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Last Updated: March 29, 2024

Claims for Patent: 9,717,852


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Summary for Patent: 9,717,852
Title:Cartridge holder and pen-type injector
Abstract: A cartridge holder for a drug delivery device is presented having snap fastening connection means to fasten the cartridge holder to a housing of the drug delivery device, wherein the fastening connection means are provided with at least on basically rectangular window for receiving a locking element of said housing. The invention is further directed to a pen-type injector equipped with a respective snap fastening connection for the cartridge holder.
Inventor(s): Einwachter; Robin (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
Application Number:14/391,055
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases: See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for patent 9,717,852
Patent Claims: 1. A cartridge holder for a drug delivery device, a holder having a longitudinal axis, an outside surface, an inner section and comprising snap fastening connection means for fastening the cartridge holder to a housing of a drug delivery device, wherein the snap fastening connection means comprises a rectangular window located at a proximal end of the cartridge holder for receiving a locking element of the housing, where the window is a rectangular shaped through opening having four edges and connects the inner section with the outside surface, wherein a first set of notches formed as round contours define two of corners of the window and a second set of notches formed as round contours define two other corners of the window, where the first set of notches are offset from the edges and extend in a circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal direction and the second set of notches extend in an axial direction along the longitudinal direction, wherein the second set of notches extend less distance in the axial direction compared to a circumferential distance that the first set of notches extend.

2. The cartridge holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the first notches are arranged in such way that an intermediate section between the first notches constitutes a preferably resilient lug.

3. The cartridge holder according to claim 1, characterized in that on at least a section of an outer surface of the cartridge holder at least one axially elongated spline element, preferably integrally formed with the cartridge holder, is disposed.

4. The cartridge holder according to claim 3, characterized in that a plurality of spline elements is distributed around a periphery of at least a section of the cartridge holder in a non rotationally symmetric manner.

5. A pen-type injector, having a housing and a cartridge holder according to claim 1 for a cartridge containing a medicinal product, wherein the housing and the cartridge holder are held together by a snap-fastening connection.

6. The pen-type injector according to claim 5, characterized in that the pen-type injector is a disposable injection device.

7. The cartridge holder according to claim 1 where one of the second notches extends in a distal direction and the other second notch extends in the proximal direction.

8. The cartridge holder according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of the rectangular windows that are irregular spaced circumferentially around the proximal end of the cartridge holder.

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