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Spring impelled syringe guide with skin penetration depth adjustment

US5141496A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1992
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M5/46
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A syringe guide with adjustment of the depth to which the needle penetrates, the guide comprising a body (4) having one end provided with a sliding base (1) which is adjustable in position by means of a screw (3), and whose other end includes a sliding part (6) fixed to the syringe (2) and loaded by a spring (9) which, on relaxing, causes the needle (11) to be plunged into the skin to a predetermined depth.

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