US 12,440,152 B2
Supplementary device for a manually operable injection device
André Baran, Steinfurt (DE); Kay Behrendt, Bad Bentheim (DE); and Erich Rittenbacher, Vienna (AT)
Assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,887.
Application 16/126,900 is a division of application No. 14/373,134, granted, now 10,105,094, issued on Oct. 23, 2018, previously published as PCT/EP2013/052504, filed on Feb. 8, 2013.
Application 17/450,887 is a continuation of application No. 16/126,900, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,179,100.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/605,455, filed on Mar. 1, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 12155196 (EP), filed on Feb. 13, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096005 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4839 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61M 5/003 (2013.01); A61M 5/178 (2013.01); A61M 5/24 (2013.01); A61M 5/31525 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61M 5/002 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3126 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2209/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supplementary device for a manually operable injection device, the supplementary device comprising
a body defining a passage through which an injection device is slidable; and
a securing unit configured to secure the body to the injection device in a specific position when the injection device is received through the passage,
wherein the securing unit comprises an actuating member pivotably mounted in the body having at least one engaging element, the engaging element being configured to engage in an indent on the injection device when the body is disposed in the specific position relative to an outer surface of the injection device and the actuating member is pivoted towards the body,
wherein the actuating member comprises a U-shaped frame having a base, a first pivot leg, and a second pivot leg, wherein the first pivot leg and the second pivot leg extend from the base, and
wherein the first pivot leg, the second pivot leg and the base are configured to simultaneously pivot relative to the body to engage the engaging element in the indent.