Eye injection device

US9180044B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR

Inventors

• Elodie Touchard · Le Mans, FR
• Laura Kowalczuk · Paris, FR
• Francine Behar-Cohen · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/306
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An injection device for injecting a product into an eye, said device comprising an injection needle and a support on which the injection needle is fixed, said device being characterized in that it comprises a locating mark disposed in such a way that the latter can be placed in contact with a defined bearing region of the surface of the eye, before any contact of the injection needle with said surface, and can then be kept in contact with said bearing region during a stage of penetration of said injection needle through said surface of the eye.