Apparatus and method for injecting fluid into a subject
AssigneeCase.Md
InventorsSamuel Christopher Graska, Justin Rudy Gleason
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for injecting fluid into a subject includes a fluid injecting portable communication device case. The fluid injecting portable communication device case has a communication device portion. The communication device portion has a device recess that is configured to removably hold at least a portion of a portable communication device therein. A fluid injection portion has at least two fluid injection stations. Each fluid injection station is configured to interact with a fluid injector assembly, a removable trigger block, and a removable needle cover. Each fluid injector assembly includes a trigger, a firing mechanism, a plunger, and a needle.
Claims20
A fluid injecting portable communication device case, comprising
- a communication device portion having a device recess configured to removably hold at least a portion of a portable communication device therein;
- and
- a fluid injection portion having at least two fluid injection stations, each fluid injection station being configured for interaction with a fluid injector assembly, a removable trigger block, and a removable needle cover;
- each fluid injector assembly including a trigger, a firing mechanism, a plunger, and a needle.
A method of injecting fluid into a user, the fluid being associated, in a storage condition, with a portable communication device case, the method comprising:
- removably holding at least a portion of a portable communication device in a device recess of a communication device portion of the portable communication device case;
- providing first and second fluid reservoirs, each containing the fluid;
- placing each of the first and second fluid reservoirs in fluid communication with a corresponding first and second needle;
- providing first and second triggers, each trigger being operatively associated with at least one of a corresponding fluid reservoir and a corresponding needle;
- fully enclosing each fluid reservoir and the corresponding needle, in the storage condition, in a corresponding first or second transport compartment of the portable communication device case, each transport compartment collectively formed by the communication device portion of the portable communication device case, a corresponding first or second trigger block, and a needle cover;
- with the first and second trigger blocks, preventing actuation of the corresponding first and second triggers relative to the corresponding first and second fluid reservoirs when the portable communication device case is in the storage condition;
- selectively removing the first trigger block and the needle cover from the first transport compartment to transform the first fluid reservoir and corresponding needle of the portable communication device case from the storage condition to a use condition;
- actuating the first trigger, when the first fluid reservoir is in the use condition;
- responsive to the first trigger actuation, moving the first fluid reservoir and corresponding needle until the needle protrudes longitudinally from the first transport compartment;
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- responsive to the first trigger actuation, compressing the fluid in the first fluid reservoir to release the fluid into an ambient space from the fluid reservoir through the needle.
A fluid injecting portable communication device case, comprising:
- a communication device portion having a device recess configured to removably hold at least a portion of a portable communication device therein;
- a fluid injection portion located on an opposite side of the communication device portion, and oppositely facing from, the device recess, the fluid injection portion including a plurality of fluid injection stations, each fluid injection station being configured for interaction with a corresponding fluid injector assembly, a corresponding removable trigger block, and a removable needle cover;
- each fluid injector assembly including a trigger, a firing mechanism, a plunger, and a needle;
- wherein each trigger is separably operable from each other trigger, each trigger configured for selective longitudinal motion respective to a corresponding fluid injection station when the trigger block is removed, and each trigger being operatively connected to the corresponding firing mechanism, plunger, and needle;
- wherein the needle is configured for selective longitudinal motion respective to a corresponding fluid injection station when the needle cover is removed;
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- wherein each needle is moved to protrude longitudinally from the corresponding fluid injection station responsive to longitudinal force applied each trigger, transmitted longitudinally through at least the corresponding firing mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.