Syringe system

Syringe apparatus comprising:

• one or more disposable syringe components that each include a syringe barrel, a hollow needle projecting from an end of the barrel, and a syringe plunger tip sealingly slidable in the barrel for drawing fluid into the needle or expelling fluid through the needle;
• a syringe pick-up head including at least a plunger mounted for longitudinal reciprocatory movement for driving the plunger tip to slide in the barrel;
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• means for detachably engaging a said disposable syringe element to said syringe pick-up head with the plunger in co-operatively driving engagement with the plunger tip.

Syringe apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a projecting plunger mounted for longitudinal reciprocatory movement;
• and
• means on the housing to receive and detachably engage with a disposable syringe component that includes a syringe barrel, a hollow needle projecting from an end of the barrel and a syringe plunger tip sealingly slidable in the barrel for drawing fluid into the needle or expelling fluid through the needle;
• wherein said plunger and said detachable engagement are such that the plunger is in co-operating driving engagement with the plunger.

A disposable syringe component comprising:

• a syringe barrel;
• a hollow needle projecting from an end of the barrel;
• a syringe plunger tip sealingly slidable in the barrel for drawing fluid into the needle or expelling fluid through the needle;
• and
• means on the plunger tip detachably engageable with a plunger for driving the plunger tip to slide in the barrel.

A syringe component comprising:

• a syringe barrel;
• a hollow needle projecting from an end of the barrel;
• a syringe plunger sealingly slidable in the barrel for drawing fluid into the needle or expelling fluid through the needle;
• a formation on the syringe barrel detachably engageable with a coupling mechanism for transport of the syringe component;
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• a formation on the plunger detachably engageable with a plunger for driving the plunger to slide in the barrel while the syringe barrel is engaged with the coupling mechanism.