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CrossjectCrossject is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on drug-device combination products for emergency medicine. Leveraging a proprietary needle-free auto-injection platform, the company develops and manufactures fast-acting treatments for life-threatening situations such as epilepsy, adrenal crisis, and anaphylaxis. Crossject conducts advanced regulatory development, clinical validation, and large-scale industrialization to deliver innovative therapies for global markets, with an emphasis on simplicity, reliability, and patient usability.
Crossject is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on drug-device combination products for emergency medicine. Leveraging a proprietary needle-free auto-injection platform, the company develops and manufactures fast-acting treatments for life-threatening situations such as epilepsy, adrenal crisis, and anaphylaxis. Crossject conducts advanced regulatory development, clinical validation, and large-scale industrialization to deliver innovative therapies for global markets, with an emphasis on simplicity, reliability, and patient usability.
Publication Number
US-11911589-B2
Publication Date
2024-02-27
Expiration Date
Abstract
A holding device intended to hold injection-device tubes of the type including an upper flange at one end of a body and a lower flange at the opposite end of the body includes orifices each intended to accept one tube, each orifice being configured to allow the tube and each of its flanges to pass. The holding device further includes a holding means configured to hold the tube through the orifice via its upper flange, the holding means having at least one elastically deformable element. The at least one elastically deformable element includes a holding end situated in line with the orifice and configured to deform as the upper flange passes through the orifice, and to support the tube via the said flange when it is inserted in the orifice.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a holding device for tubes of an injection device, where each tube includes a body, an upper flange at one end of the body, and a lower flange at an opposite end of the body. The holding device includes a tray that defines orifices configured to receive a tube and to allow passage of the tube including both the upper flange and the lower flange. The holding device further includes holders corresponding to the orifices, each holder being configured to hold one tube through the corresponding orifice by the upper flange thereof.
Each holder includes an elastically deformable element with a proximal end located proximal the tray and a holding end located distal to the tray and in line with the corresponding orifice. The holding end is configured to be deformed during passage of the upper flange through the corresponding orifice, and, after the tube has been inserted, the holding end supports the tube by the upper flange and can be in contact with the body of the tube. The elastically deformable element includes an obliquely upward proximal portion extending from the proximal end towards an inside of the corresponding orifice, and a vertically upward distal portion extending from the obliquely upward proximal portion towards the holding end.
The tray and the elastically deformable holders are implemented with structural features that define the orifices and the deformable holding end, including configurations in which walls and legs form openwork spaces. The description further indicates an embodiment using a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) tray and relates to a packaging and/or sterilization context. The holding device is used during vertical insertion of the tube from the bottom, such that the upper flange passes and deforms the holding end, after which the holding end supports the tube substantially by the upper flange and can contact the tube body to hold the tube vertically.
Claims Coverage
Independent claim clm-00001 defines a holding device with 3 inventive features: a tray with orifices, elastically deformable holders, and a defined elastically deformable geometry.
Tray orifices allowing flange passage
A tray that defines orifices configured to receive a tube and to allow passage of the tube including the upper flange and the lower flange thereof.
Elastically deformable holders with upper-flange-supported holding
Holders configured to hold one tube through a corresponding one of the orifices by the upper flange, each holder having an elastically deformable element with a proximal end proximal the tray and a holding end distal to the tray in line with the corresponding orifice, wherein the holding end is configured to be deformed during passage of the upper flange through the corresponding orifice, and wherein the holding end supports the tube by the upper flange when the tube is inserted and is configured to be in contact with the tube body when the tube has been inserted.
Obliquely upward proximal and vertically upward distal elastically deformable geometry
Each elastically deformable element having an obliquely upward proximal portion extending from the proximal end towards an inside of the corresponding one of the orifices, and a vertically upward distal portion extending from the obliquely upward proximal portion towards the holding end.
The claim coverage is directed to a tray-and-holder holding device where tube flanges pass through tray orifices while an elastically deformable holding end deforms during upper-flange passage and then supports the tube by the upper flange, with the holding end formed by an obliquely upward proximal portion and vertically upward distal portion geometry.
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