A hollow needle, for use in medical and other areas where thin hollow needles are used to inject or aspirate fluids and gases, is provided and comprises of a thin, rigid tube body that is open on both ends and throughout the length with one sharp end. The needle body is designed and can be manufactured with a curved shape and or other geometric features, can be drawn to a desired curvature with heat, or can be curved afterwards, to specific specifications depending on the application. The needle so configured advantageously allows the user to circumvent an obstacle and or obstacles that otherwise inhibit direct linear access to a point-of-interest by providing a device that can take the sharp point of a needle on an indirect path towards the desired therapy delivery point.

A drug delivery device for sequentially delivering a predefined plurality of fixed doses, wherein the drug delivery device comprises a housing assembly, a drive mechanism comprising a drive tube and adapted to sequentially deliver the predefined plurality of doses, and an activation mechanism for activating the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism further comprises a pre-strained torsional drive spring (108, 208) conserving an initial amount of energy, and adapted for rotating the drive tube, wherein each activation of the drive mechanism, and completion of a drive tube dose sequence reduces the amount of conserved energy in the drive spring, and wherein the initial amount of conserved energy, which is the conserved energy before the first activation, is sufficient to deliver the predefined plurality of fixed doses.

A drug delivery device includes a housing, a container at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to contain a medicament, an injection mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to exert a force to urge the medicament from the container, a drug delivery component at least partially disposed within the housing, and at least one pin positioned adjacent to the housing and preventing activation of the activation mechanism until the at least one pin reaches a desired temperature.

A blinding cap (1001) for covering a rigid needle shield mounted on a syringe, that comprises first (1010) and second parts (1020) joined by a hinge (1030). The first and second parts are engagable around the rigid needle shield by flexure of the hinge such that a raised lip (1050) of the first part is engaged in a recess (1080) of the second part and a first locking member (1070) and a second locking member (1090) engage one another to lock the first and second parts together. The first and second parts together define a cavity for receiving the rigid needle shield and have a first flange portion (1040a) and a second flange portion (1040b) that are juxtaposed to form an inwardly-projecting flange that is disposed between an end surface of the rigid needle shield and a barrel of the syringe. The first and second parts also have one or more fins (1060, 1061) that are configured to engage the rigid needle shield.

A catheter assembly may include an introducer needle coupled to a needle hub, an intermediate member having a contact surface, a resilient member, and a ramp member. The resilient member may be coupled to one of the needle hub and the intermediate member. The ramp member may be coupled to the other one of the needle hub and the intermediate member. The resilient member may engage a ramp surface of the ramp member and impart a force on the intermediate member in a distal direction. The contact surface of the intermediate member may engage a proximal surface of a catheter adapter body and urge the catheter adapter body in the distal direction such that a catheter projecting from the catheter adapter body may be translated in the distal direction relative to the introducer needle.

A safety mechanism syringe includes a syringe, a needle, a holder, and a needle cover displaceable relatively with respect to the syringe along an axial direction of the syringe from a use position toward a protection position. The holder includes a locking portion. At least one member of the holder and the needle cover includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the other member, and the other member includes a restriction portion that abuts on the protruding portion to restrict relative displacement of the needle cover with respect to the syringe along the axial direction of the syringe from the protection position toward the use position.

A safety mechanism syringe includes a syringe, a needle, a holder, and a needle cover displaceable relatively with respect to the syringe along an axial direction of the syringe from a use position toward a protection position. The holder includes a locking portion. At least one member of the holder and the needle cover includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the other member, and the other member includes a restriction portion that abuts on the protruding portion to restrict relative displacement of the needle cover with respect to the syringe along the axial direction of the syringe from the protection position toward the use position.

A drug delivery device is disclosed, wherein the device comprises a housing; a product container arranged in the housing; a plunger rod partially disposed inside the product container; and a thumb pad configured to receive a portion of the plunger rod, wherein the thumb pad and the plunger rod are configured to transition from a first state to a second state, wherein at the first state, the plunger rod is prevented from moving in a proximal direction, and at the second state, the plunger rod moves freely in a proximal direction.

A shieldable needle device including a drive member is disclosed. The drive member is extendable between a biased position and an extended position for moving a tip guard from an first position to a second position in which the tip guard shields a distal end of the needle cannula. The shieldable needle device includes a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides of the hub that are movable between a laterally extending position and a dorsal position. With the wings in the dorsal position, the wings retain the drive member in the biased position thereby maintaining the tip guard in the first position. Movement of the wings from the dorsal position to the laterally extending position releases retainment of the drive member. A second drive member may be included.

An assembly nest for transporting a tubular sub assembly of a drug delivery device on an automated production line, in which the tubular sub assembly includes a tubular body and a cap that is wider than the tubular body. The assembly nest includes a base against which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device is mountable to orientate said sub assembly in a predetermined position; and locking mechanism having a resilient member to urge the locking mechanism into one of: an unlocked position, in which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device can be mounted to the base; or a locked position, in which the locking mechanism engages a mounted sub assembly to retain it in its predetermined position on the base.