EP1909870B1 — Dose mechanism for an injection device for limiting a dose setting corresponding to the amount of medicament left
Assigned to Novo Nordisk AS · Expires 2011-03-02 · 15y expired
What this patent protects
A mechanism for preventing setting of a dose, which exceeds the amount of a medicament in a reservoir in an injection device. The device can contain a threaded piston rod, a limiter and a driver. The three elements can be arranged such that during dose setting, the limiter is mov…
USPTO Abstract
A mechanism for preventing setting of a dose, which exceeds the amount of a medicament in a reservoir in an injection device. The device can contain a threaded piston rod, a limiter and a driver. The three elements can be arranged such that during dose setting, the limiter is moved towards an end-of-content position, wherein dose setting is limited. The invention contains an accumulative and a non-accumulative embodiment. The invention further relates to a mechanism for preventing ejection of a dose exceeding the set dose.
Drugs covered by this patent
- Ozempic (semaglutide) · Novo Nordisk
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