US 12,434,005 B2
Autoinjector with a linear actuator having a hollow drive shaft
Alexander Dahmani, New York, NY (US); and Jared Schwartzentruber, Astoria, NY (US)
Assigned to QuiO Technologies LLC, Miami, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/041,978
Filed by QuiO Technologies LLC, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/024085
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/191104, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,770, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,772, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,766, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,762, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0023307 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31528 (2013.01) [A61M 5/2033 (2013.01); A61M 5/28 (2013.01); A61M 5/31525 (2013.01); A61M 5/31558 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a motor having a hollow drive shaft, wherein the motor is configured to rotate the hollow drive shaft around an axis;
a lead screw nut operably connected to the hollow drive shaft, wherein the lead screw nut is configured to rotate upon rotation of the hollow drive shaft;
a lead screw operably connected to the lead screw nut, wherein:
the lead screw is configured to move within the lead screw nut and
the lead screw is configured to pass through at least part of the hollow drive shaft; and
said device further comprising a gear box operably connected to the hollow drive shaft and the lead screw nut, wherein a rotational force from the hollow drive shaft is exerted on the lead screw nut via the gear box,
wherein the gear box comprises a housing and a plurality of gears within the housing, the gear box further having an opening, wherein the lead screw is configured to pass through at least part of the opening of the gear box.