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US 2025/0025638 A1Published application
Auto-Injector
AssigneeLent Innovations LLC
InventorAnne M. Lent
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Abstract
An auto-injector is used by a user with one hand to deliver a dose of a medication to a patient. The auto-injector includes side buttons that act as a safety lock. Depression of the side buttons applies a load to make the auto-injector ready for use to dispense the medication into the patient.
Claims16
An auto-injector capable of one-handed operation by a user in conjunction with a patient comprising:
- a housing;
- a syringe assembly having a needle and a chamber for containing medication;
- a moveable needle cover;
- a safety lock preventing movement of the needle cover;
- and
- at least one side button depressible when the user grips the housing with one hand to release the safety lock and to allow the needle cover to move and the needle to be inserted into the patient and medication delivered to the patient.
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A method of auto-injecting a patient comprising the steps:
- depressing at least one side button by gripping the device with one hand to make the auto-injector ready for use;
- making contact between the ready for use auto-injector and the patient so that a needle within the auto-injector is inserted into the patient;
- holding the device in contact with the patient until a dose of a medication within the auto-injector is dispensed into the patient;
- and
- removing the device from contact with the patient.
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An auto-injector capable of one-handed operation by a user in conjunction with a patient comprising:
- a housing;
- a syringe assembly having a needle and a chamber for containing medication;
- a moveable needle cover;
- and
- at least one side button depressible when the user grips the housing with one hand allowing the needle cover to move on contact with the patient so that the needle can be inserted into the patient and the medication delivered to the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.