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Implant injector

US4086914A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 11, 1977
Grant dateMay 2, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 11, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N5/1001
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implant injector having means for deposit of spaced implants wherein an inner housing member receives an outer housing member and a continuous channel is formed in the outer surface of the inner member, and the outer member has an inwardly projecting stud adapted to be received in said channel, said channel extending longitudinally of said inner member in spaced, connecting horizontal semicircular steps, which permit a plunger carried by said outer member to be moved in spaced advances as said outer member is actuated, moving an implant out of said inner member upon each forward movement of said plunger in said inner member.

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