Single-use syringe with syringe lock

A syringe, comprising:

• a hollow syringe barrel, defining a central bore axis, the syringe barrel having a distal end and an open proximal end;
• a reciprocating plunger inserted in the open proximal end of the hollow syringe barrel, having a stopper on a distal end thereof in opposed orientation with the distal end of the syringe barrel;
• a plunger detent formed on a proximal end of the plunger;
• a pivoting syringe lock coupled to the syringe barrel proximate the open proximal end thereof, the syringe lock having at least one cantilever lock fork in continuous, biased, sliding, abutting contact with the plunger, the lock fork engaging the plunger detent after the plunger is fully advanced within the syringe barrel;
• the syringe barrel defining a pair of opposed, spaced, journal bearings oriented concentrically with the pivotal axis of the syringe lock, the journal bearings laterally flanking the central bore axis of the syringe;
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• the pivoting syringe lock having an axle oriented within the journal bearing of the syringe barrel, the axle establishing pivotal axis of the syringe lock, the at least one cantilever lock fork coupled to the axle and having a distal tip projecting tangential to the pivotal axis, and a lock spring coupled to the axle, for biasing the distal tip of the at least one lock fork into abutting contact with the plunger and for engaging the tip with the plunger detent;
• the syringe lock having a pair of concentrically aligned, opposed axles respectively oriented in respective journal bearings, a pair of lock forks laterally flanking the central bore axis of the syringe with respective distal tips projecting tangential to the pivotal axis of the syringe lock;
• the syringe plunger having a pair of plunger detents laterally flanking the central bore axis of the syringe, for receipt of a respective distal tip of a corresponding lock fork;
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• the plunger remaining locked in its advanced position within the syringe barrel while the at least one lock fork is engaged in its corresponding plunger detent.