	US 11,986,642 B2
	Needle shield remover
Slobodan Stefanov, Deerfield Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to SHL MEDICAL AG, Zug (CH)
Appl. No. 16/972,507
Filed by SHL MEDICAL AG, Zug (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/074298 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 4, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/064337, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,313, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 18205314 (EP), filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268200 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01)

CPC A61M 5/3204 (2013.01)

13 Claims

1. A needle shield remover comprising:

a main body; and

at least a flexible first grabber and at least a flexible second grabber extending from the main body, and being inclined in relation to a longitudinal axis such that they cross each other to define a grabber portion and form a receiving space configured to receive a delivery member shield,

wherein the delivery member shield is attached to a neck of a medicament container and the grabber portion has a neck portion configured to engage the neck of the medicament container when the delivery member shield is received in the receiving space.

11. A needle shield remover comprising:

a main body comprising a first portion and a second portion;

a first flexible grabber extending in a distal direction from the first portion; and

a second flexible grabber extending in a distal direction from the second portion, where the first and second flexible grabbers are inclined in relation to a longitudinal axis of the main body such that they cross each other to define a grabber portion and form a receiving space configured to receive a delivery member shield, and

wherein the first and second portions are coupled together to form the main body, and