US 12,303,677 B2
Hybrid drug delivery devices with optional grip portion and related method of preparation
Margaux Frances Boyaval, Newbury Park, CA (US); Brian Stonecipher, Newbury Park, CA (US); Avon Kuo, San Jose, CA (US); and Lisa Nugent, Malibu, CA (US)
Assigned to AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/256,241
Filed by AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/041322
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/023220, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/702,785, filed on Jul. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0260279 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/42 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/162 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/425 (2013.01) [A61M 5/1626 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 5/14248 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drug delivery device comprising:
a housing having a bottom wall and an opening extending therethrough, wherein the housing extends along a longitudinal axis that is generally perpendicular to the bottom wall, the bottom wall having a dimension extending thereacross that is between about one half and two thirds of a total height of the housing along the longitudinal axis;
drug delivery components disposed within the housing including a needle having a storage position within the housing and an injection position extending through the opening of the bottom wall;
a tacky portion disposed on the bottom wall and being configured to grip skin of a user;
a release liner disposed over at least a portion of the tacky portion; and
a cap removably coupled to the housing to cover the bottom wall, the tacky portion, and at least a portion of the release liner,
the cap being entirely decoupled from the release liner such that the release liner remains disposed over at least the portion of the tacky portion upon removal of the cap from the housing,
wherein the drug delivery components have a first potential operation state with the release liner disposed over at least the portion of the tacky portion and a second potential operation state with the release liner removed to expose the tacky portion.