One-piece glass prefilled syringe system

For a syringe including a fluid filled barrel having distal and proximal ends, a needle cannula communicating fluidically with the distal end of the barrel, and a plunger assembly located at the proximal end of the barrel and moving distally therethrough so as to expulse fluid from said barrel via said needle cannula, the improvement of a support and disposal jacket to support said syringe during the administration of an injection and to enclose and shield said syringe at the conclusion of the injection so that said syringe can be safely handled while avoiding an accidental stick from the needle cannula, said support and disposal jacket comprising:

• a first body member;
• a second body member;
• hinge means connecting said first and second body members together so that said body members are rotatable at said hinge means;
• a cavity formed completely through said first body member for receiving the barrel of said syringe therein;
• carrier means detachable coupled to the barrel of said syringe in surrounding engagement therewith, said carrier means pivotally connected to said first body member so as to be rotatable in said cavity for causing a corresponding rotation of said barrel in said cavity;
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• a recess formed in at least one of said first or second body members and sized to receive the barrel of said syringe,
• said barrel rotatable from a first position extending through the cavity in said first body member in transverse alignment with said first body member at which to administer the injection to a second position in generally parallel alignment with said first body member at the conclusion of the injection, and
• said first and second body members being aligned with one another to form an angle when the injection is administered or being rotated at said hinge means at the conclusion of the injection until said first and second body members are aligned one atop the other with the barrel of said syringe located therebetween and in the recess of said first or second body members.