US 12,390,602 B2
Apparatus for removing a needle shield
Uwe Dasbach, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Thomas Mark Kemp, Herts (GB); William Timmis, Herts (GB); and Sarah Bielby, Herts (GB)
Assigned to Sanofi, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/616,367
Filed by Sanofi, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/065364
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245206, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19305718 (EP), filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323689 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3204 (2013.01) [A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 2005/312 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a needle unit comprising a needle arranged along a first axis;
a needle shield which covers the needle;
a main part; and
a connector for connecting the needle shield to the main part by a positive connection or an adhesive bond, such that the needle shield is removed when the main part is moved along the first axis away from the needle,
wherein the connector comprises at least one movable arm which extends along an outer surface of the needle shield,
wherein the at least one movable arm penetrates through an attachment part of the main part directed towards the needle shield, and
wherein a free end of the at least one moveable arm axially overlaps with the needle shield along the first axis.