US 12,102,799 B2
Syringe carrier
Yannick Hourmand, Cambridge (GB); Douglas Ivan Jennings, Hertfordshire (GB); and Matthew Ekman, Cheshire (GB)
Assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/618,197.
Application 18/618,197 is a continuation of application No. 17/019,879, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,980,744.
Application 17/019,879 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,282, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,406,763, issued on Mar. 14, 2022.
Application 16/353,282 is a continuation of application No. 15/976,824, filed on May 10, 2018, granted, now 10,646,656, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 15/976,824 is a continuation of application No. 14/362,537, granted, now 10,434,258, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/EP2012/074466, filed on Dec. 5, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 11192585 (EP), filed on Dec. 8, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226441 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31 (2013.01) [A61M 5/24 (2013.01); A61M 5/321 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2407 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2414 (2013.01); A61M 2005/2437 (2013.01); A61M 5/3202 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A syringe carrier comprising:
an elongate body having a proximal end configured to allow a syringe to be inserted into the proximal end of the elongate body, the elongate body configured to receive a barrel of the syringe, the elongate body defining a slot extending proximally from a distal end of the elongate body such that the elongate body has a c-shaped distal end region, and the elongate body defining a recess adjacent the slot; and
first and second radial protrusions extending radially outward from the proximal end of the elongate body,
wherein the c-shaped distal end region of the elongate body comprises at least one inwardly extending projection configured to be disposed in a gap formed between a rigid needle shield and the barrel of the syringe and to contact a distal end of the barrel of the syringe to restrict distal axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe carrier when the syringe is disposed in the syringe carrier.