US 12,102,801 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. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/619,279.
Application 18/619,279 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 2024/0238526 A1, Jul. 18, 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. An assembly comprising:
a syringe comprising a proximal finger flange; and
a syringe carrier comprising
an elongate body comprising a projection extending inward from a distal end of the elongate body, the distal end of the elongate body being configured to flex outward as the syringe is side-loaded into the syringe carrier, the distal end of the elongate body being configured to rebound inwardly when the syringe is in the syringe carrier, and the projection being configured to be disposed in a gap between a barrel of the syringe and a rigid needle shield attached to the syringe carrier when the syringe is in the syringe carrier; and
first and second resilient members located at a proximal end of the elongate body, the first and second resilient members being configured to apply a force to the syringe to restrict proximal movement of the syringe relative to the syringe carrier after the syringe has been side-loaded into the syringe carrier, and each resilient member of the first and second resilient members comprising a first radially-extending wall extending radially from the proximal end of the elongate body,
wherein the syringe carrier and the syringe are configured such that when the syringe is disposed in the syringe carrier with the syringe contacting the projection of the syringe carrier and the first and second resilient members contacting the syringe, (i) a distal side of the proximal finger flange of the syringe is proximally spaced from a proximal side of the first radially-extending walls of the first and second resilient members, and (ii) the first and second resilient members restrict proximal movement of the syringe relative to the syringe carrier.