BUTTON AND BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE

• Main Authors: HIGGINS, Daniel David, GILMORE, Stephen Francis, TEUCHER, Mark Digby, COOP, James Robert, LUSTOSA HORN, Denny, BLANCKE, Stefan, JUGL, Michael, JONES, Matthew Meredith, WEST, James Anthony, COLLINGS, Ralph Donald Quentin, MARSH, William Geoffrey Arthur, SLADEN, Sophie, MORRIS, Anthony Paul
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.09.2020
• 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 button for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a plate-like button body forming a touch surface, wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body includes a material composite with at least one first component consisting of a first material and at least one second component consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are coupled via at least one coupling plane that is at least section wise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Further, the disclosure describes a button assembly for a drug delivery device which is shock resistant.