Vial Transfer and Injection Apparatus and Method
AssigneeEnable Injections, Inc.
InventorsMichael D. Hooven, Matthew J. Huddleston, Joetta Renee Palmer, David Stefanchik
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Abstract
Drug delivery system, injection device, transfer apparatus, vial holder and method of administering and transferring are disclosed. The system may include transfer apparatus and an injection device. The transfer apparatus may have receiving stations for a drug source, such as a vial or vial holder, and for an injection device, and fluid flow pathways for transferring drugs from the source into the injection device. The injection device may include an expandable elastic bladder and an injection cannula that is movable between a plurality of positions.
Claims14
A medication injection device comprising:
- a housing having a skin-facing surface that includes an injection needle aperture through which an injection needle may extend from the housing;
- a skin displacement structure extending from the skin facing surface around the injection needle aperture;
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- the displacement structure serving to compress tissue around the injection needle aperture and thereby creating a tissue pressure zone around the injection needle aperture having higher pressure than in tissue outwardly of the tissue pressure zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.