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US 7,029,457 B2Granted
Jet injector with hand piece
AssigneeFelton International, Inc.
InventorsVictor T. Rogatchev, Patrick B. McCalmon
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a jet injector system with a hand piece. The present invention generally comprises a power unit, a medicine unit, an energy unit, a supply bottle, and a hand piece. The hand piece and power unit may be separate components connected to each other by a high pressure hose, which gives the user more flexibility. A valve assembly having a ball lock assembly and a needle assembly controls the release of medication from the high pressure hose into the hand piece and out a nozzle into the subject.
Claims12
A jet injector for administering a medicine to a subject, comprising:
- a hand piece having a body and a core;
- a medicine unit in fluid communication with the hand piece to supply the medicine at a high pressure to the core of the hand piece, the medicine unit having a high pressure chamber;
- a power unit connected to said medicine unit for creating high pressure in the high pressure chamber, the power unit having an amplifier and an air distribution system;
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- an energy unit having a gas cylinder, wherein the energy unit supplies gas to the air distribution system of the power unit;
- wherein the high pressure medicine supplied to the core of the hand piece is at a pressure sufficient to create a jet for injecting the medicine into the subject.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.