Appeal No. 2005-2537
Application No. 09/921,429
19. A tool for attaching a pen needle assembly, which
comprises a hub and needle cannula mounted to the hub, to an
injection device that has a needle mounting surface disposed
thereon, the tool comprising:
a. a cylindrical storage member having elongated cavities
complementary in size and shape to the pen needle assembly, the
cavities arranged radially in the cylindrical member so as to allow
the tool to rotate about an axis of rotation that is concentric
with the cavity's longitudinal axis;
b. a rotatable cover mounted on the storage member having a
cylindrical wall and having an opening that allows access to one
cavity at a time;
c. a remov[able] sterility barrier sealing the cavities;
wherein: the height of the cylindrical member and cover are
sized so as to allow a user to grasp the tool in one hand and to
rotate the tool in one hand 360 degrees about the axis of rotation
while simultaneously allowing the user to rotate the injection
device 360 degrees in an other hand, wherein when the tool is
grasped in the hand of a user, the majority of rotational force
applied to the tool occurs at a distance displaced away from the
axis of rotation of the tool, thereby maximizing the rotational
force on the pen needle assembly[.]
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the final
rejection are:
Current 4,203,518 May 20, 1980
Nguyen et al. (Nguyen) 5,873,462 Feb. 23, 1999
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