Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dose limiting mechanism
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Application No.: US16332198Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US11324893B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Karl James Hewson , George Bostock , George Robert Michael Savell
- Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB West Yorkshire
- Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
- Current Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB West Yorkshire
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: GB1615455 20160912
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/072723 WO 20170911
- International Announcement: WO2018/046721 WO 20180315
- Main IPC: A61M5/315
- IPC: A61M5/315 ; A61M5/20 ; A61M5/31

Abstract:
An injection device comprises a dose selector, rotatable by a user to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device and a drive assembly including a drive shaft (140) and a plunger element (145), the drive assembly being capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from a medicament container. A dose limit nut (141) is provided which is rotationally coupled to but not axially coupled to said drive shaft. The plunger element is threaded so that the dose limit nut is engaged with said plunger element via said thread, in order to guide relative axial movement between the dose limit nut and the plunger element. The dose limit nut is provided with dose limiting endstops which are capable of limiting axial travel of said dose limit nut with respect to said plunger element, so as to limit maximum and minimum doses of medicament which can be set by the user. In addition, the dose limit nut comprises a last dose rotary endstop feature which prevents further rotation of said dose limit nut with respect to said drive shaft so as to prevent the user setting a dose that is greater than an injectable volume of medicament remaining in said medicament container.
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