Painless injector
AssigneeMedimop Medical Projects Ltd.
InventorsYossi Gross, Oz Cabiri
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Abstract
Apparatus for use with tissue (22) of a subject, including a substance (24) configured to be injected into the tissue, and first and second tissue-squeezing surfaces (20) configured to be placed on first and second sides of the tissue, to exert pressure on the tissue by being moved toward each other in response to a squeezing force (F), and to facilitate injection of the substance into the tissue by releasing the substance in response to application of the squeezing force.
Claims15
An apparatus for use with tissue of a subject, comprising:
- a substance configured to be injected into the tissue;
- and
- first and second tissue-squeezing surfaces configured to be placed on first and second sides of the tissue, the first and second tissue-squeezing surfaces exerting pressure on the tissue by being moved toward each other in response to a squeezing force, the first and second tissue-squeezing surfaces facilitating injection of the substance into the tissue by releasing the substance upon breaking or decoupling an anchor coupled to the tissue-squeezing surfaces in response to application of the squeezing force,
- wherein the tissue includes skin of the subject, and wherein the tissue-squeezing surfaces comprise skin-squeezing surfaces configured to exert pressure on the subject's skin by being moved toward each other in response to a squeezing force.
An apparatus for use with a syringe that has a syringe needle, the apparatus comprising:
- pinching surfaces configured to be disposed distal to a distal tip of the syringe needle, and to facilitate penetration of tissue of a subject by the distal tip of the syringe needle, by pinching a fold of tissue toward the distal tip of the syringe needle until the distal tip of the syringe needle is disposed within the fold of tissue;
- and one or more operating elements configured to operate the pinching surfaces, at least a portion of the operating elements move radially outwardly beyond the syringe when the pinching surfaces pinch the fold of tissue,
- wherein the tissue includes internal tissue of the subject, and wherein the pinching surfaces are configured to contact the subject's internal tissue and facilitate penetration of the subject's internal tissue by the distal tip of the syringe needle.
An apparatus comprising:
- a syringe that comprises:
- a syringe needle;
- a barrel;
- a plunger;
- and
- pinching surfaces disposed distal to a distal tip of the syringe needle, and configured to facilitate penetration of tissue of a subject by the distal tip of the syringe needle, by pinching a fold of tissue toward the distal tip of the syringe needle until the distal tip of the syringe needle is disposed within the fold of tissue;
- and two operating elements each configured to operate one of the pinching surfaces, each operating element being positioned entirely exterior to the barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.