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Method and apparatus for performing injections while vibrating the skin

  • US 8,469,918 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2011
  • Issued: 06/25/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An injection apparatus for performing an injection using a standard syringe having a standard syringe body, a needle with a needle tip and a plunger terminating in a thumb pad opposite the needle, said injection apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having an end with an aperture, a front section formed by a front section outer wall disposed opposite said aperture and having a tip, said tip having an opening sized and shaped to selectively receive the needle;

    a sidewall extending longitudinally between said front section and said end to define a syringe chamber that is closed except for said aperture and said opening, and a motor chamber, said motor chamber being radially offset from said syringe chamber;

    a syringe holder having a channel shaped and sized to engage the body of the standard syringe with thumb pad extending outwardly of the syringe holder, said syringe holder being sized and shaped to fit removably through said aperture with said syringe body and needle being disposed in said syringe body, said syringe holder being axially and selectively slidable within said syringe chamber between a first and a second position, wherein said needle tip is disposed adjacent to said opening inside said syringe chamber and wherein said needle passes through said opening and is at least partially exposed for an injection toward said second position; and

    a vibrating mechanism including a motor disposed within said motor chamber, said vibrating mechanism being adapted to selectively vibrate said front section during said injection.

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