Medical Cartridge Receiver Having Access Device

A needle and receiver assembly for use with a syringe cartridge filled with medicine, said assembly comprising:

• a cartridge receiver having a hollow interior, an open end sized for receiving at least part of the syringe cartridge, and a closed end opposite the open end;
• a needle mounted on the receiver having a fluid passage extending between a delivery tip at a distal end of the needle for inserting the needle into tissue of a patient and an access tip at a proximal end of the needle opposite the delivery tip for inserting the needle into a diaphragm of the cartridge, the needle extending through the closed end of the receiver so the access tip is positioned inside the hollow interior of the receiver and the delivery tip is positioned outside the receiver;
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• a cutter movably mounted in the hollow interior of the receiver for cutting the diaphragm of the cartridge when received in the hollow interior of the receiver.