US 11,918,791 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. 16/617,119
Filed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ (US)
PCT Filed May 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/034849
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/222574, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1708593 (GB), filed on May 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290855 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31566 (2013.01) [A61M 5/3137 (2013.01); A61M 5/326 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3139 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3267 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grip accessory for a manual injection device, the manual injection device comprising a plunger having a plunger rod and an unlocking body, the unlocking body having an unlocking surface movable with the plunger rod to unlatch at least one moveable latch of the manual injection device, the grip accessory comprising:
a housing comprising a generally hollow body for supporting a manual injection device therein, the housing comprising:
a distal portion comprising a first opening adapted to receive a manual injection device;
a proximal portion comprising a second opening through which a needle of the manual injection device is extendable, the proximal portion comprising a skin contacting surface at a proximal end of the housing;
an intermediate portion extending between the proximal and distal portions; and
a guide on an interior surface of the distal portion, the guide configured to guide movement of the unlocking body of the plunger of the manual injection device towards the at least one movable latch as the unlocking body moves with the plunger rod during delivery of an injection.