US 12,343,497 B2
Button safety cap for catheter insertion device
Russell Cole, River Vale, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,860.
Application 17/675,860 is a division of application No. 15/567,544, granted, now 11,285,260, previously published as PCT/US2016/028398, filed on Apr. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/152,587, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0168501 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/14248 (2013.01) [A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14252 (2013.01); A61M 2205/276 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. An assembly comprising a button safety cap and a medication delivery device,
the medication delivery device comprising:
a catheter insertion device having an insertion mechanism activation button, the insertion mechanism activation button being configured, when pressed, to move from an undeployed position to a deployed position that introduces a cannula and/or a needle into a user's skin for placement of the cannula and/or the needle during wearing of the medication delivery device by the user;
the button safety cap comprising:
a pull member;
at least one stabilizing arm adapted to prevent rotation and/or translation of the button safety cap relative to at least one of the insertion mechanism activation button and the medication delivery device upon which the button safety cap is assembled; and
a flexible snap feature adapted to engage the insertion mechanism activation button;
wherein the snap feature retains the button safety cap on the insertion mechanism activation button until a predetermined removal force is applied to the button safety cap.