US 12,011,569 B2
Compact auto-injector
Elijah Kapas, Medford, MA (US); Matthew Kane, Somerville, MA (US); and Conor Cullinane, Hampton, NH (US)
Assigned to Pirouette Medical Inc., Arlington, MA (US)
Filed by Pirouette Medical Inc., Woburn, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/892,625.
Application 16/892,625 is a continuation of application No. 16/420,738, filed on May 23, 2019, granted, now 10,722,653.
Application 16/420,738 is a continuation of application No. 16/272,628, filed on Feb. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,449,296, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 16/272,628 is a continuation of application No. 16/117,911, filed on Aug. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,265,471, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,567, filed on Oct. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,052, filed on Aug. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0316297 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/46 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/2033 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14244 (2013.01); A61M 5/14248 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/46 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14284 (2013.01); A61M 2005/206 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2073 (2013.01); A61M 5/24 (2013.01); A61M 5/2466 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2474 (2013.01); A61M 5/31565 (2013.01); A61M 5/31571 (2013.01); A61M 5/3158 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 5/3232 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component for a compact auto-injector device for delivering a medicament dose to a user, the component comprising:
a medicament reservoir containing the medicament dose and comprising a seal;
a first sterile chamber comprising a first protective barrier, wherein the first sterile chamber contains a distal end of a dispensing needle and is located proximate to the medicament reservoir, and wherein the dispensing needle is configured to puncture the first protective barrier and the seal of the medicament reservoir to fluidically couple the medicament reservoir with the dispensing needle; and
a second sterile chamber comprising a second protective barrier, wherein the second sterile chamber is located remotely and non-contiguously with the first sterile chamber, and wherein the second sterile chamber contains a distal end of an injection needle fluidically coupled with the dispensing needle.