Provided herein is a sensor assembly for a drug delivery device, including a housing defining an interior, the housing having at least one opening therein and being coupleable to a drug delivery device, a switch received at least partially within the interior and having an open configuration and a closed configuration, the switch configured to interact with a cooperating surface on the drug delivery device, and a communication device in electrical communication with the switch.

An interface of the needle of a medical syringe and realizes that a conical fitting and a conical inclined surface of a syringe barrel and a conical lip and a conical hole of the needle form an interface of the needle; when the conical hole of the needle is plugged onto the conical fitting of the syringe barrel, the needle is fixed onto the conical fitting of the syringe barrel to achieve the purpose of preventing a needle tip from swinging when the needle pierces a muscle or a blood vessel of a human body, so as to avoid misoperation; and after the medical syringe is used, the conical lip of the needle distal away from the needle tip only needs to be pinched flat, the needle can then be separated from the conical fitting of the syringe barrel of the medical syringe.

A safety needle device includes a housing including a passageway with a needle cannula extending therefrom. A shielding member is movable between a first position in which a puncture tip of the needle cannula is exposed therefrom and a second position in which the puncture tip of the needle cannula is encompassed therein. The shielding member is maintained in the first position against a biasing force which biases the shielding member toward the second position. A fluid and/or a temperature activation material is associated with the shielding member and is adapted to deform upon contact with a fluid medium and/or a certain temperature or temperature range. The fluid medium flowing through the needle cannula causes the fluid activation material to deform, such as through expansion, thereby releasing the shielding member from the first position and allowing a drive member to bias the shielding member toward the second position.

An assembly for storing both new and used pen needles of an injection apparatus, comprising a plurality of storage units each configured to store a pen needle having a needle fixed to a hub, the plurality of storage units being hingedly connected, and each including a storage end, and a dispensing end having an anti-rotation structure, wherein the anti-rotation structure working in conjunction with the hub of the pen needle to prevent rotation of the pen needle when the pen needle is in a dispensing position.

It is known to deliver drugs through the skin, i.e. transdermally, by using a needle that is used in conjunction with a device.

A device (10) comprises a device body (12) which has an opening (14) for receiving a needle assembly (100) in use. The device also comprises a loading mechanism (16) which is moveable in use to receive the needle assembly (100) via the opening (14) and secure the needle assembly (100) relative to the device body (12). The loading mechanism (16) is configured to receive and secure the needle assembly (100) upon force exerted on the loading mechanism (16) in a single direction (F.sub.D1).

In some embodiments a system and method are described for safeguarding a hazard, the hazard, for example a needle point, may be moved between a protected retracted position, an active extended position and/or an intermediate position. Optionally in the retracted position, the hazard may be protected inside a housing. Optionally in the extended position, the hazard may be exposed. Optionally, in the intermediate position the hazard may be partially protected and/or concealed, for example by a shield and/or in an indentation. In some embodiments, compromising a shield causes the hazard to be retracted to the retracted position.

A medical device connector includes a fluid transfer tip including a tapered surface for creating a friction fitting between the fluid transfer tip and a hub. A separable collar includes a first and second arcuate segments. The second segment includes an engagement feature for engaging with a corresponding engagement feature of a hub. A moveable disconnection member is arranged such that movement of the disconnection member moves the second segment of the separable collar from a first closed collar configuration position, to a second position, corresponding to an open collar configuration, in which the second segment is moved relative to the fluid transfer tip and the first segment, so as to allow disengagement of the engagement feature from the corresponding engagement feature. Movement of the disconnection member also releases the friction fitting between the fluid transfer tip and the hub.

A magazine (18) that stores a plurality of needles (56) configured to engage a medication pen (2) for medication delivery, the magazine (18) comprising a magazine housing (20) enclosing a removable array (26) having a plurality of hub chambers (22) each enclosing one of a plurality of needle hubs (50), a connector (28) in each of the plurality of huh chambers (22), each connector (28) engages one of the plurality of needle hubs (50), a plurality of peel tabs (30) each sealing one of the plurality of hub chambers (22), and an electronic indicator (62) to identify a status of the plurality of needle hubs (50), wherein the electronic indicator (62) identifies how many of the plurality of needle hubs (50) are unused.

A packaging for storing a drug delivery device comprising a container provided at its distal end with a distal tip bearing a needle, the needle being covered by a shield, the packaging comprising: a support comprising: a first holding element configured for receiving at least part of the shield before use, a second holding element configured for receiving a distal part of the needle after use, and an envelope for receiving the drug delivery device, the envelope being closed by the support.

This packaging device includes a housing delimiting a storing chamber. The storing chamber includes a distribution aperture configured to allow passage of one of said medical containers outside the housing so as to allow a user to pick up this medical container. The packaging device also includes a sharps container positioned inside the storing chamber of the housing in a pre-use position, the sharps container being removable from the storing chamber so as to be put outside the housing in a collecting position wherein the sharps container allows collection of the used medical containers. The sharps container is configured to contain the plurality of medical containers in the pre-use position and comprises a spill-out window configured to allow the medical containers to fall down into the storing chamber when the sharps container is moved from the pre-use position to the collecting position.