DISPENSING DEVICE WITH DRIVE MECHANISM HAVING CONVERGING RAMPS

• Main Author: JUDSON, JARED A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.09.2016
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A dispensing device for dispensing medication from a medication container. The dispensing device includes a housing, a drive member engageable with the medication container, at least one first ramp surface fixed relative to the housing, a driver movable within the housing to move the drive member for forcing medication from the medication container, the driver including at least one second ramp surface, and a plunger including at least one push module movable relative to the housing from a ready position to a plunged position. The at least one first ramp surface and the at least one second ramp surface have a complementary configuration to cause the driver to be moved to force medication from the medication container by a driving force applied to the at least one second ramp surface by the at least one push module as the at least one push module simultaneously engages both the at least one first ramp surface and the at least one second ramp surface during movement of the plunger from a ready position to a plunged position.