US 11,717,604 B2
Pen needle storage
Amit Limaye, Wayne, NJ (US)
Assigned to Embecta Corp., Andover, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/49,779
Filed by Embecta Corp., Andover, MA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029281
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/210126, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,597, filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236714 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/002 (2013.01) [A61M 5/3205 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3208 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for storing pen needles, the container comprising:
a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a closed end and an open end; and
a plurality of rings, each ring including a plurality of arms that is configured to retain a pen needle in a first position and in a second position;
wherein the open end is flared outwardly; and
the plurality of arms are configured to flare outwardly when the pen needle is in the first position and the plurality of arms are configured to come together to lock the pen needle in place in the second position;
wherein a plurality of protrusions extends inward from the plurality of arms.