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US 5,314,412 AGranted
Manifold for a two barrel syringe
AssigneeNovo Nordisk A/S
InventorJorn Rex
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for simultaneous injection of two different kinds of preparations in a preset proportion.
Claims3
Manifold for a two-barrel pen syringe for administering two different kinds of medicine, said syringe having two parallel cartridges each containing a different kind of medicine and each sealed at their outlet end with a rubber membrane, said manifold comprising:
- a molded plastic body;
- a mixing chamber being formed as a cavity within said plastic body;
- a first, second and third needle each having two ends, a first sharp end and a second end opening into said mixing chamber;
- said mixing chamber being open at one end thereof for one end of said first and second needles, the other end of the mixing chamber being closed by a membrane through which one end of said third needle must pass to open into said cavity;
- said first and second needles being embedded in said molded plastic body and having said first sharp ends project from one side of said molded plastic body with a spacing bringing them in a position to pierce rubber membranes of cartridges in a syringe when the manifold is mounted thereon;
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- said third needle having its first sharp end project outside of said molded plastic body from a side opposite the sharp ends of said first and second needles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.