Modular automatic or manual emergency medicine injection system
First Claim
1. A modular fluid medication injection system capable of automatic mechanically powered administration and manual administration of a fluid medication, comprising:
- a medicant module having a needle end and a plunger end, the medicant module comprising;
a barrel having a cavity therein;
a manually usable syringe subassembly positioned within the barrel slidable within the cavity to allow deployment of the syringe subassembly, the syringe subassembly having;
an ampule for housing fluid medication;
a needle in fluid communication with said ampule;
a plunger for forcing the fluid medication from the ampule through the needle;
said plunger including a plunger shaft and a plunger portion which extends from the ampule to allow manual depression of the plunger to dispense fluid from the ampule;
an activator module having a driver end detachably connected to the plunger end of the medicant module and a proximal end, the activator module comprising;
a driver for forcing the syringe subassembly through the barrel to inject the needle and displace fluid medication through the needle, the driver having a ramming head oriented toward the driver end of the activator module, the ramming head operably abutting the plunger of the syringe subassembly when the activator module is connected to the medicant module; and
a driver release for controllably releasing the driver.
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Abstract
A modular fluid medication injection assembly (10) includes a medicant module (12) and an activator module (14). The medicant module (12) holds a replaceable, disposable syringe subassembly (24). The activator module (14) contains a driver (56) and driver release (70) for deployment and injection of the syringe subassembly. The modular design permits the use of various-sized medicant modules (12) to accommodate different sized syringe subassemblies (24) and dosages of fluid medication. Additionally, spare modules (12) may be kept on hand for administering multiple dosages from the same syringe subassembly. A carrying case (166) for the injection assembly (10) is also disclosed.
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21 Claims
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1. A modular fluid medication injection system capable of automatic mechanically powered administration and manual administration of a fluid medication, comprising:
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a medicant module having a needle end and a plunger end, the medicant module comprising; a barrel having a cavity therein; a manually usable syringe subassembly positioned within the barrel slidable within the cavity to allow deployment of the syringe subassembly, the syringe subassembly having; an ampule for housing fluid medication; a needle in fluid communication with said ampule; a plunger for forcing the fluid medication from the ampule through the needle;
said plunger including a plunger shaft and a plunger portion which extends from the ampule to allow manual depression of the plunger to dispense fluid from the ampule;an activator module having a driver end detachably connected to the plunger end of the medicant module and a proximal end, the activator module comprising; a driver for forcing the syringe subassembly through the barrel to inject the needle and displace fluid medication through the needle, the driver having a ramming head oriented toward the driver end of the activator module, the ramming head operably abutting the plunger of the syringe subassembly when the activator module is connected to the medicant module; and a driver release for controllably releasing the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A medicant module for use in a fluid medication injection system, the medicant module comprising:
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a barrel having a cavity therein; a manually usable syringe subassembly positioned within the barrel slidable within the cavity to allow powered mechanical deployment of the syringe subassembly, the syringe subassembly having; an ampule for housing fluid medication; a needle in fluid communication with said ampule; a plunger for forcing the fluid medication from the ampule through the needle;
said plunger including a plunger shaft and a plunger portion which extends from the ampule to allow manual depression of the plunger to dispense fluid from the ampule;a removable plunger end cap detachably connectable to the plunger end of the medicant module, the plunger end cap serving to close the barrel cavity and thereby prevent the syringe subassembly from escaping the barrel cavity when attached to the medicant module and serving to open the barrel cavity and allow removal of the syringe subassembly when detached from the medicant module. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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