being actuated by a first threshold force that is greater than a friction force of one or more living hinges of the body against the plunger; and
a cowl cap disposed partially within the hub to secure the implant in the shaft.