Multiple medicament cartridge clip and medicament discharging device therefor
US4518384A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/0266
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medicament discharging device and an expendable clip thereon containing a plurality of medicament cartridges. Each of the cartridges comprises a container, a dosage of medicament in the container, a hypodermic needle sealingly contained in a sterile condition in cooperating relation with the container and a movable wall means at one end of the container operable when moved through a discharging stroke to cause the sharpened end of the needle to move outwardly out of sealingly contained relation and into the muscle tissue of a patient and the medicament dosage to move outwardly of the container into the opposite end of the needle and out of the sharpened end thereof into the muscle tissue of the patient. The medicament discharging device comprises a portable manually engageable housing structure defining a medicament cartridge receiving station, a plunger mounted in the housing structure for movement through the medicament cartridge receiving station in repetitive operative cycles each of which includes a discharging stroke in one direction and a return stroke in the opposite direction, a manually actuatable mechanism for effecting movement of the plunger through an operative cycl…
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