Implanting device and implant magazine
First Claim
1. A device for implanting pellets and the like into an animal comprising:
- (a) a housing having a forward end and a rearward end;
(b) needle support means mounted on said housing adjacent the forward end thereof, said needle support means being moveable between a first position and a second position;
(c) means on said housing for supporting an implant magazine having a plurality of pellet-containing stations therein;
(d) an implant rod supported within said housing and moveable between a third position and a fourth position;
(e) first means for moving said implant rod between said third and fourth positions;
(f) a needle retraction rod supported on said housing, said needle retraction rod being coupled to said needle support means and adapted to engage an implant magazine supported on said housing;
(g) means on said housing for rotating said needle retraction rod to align a pellet containing station of an implant magazine with said implant rod; and
(h) second means for moving said needle support means between said first and second positions.
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Abstract
An implanting device for implanting pellets and like subcutaneously or intramuscularly in animals is described which utilizes means for indexing an implant magazine having a plurality of pellet-containing stations therein and means for automatically retracting a needle from about an implant charge to deposit the pellets in an animal. The implant magazine is indexed for sequential applications automatically as the retraction mechanism is cocked. Additionally, means for automatically ejecting a spent or empty implant cartridge are provided to prevent false deposition of implants. An implant cartridge having open channels containing implants can be utilized with the implanting device, the channels having means thereon for increasing the size of the channel during the implanting step to substantially eliminate the crushing or breaking of pellets as they are expelled from the cartridge. Alignment and stabilization means for the implant magazine and the implanting device also are provided.
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22 Claims
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1. A device for implanting pellets and the like into an animal comprising:
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(a) a housing having a forward end and a rearward end; (b) needle support means mounted on said housing adjacent the forward end thereof, said needle support means being moveable between a first position and a second position; (c) means on said housing for supporting an implant magazine having a plurality of pellet-containing stations therein; (d) an implant rod supported within said housing and moveable between a third position and a fourth position; (e) first means for moving said implant rod between said third and fourth positions; (f) a needle retraction rod supported on said housing, said needle retraction rod being coupled to said needle support means and adapted to engage an implant magazine supported on said housing; (g) means on said housing for rotating said needle retraction rod to align a pellet containing station of an implant magazine with said implant rod; and (h) second means for moving said needle support means between said first and second positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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