US 12,268,851 B2
Systems and methods for automatically removing a needle cap of an autoinjector
Alexander Dahmani, New York, NY (US); and Jared Schwartzentruber, Astoria, NY (US)
Assigned to QuiO Technologies LLC, Miami, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/041,968
Filed by QuiO Technologies LLC, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/024086
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/191105, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,770, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,762, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,772, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,766, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0138160 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/28 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31528 (2013.01) [A61M 5/2033 (2013.01); A61M 5/28 (2013.01); A61M 5/31525 (2013.01); A61M 5/31558 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 5/3204 (2013.01); A61M 2205/12 (2013.01); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autoinjector device comprising:
a dose cassette comprising:
an outer container and
a needle cap having a base with a diameter larger than the outer container of the dose cassette;
a housing for receiving the dose cassette;
a clasp mechanism configured to secure the dose cassette within the housing upon insertion of the dose cassette into the housing; and
an actuator configured to move the dose cassette proximally within the housing after the dose cassette is secured within the housing, wherein:
the movement of the dose cassette causes the base of the needle cap to mechanically engage with a distal end of the housing, and
the mechanical engagement between the base of the needle cap and the distal end of the housing causes the needle cap to separate from the dose cassette.