US 11,701,475 B2
Accessory including a slot for a flange of an injection device
James D. McLusky, Edinburgh (GB); Nick Foley, Edinburgh (GB); Gavin F. McDougall, Edinburgh (GB); Roy A. Crerar, Edinburgh (GB); and James N. Mower, Edinburgh (GB)
Assigned to Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ (US)
Filed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/716,961.
Claims priority of application No. 1821063 (GB), filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0197624 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3204 (2013.01) 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for an injection device, the injection device having a safety shield and a syringe sheath moveable relative to the safety shield from a pre-injection position to a locked-out position, the accessory comprising:
a body portion comprising a recess configured to receive the safety shield of the injection device, the body having at least one proximal abutment portion and at least one distal abutment portion that define a slot therebetween, the slot configured to receive at least one flange of the safety shield therein along a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the accessory, wherein the at least one proximal abutment portion resists movement of the flange proximally relative to the accessory and the at least one distal abutment portion resists movement of the flange distally relative to the accessory; and
a cover coupled to the body portion, the cover pivotally moveable between an open position in which the recess and the slot are exposed to receive the safety shield and the at least one flange of the safety shield respectively, and a closed position in which the cover at least partially closes the recess and the slot to hold the injection device in the body portion;
wherein the slot is shaped both to engage the at least one flange to resist the safety shield from moving distally and proximally relative to the body portion and to allow the syringe sheath to move proximally relative to the body portion, when the slot is engaged with the at least one flange, from the pre-injection position in which a needle of a syringe of the injection device extends out of the safety shield to the locked-out position in which the safety shield extends beyond the needle.