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US 11,883,633 B2Granted
Autoinjector system
AssigneeAvant Medical Corp.
InventorsJohn B. Slate, Michael W. Burk, Richard J. Koerner, Corey M. Magers, Andrew C. Barnes
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Abstract
An autoinjector system for injecting a fluid medicament into a patient includes a re-usable autoinjector, and a disposable cassette loaded with a hypodermic syringe pre-filled with a fluid medicament. The autoinjector includes a first motor for injecting a needle of the hypodermic syringe into the patient and a second motor for expelling the fluid medicament from the syringe.
Claims16
An injector for injecting a medicament into a patient, the injector comprising:
- a surface configured to removably mount a cassette thereon, the cassette having a syringe containing the medicament movably disposed therein;
- a housing;
- a frame disposed with the housing, the frame including a cassette support portion providing the surface;
- a motor driven link having a first end engageable with a portion of the cassette when the cassette is mounted on the surface, the link for moving the syringe from a first position to a second position;
- a rack and pinion drive system,
- wherein the rack and pinion drive system includes a rack member, the rack member having a distal end forming the link, and
- wherein the link comprises a tab extending through an opening in the cassette support portion to engage the cassette.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.