A drug delivery device with a housing configured to connect to a dispensing unit including a compartment containing a fluid, a piston rod configured to move in a proximal direction for ejecting the fluid, and a dosing mechanism including an actuation member to be actuated by a user. The device includes a conversion mechanism configured to convert a movement of the actuation member to a movement of the piston rod. The conversion mechanism includes a dose selector member, which is rotationally fixed to the housing and axially movable with respect to the housing, and a dosing member, which is rotationally movable with respect to the dose selector member. The drug delivery device includes a friction reduction mechanism provided between the dose selector member and the dosing member to reduce friction between the dose selector member and the dosing member.

A kit includes a drug delivery device and a dispensing unit. The drug delivery device includes a housing, a resetting element and a piston rod and the dispensing unit includes a cartridge holder. The cartridge holder is configured to be mounted to the housing and to receive a cartridge filled with a drug. The piston rod is configured to move in a proximal direction out of the housing to eject the drug and the resetting element is configured to rotate relative to the housing when no dispensing unit is attached to the housing and to thereby move the piston rod back into the housing. The dispensing unit is configured to press axially against the resetting element upon mounting to the housing to move the resetting element in the distal direction into the housing, and thereby rotationally lock the resetting element with respect to the housing.

A drug delivery device has a housing with a longitudinal axis, a dose setting member actuatable by a user and rotatable around the longitudinal axis to set a dose to be delivered by the drug delivery device, a piston rod that is configured to be axially advanced in a proximal direction to deliver the set dose, and a dosing member for defining the axial advancement of the piston rod upon delivery of the set dose. The dosing member is axially movable along the longitudinal axis and rotationally movable around the longitudinal axis during dose setting, and the dosing member is rotationally fixed to the dose setting member during dose setting. The dosing member includes a maximum dose stop that is configured to engage with a maximum stop feature provided at the housing to limit movement of the dosing member with respect to the housing upon setting a maximum dose.

A liquid medicine injection device includes: a liquid medicine storage unit including a cylinder including a space configured to store liquid medicine therein and a discharge hole connected to the space, and a piston arranged inside the cylinder and moving toward the discharge hole depending on discharge of the liquid medicine; a first electrode on an outer surface of the cylinder; a second electrode on the outer surface of the cylinder, the second electrode facing the first electrode with the piston therebetween; and a circuit unit including a substrate electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.

The invention also relates to an improved auto injector adapted for receiving a cassette with medicament and for administering the medicament in the cassette to a patient, the auto injector extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, wherein the cassette is removable received in the auto injector along the longitudinal direction.

A drug delivery device comprising a housing body; a piston rod configured to rotate in a rotational direction during dose dispensing under a driving force; and a threaded insert, wherein the piston rod is in threaded engagement with the threaded insert such that during the dose dispensing. the piston rod displaces axially in a distal direction relative to the threaded insert for displacement of a cartridge hung. The threaded insert is movable relative to a stop provided in the housing body and a spring is provided to bias the threaded insert against the stop so that the rotation of the piston rod causes the threaded insert to move away from the stop in response to reaction forces, induced by the cartridge bung into the threaded insert, acting on the piston rod in a proximal direction when the reaction forces exceed a biasing force of the spring.

A housing includes a body and a cartridge holder. The body can accommodate a drive mechanism including a piston rod to operably engage with a piston of a cartridge filled with a liquid injectable medicament. The cartridge holder has a cartridge receiving space. The cartridge holder has an insert section at a proximal end. The body has a receptacle to receive the insert section. The cartridge holder includes a first latch element located on the insert section. The body includes a second latch element located in the receptacle and protruding inwardly from a side wall section of the receptacle. A radial extension of the first latch element is less than a thickness of the side wall of the insert section or of the receptacle. A radial protrusion of the second latch element is less than a thickness of the side wall sections of the insert section or of the receptacle.

The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device (10) comprising a housing (12, 14); a medicament container holder (90), arranged movable in relation to said housing (12, 14) and capable of accommodating a medicament container (92); an biased activator (160) comprising a plunger rod (164), which plunger rod (164) is arranged to act on the medicament container (92) for delivering a dose of medicament through a medicament delivery member (102 when said biased activator (160) is operated; a manually operable dose setting member (72) operably connected to both said housing and said medicament container holder such that manual operation of said dose setting member (72) will cause the medicament container holder (90) with the medicament container (92) to move towards said plunger rod (164) for setting a dose of medicament to be delivered; a dose drum (56) releasably connected to the dose setting member (72) through a releasable connection mechanism (68, 84I) such that when the dose setting member is operated, said dose drum (56) is displaced from an initial position to a set dose position; a release mechanism (116) operably connected to said biased activator (160), wherein, when said plunger rod (164) is moved to an end position of the dose delivery operation, said release mechanism (116) is arranged to act on said connection mechanism (68, 84I) for releasing said dose drum (56) from said dose setting member (72). The invention is characterised in that said release mechanism is arranged with a locking mechanism (130, 84II) arranged to lock said dose setting member (72) from displacement as the connection mechanism (68, 84I) is operated for releasing said dose drum (56) from said dose setting member (72).

The present disclosure relates to a medicament container for accommodating a liquid medicament. The medicament container includes an elongated container barrel defining a longitudinal direction and having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is opposite the distal end. The container barrel includes a proximal container cross section at the proximal end. The elongated container barrel includes a distal container cross section at the distal end and the proximal container cross section is substantially identical to the distal container cross section. The medicament container further includes a seal arranged at the distal end and extending across the distal container cross section, and a retainer engaged with the seal and engaged with the elongated container barrel to fix the seal to the distal end.

A medicine container for medicine substances which can be mixed with one another includes a container body, a stopper and a mixing element. The container body has a first end with a stopper opening and a second end with a base having an outlet. The stopper is displaceable between the ends. A mixing chamber for receiving the medicine substances is delimited by a portion of an inner casing surface of the container body, a side of the stopper and the base. The mixing element can be disposed in the mixing chamber. The medicine container is adapted to discharge the medicine substances from the medicine container by displacement of the stopper in the direction of the outlet. The stopper is adapted to receive the mixing element at least partially by a recess. The invention further relates to a method for operating such a medicine container.