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Sterile, single use needles intended for use with pen injector devices for the subcutaneous injection of drugs

The Insupen Pen Needle/ Insupen ORIGINAL Pen needle/ Insupen ADVANCED Pen Needle are sterile, single use, single patient pen needles intended for use with pen injector devices for the subcutaneous injection of drugs. Pen needles are used by consumers, caregivers and healthcare professionals. The intended patients for this device is the population from newborn to elderly. The device can be used both in domestic and professional environment. It is considered MR unsafe. The list of drugs tested and intended to be used with Pikdare's pen needle are Insulin, peptic hormone, peptic glucagon-like-1, and drug for the treatment of osteoporosis. All compatibility is checked following the requirements of ISO 11608-2:2012. The pen needle assembly consists of a double-ended cannula that is assembled into an injection molded hub by gluing. The hub has internal threads which allow it to be screwed onto the pen injector device. This allows the cartridge end of the cannula to penetrate through the rubber septum of the cartridge. The patient end and the cartridge end of the cannula are lubricated using a silicone based lubricant for ease of injection and pen cartridge septum penetration. There is an inner needle shield assembled over the patient end of the cannula to protect the needle tip from damage and accidental needle sticks. Each pen needle is protected with a sealed medical paper which together with the primary container provide a sterility barrier. The pen needle is packaged in boxes and sterilized with ETO. It is intended for single patient and single use only. To use a pen needle, the user needs to remove the medical paper, screw the needle onto the pen injector device. Then the user removes both the outer cap and the inner protective cap to expose the needle and make an injection. After the injection, the needle is unscrewed from the pen injector device and disposed in an appropriate container respecting applicable regulations and laws.