Inventors:
Thomas C. BELLER - Hilton Head SC, US
Mark E Forman - Manalapan NJ, US
Matthew J. Morton - Morrisville NC, US
Amanda D. Bedsaul - Morrisville NC, US
International Classification:
A61M 5/32
Abstract:
A key-shaped portable injector for delivering a dose of medication, the injector preferably including a cap, a body having an internal cavity, a syringe or cartridge with an attached needle within the internal cavity, a protective sleeve, an activation mechanism and a safety mechanism wherein the injector is reconfigurable from a first, non-deployed configuration where the activation mechanism, syringe or cartridge and a safety mechanism are all in a first position with respect to the body to a second, deployed configuration where the safety mechanism, activation mechanism, and syringe or cartridge are all in a second position with respect to the body and to a third, depleted configuration where the activation mechanism is back to its first position and a protective sleeve is in its second position.