Injection apparatus
OwnerRobert S. Norgreninventor
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Abstract
An injection apparatus includes a housing having an ampule provided with medication therein, a needle at one end and a sealing piston in the other end of the ampule, the ampule disposed in position in one part of the housing, the second part of the housing is provided with first means for moving the ampule so that the needle extends out from the housing and into a body against which the housing is positioned as the second part is moved relative to the first part and second means for moving the piston in the ampule to express the medication therefrom into the body upon further movement of the second housing part relative to the first housing part.
Claims8
An injection apparatus for injection of a medication from an ampule and into a person's body comprising:
- a housing including an ampule-receiving section and an operating section, an ampule having a piston therein and a needle thereon disposed in said ampule- receiving section, said operating section being movable relative to said ampule-receiving section;
- guide means provided by said ampule-receiving section along which said ampule is disposed;
- ampule-driving means and plunger means provided by said operating section, said ampule-driving means driving a ampule along said guide means to a first position in said housing when said operating section is moved relative to said ampule-receiving section upon said housing being positioned against an area of the person's body thereby driving a needle through an end of said housing and into the person's body and said plunger means driving said piston in a ampule to a second position thereby injecting the medicine in the ampule into the person's body;
- and means provided by said ampule-driving means and said guide means to move said ampule-driving means out of engagement with said ampule when said ampule has reached said first position.
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