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US 12,656,092 B2Granted
Ballistic delivery method and system for injectable formulations
OwnerCharles E. Anknerinventor
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Abstract
A system and method of humanely dosing a human or animal with a formulation at a distance. A system capable of dosing a recipient with a formulation having a mass between 10 and 500 grains propelled at low-to-medium ballistic velocities (300 to 800 feet per second) and with medium-to-long range ballistic accuracy (10 to over 100 yards) without causing serious physical harm to, nor the death of, the recipient.
Claims16
A spiraling ballistic flight projectile injection system for dosing a human or animal recipient with a formulation via injection at a ballistic distance, the system comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis, a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein said housing has at least one cavity storing the formulation and at least one distal outlet port through which the formulation exits said housing;
- an injector head having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis in common with the housing longitudinal axis, including at least one proximal inlet port fluidly connected to the at least one distal outlet port of the housing, and including at least one curved distal hypodermic needle extending distally from the injector head offset from the housing and injector head longitudinal axis, the injector head proximal end mounted to the housing distal end along the housing and injector head longitudinal axis via a rotatable hub, the rotatable hub configured to allow the injector head to spin along the common longitudinal axis in respect to the housing, and
- wherein upon spiraling ballistic contact with the recipient, the at least one curved distal hypodermic needle, cooperatively with the direction of rotation of the housing and injector head along the common longitudinal axis of the housing and injector head, penetrates the dermis of the recipient to a depth facilitative of and suitable for subdermal bolus injection of the formulation, wherein the injector head when impacting the recipient constructively stops both distal and rotational movement along the common longitudinal axis,
- wherein the formulation exits the at least one cavity and passes through the at least one distal outlet port of the housing into the at least one proximal inlet port of the injector head and through the at least one curved distal hypodermic needle, so that the recipient is injected with the formulation without causing serious injury to or the death of the recipient.
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