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US 10,589,031 B2Granted
Flexible medicament injector and method of use
OwnerMarie Youssefiradinventor
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Abstract
An injector device and method for use, and particularly a veterinary injector, is disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward a veterinary injector including a flexible container configured to house a medicament, a plunger configured to be slidably received within a lumen of the container, a needle, and a stabilizer at the distal portion of the container and configured to be grasped by a user. The stabilizer can include a first flap extending away from the hub in a first direction, a second flap extending away from the hub in a second direction, and a third flap extending away from the hub in a third direction.
Claims17
An injector for delivering a medication to a subject, the injector comprising:
- a flexible container configured to house the medication, the container including a proximal portion, a distal portion, a proximal opening at the proximal portion, a distal opening at the distal portion, and a tubular sidewall defining a lumen therethrough, wherein the lumen extends from the proximal opening to the distal opening, and wherein the container is configured to be positioned generally parallel to a longitudinal axis;
- a plunger configured to be slidably received within the lumen of the container, wherein the plunger comprises a piston and a rod, and wherein the plunger is configured to be inserted through the proximal opening of the container;
- a stabilizer at the distal portion of the container, wherein the stabilizer includes—
- a proximal surface adjacent to the distal portion of the container;
- a distal surface opposite the proximal surface and configured to be positioned adjacent to an exterior portion of the subject;
- a hub having a hub lumen extending therethrough from the proximal surface to the distal surface, wherein the hub lumen is in fluid communication with the lumen of the container;
- a first flap extending away from the hub in a first direction;
- a second flap extending away from the hub in a second direction;
- a third flap extending away from the hub in a third direction, and
- a needle coupled to the distal portion of the container and extending distally past the distal surface of the stabilizer, wherein the stabilizer is configured to be grasped by a user during the delivery of the medication from the container through the needle to the subject to secure the position of the needle within the subject as the subject moves, and wherein the container is configured to bend outwardly away from the longitudinal axis as the subject moves while the needle is within the subject.
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A system for delivering a medication to an animal, the system comprising:
- an injector including—
- a flexible container configured to house the medication, the container including a proximal portion, a distal portion, a proximal opening at the proximal portion, a distal opening at the distal portion, and a tubular sidewall defining a lumen therethrough, wherein the lumen extends from the proximal opening to the distal opening, wherein the container is configured to be positioned generally parallel to a longitudinal axis;
- a plunger configured to be slidably received within the lumen of the container, wherein the plunger comprises a piston and a rod, and wherein the plunger is configured to be inserted through the proximal opening of the container;
- a needle coupled to the distal portion of the container;
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- a stabilizer configured to be detachably coupled to the distal portion of the container,
- wherein the stabilizer includes—
- a proximal surface configured to be adjacent to the distal portion of the container when the stabilizer is coupled to the container,
- a distal surface opposite the proximal surface and configured to be positioned adjacent to and facing an exterior portion of the animal while the needle is inserted into an interior portion of the animal and/or while the plunger is advanced within the container lumen to dispense the medication from the container through the needle, wherein the needle of the injector extends distally past the distal surface of the stabilizer, and
- a guide member projecting away from the proximal surface of the stabilizer, wherein the guide member is configured to be grasped by a user during the delivery of the medication to the animal to secure the position of the needle within the animal as the animal moves, and wherein the container is configured to bend outwardly away from the longitudinal axis along a length of the container between the proximal and distal portions as the animal moves while the needle is within the animal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.