An apparatus for use with a syringe for providing a safety syringe, the safety syringe including a plunger configured during an inward stroke to expel a substance from a hypodermic needle attached at an open end of a barrel of the syringe, the apparatus including: a biasing member configured to bias a sheath towards a closed position at least partially covering the hypodermic needle, wherein the biasing member is configured to be released at a point on the inward stroke of the plunger to urge the sheath towards the closed position.

A safety needle has a needle base, a puncture needle, and a safety cap. The puncture needle is inserted into a front end of a needle connection segment of the needle base. The safety cap is combined with a front end of the needle base. The safety cap has a needle cap and a resilient member mounted in the needle base. The needle cap is mounted around the puncture needle. Guiding blocks formed on the rear end of the needle cap are mounted respectively in positioning recesses in a housing of the needle base. The needle cap and an outer cap are mounted around the puncture needle, and the puncture needle can be kept from exposure. The needle cap can be locked with the positioning recesses, and the safety needle cannot be reused and can be distinguished as a used needle.

The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including: a housing configured to contain a drug container with a needle, a needle shroud that is telescopically connected to the housing, and a cap that is configured to be releasably connected to the housing before use of the device. At least one of the cap and the needle shroud is adapted to unreleasably lock the cap onto the housing after reapplying the cap onto the housing after the drug delivery device is used.

A device configured to administer a medication can comprise a lower housing that includes a housing latch. The device can further comprise a needle guard that is movable relative to the lower housing along a first direction from a first position to a second position so as to expose a needle, and an upper housing supported relative to the lower housing. The upper housing can be configured to move with respect to the lower housing along a second direction from a pre-use position to a dispensed position. The housing latch can releasably interfere with the upper housing when the upper housing is in the pre-use position so as to prevent the upper housing from moving toward the dispensed position, and the movement of the needle guard toward the second position, causes the interference to be removed, thereby allowing the upper housing to move toward the second position.

A medical delivery device (3) comprises a rod element having a stem with a longitudinal axis and a first thread arrangement, a dosage member (34) comprising a second thread arrangement and a chamber body, a dial unit (31), and a coupling structure coupling the dial unit (31) to the dosage member (34). The stem of the rod element extends into the chamber body of the dosage member (34). In a dosing status of the medical delivery device (3), the first thread arrangement of the rod element engages the second thread arrangement of the dosage member (34). Further, in the dosing status, the rod element is movable along its longitudinal axis relative to the dosage member (34) by the first thread arrangement of the rod element and the second thread arrangement of the dosage member (34) travelling along each other such that a volume of a dosage chamber in the interior of the chamber body of the dosage member (34) is varied. Still further, in the dosing status rotation of the dial unit (31) applies a torsional force to the dosage member (34) via the coupling structure, which torsional force rotates the dosage member (34) such that the second thread arrangement of the dosage member (34) and the first thread arrangement of the stem of the rod element travel along each other. The coupling structure has an overload protection mechanism (313, 314, 322, 324) configured to prevent that the torsional force applied by the dial unit (31) to the dosage member (34) exceeds a predefined threshold force.

A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (22), a needle (12) having a sharp distal tip disposed in the catheter (22), a catheter hub (14) housing the catheter (22) and the needle (12), the catheter hub (14) having a collar (34) including a notch (36), a needle shield (20) connected to the catheter hub (14) when the needle (12) is in a first position, and a clip (40) disposed in the needle shield (20) that cooperates with the needle (12), wherein the clip (40) engages the catheter hub (14) in the first position of the needle (12), and the clip (40) disengages the catheter hub (14) via the notch (36) when the needle (12) is retracted to a second position to enclose at least a portion of the needle (12). The clip (40) is mounted in the outer housing (38) of the needle shield (20) via a spade (66) having an outer wall (70) exposed to the outside of the needle shield (20), in order to reduce the overall width of the needle shield (20).

Devices and methods for a compact injector are provided with a compact configuration for ease of carrying or storage, and an activated configuration ready for injection. In the compact configuration, a plunger and a needle are both retracted into the injector housing, and upon actuation to the activated configuration, the plunger extends proximally and the needle extends distally, ready for injection. An extendable needle shield is also provided to block visibility of the needle during injection, and to reduce the risk of inadvertent needle stick at other times, including disposal.

A storage device (30) for storing a pen needle assembly (10) includes a housing (30) having first wells (44) with a dimension for receiving the pen needle assembly and second wells (46) for receiving an inner shield (24) of the pen needle assembly. The second wells (46) have a diameter less than a diameter of the first wells (44). An ejector (40) in the housing (34) can be actuated to eject the used needle hub (16) and outer covers (22) from the first well (44) and the inner shield (24) from the second well (46) for disposal. A method of coupling a pen needle delivery device to a needle hub positions a needle hub assembly (18) in the first well (44) and inserts the coupling end of the delivery device (10) into the first well (44) and is coupled to the needle hub. The needle hub is pulled from the outer cover (22). The inner shield (24) is inserted into the second well (46) to remove the inner shield from the needle hub.

Needle covers having a clam-shell configuration configured to removably attach to a feature of a needle while the needle is inserted into the skin of a patient. The needle cover comprises a base having connecting feature, and a two-piece hinged cap connected to the base by two living hinges.

Apparatus and methods for a single, handheld device that provides for both insertion of a catheter and collection of a fluid. Some embodiments further include a needle that assists in the insertion of the catheter into a blood vessel, and which includes a retraction feature that protects the user from an accidental needle stick when the device is ready for disposal. Still further embodiments include a protective cover that prevents a user from accidentally being stuck by a second needle used for the introduction of the patient's blood into a collection device.