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Syringe insertion system

  • US 6,939,330 B1
  • Filed: 12/12/2002
  • Issued: 09/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inserter for a syringe having a barrel, a plunger slidable in and extending from one end of the barrel and a needle at the other end of the barrel, comprisinga housing including a main bore and at least a first terminal end;

  • a syringe carriage movably mounted within the main bore between a cocked position distal the first terminal end and an extended position proximal the first terminal end and including a syringe socket for selectively retaining the barrel;

    an insertion spring biasing the carriage toward the extended position;

    a latch selectively retaining the carriage in the cocked position;

    a movably mounted needle guard at the first terminal end, the movably mounted needle guard being slidably mounted to the syringe carriage and including a safety spring operatively connected between the syringe carriage and the needle guard biasing the needle guard to extend from the syringe carriage proximal the first terminal end.

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