CA2689022C — Medication injector apparatus with drive assembly that facilitates reset
Assigned to Eli Lilly and Co · Expires 2012-09-18 · 14y expired
What this patent protects
The invention relates to a medication injector apparatus such as an injection pen. The injection pen includes a resettable, cartridge plunger drive assembly including an axially floating nut, a cartridge plunger engaging screw, and a drive clutch movable with the nut and which wh…
USPTO Abstract
The invention relates to a medication injector apparatus such as an injection pen. The injection pen includes a resettable, cartridge plunger drive assembly including an axially floating nut, a cartridge plunger engaging screw, and a drive clutch movable with the nut and which when rotated causes the screw to screw through the nut. The injection pen also may include an injection clicker assembly. The injection pen also may include a doseable quantity identifier. The injection pen further may include an assembly for selectively rotating a drive sleeve of the pen, which assembly has a dial that rotates out during dose setting and which translates in without rotation during dose injecting.
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