US 12,102,803 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. 18/619,525.
Application 18/619,525 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 2024/0238528 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)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a syringe comprising a distal neck portion, a needle attached to the distal neck portion, a barrel defining a cavity for a medicament, and a proximal finger flange, the barrel extending from the distal neck portion to the proximal finger flange;
a needle shield removably attached to the syringe to cover the needle;
a first member defining an elongate cylindrical body having a proximal portion with a first diameter and an enlarged distal portion at a distal end of the elongate cylindrical body, the enlarged distal portion having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter of the proximal portion;
a second member defining a cylindrical shape with a proximal end configured to be inserted in a proximal direction into the enlarged distal portion to couple the syringe to the first member such that distal movement of the syringe relative to the first member is limited, wherein the second member extends distally beyond a distal end of the first member when the proximal end of the second member is in the enlarged distal portion of the first member, and the second member has a third diameter that is substantially equal to the second diameter of the first member; and
a retaining element providing an abutment surface for engaging the proximal finger flange of the syringe for limiting proximal movement of the syringe relative to the first member.