Stabilized pen injector
First Claim
1. An autoinjector comprising:
- a drug container having a principle longitudinal axis;
an adhesive layer which in operation is in contact with a skin of a patient in a vicinity of an injection site and which in operation is attached to said drug container orienting said principle longitudinal axis at an angle between 60 to 120 degrees to said injection site; and
a driver for discharging a contents of said drug container into said patient;
wherein in operation, said drug container moves with respect to said adhesive layer in a direction parallel to said principle longitudinal axis.
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Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention an automated injection device may be loaded with a standard type syringe and/or hypodermic needle. Optionally the syringe may be supplied loaded with medicine and/or covered with a sterile needle cover. The syringe may be loaded into the injector with in a sterile state with needle cover in place. Injector may include for example a fastener (for example an adhesive base). In some embodiments, the fastener may assist a user to hold injector steady on the skin of a patient for an extended period. For example, injector may be used to give injections of volume ranging between 0.5 and 3.0 ml over a time period ranging between 30 sec to 180 sec.
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22 Claims
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1. An autoinjector comprising:
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a drug container having a principle longitudinal axis; an adhesive layer which in operation is in contact with a skin of a patient in a vicinity of an injection site and which in operation is attached to said drug container orienting said principle longitudinal axis at an angle between 60 to 120 degrees to said injection site; and a driver for discharging a contents of said drug container into said patient; wherein in operation, said drug container moves with respect to said adhesive layer in a direction parallel to said principle longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of injecting a substance into a patient comprising:
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fastening an injector to the patient; moving a medicine container linearly with respect to said injector to insert into the patient a needle rigidly attached to said medicine container; and discharging the substance from said medicine container through said needle into the patient while said injector remains fastened to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of manufacture of a stabilized autoinjector comprising:
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installing a syringe rigidly attached to a sterile needle and needle cap into a pen injector having an adhesive stabilizer; and attaching a cover remover to said needle cap through a hole in said adhesive stabilizer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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