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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988677 | Hand-held, hand-operated power syringe and methods A hand-held syringe includes a handle configured for suspending and using the syringe with a single hand. The handle includes pivotally connected first and second members. The members of the handle may be pivotally connected at intermediate positions along the lengt... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976511 | Hand-held aspiration syringe and methods A hand-held aspiration apparatus includes a handle configured for suspending and using the syringe with a single hand. The handle includes pivotally connected first and second members. The members of the handle may be pivotally connected at intermediate positions al... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7534234 | Hand-held aspiration syringe and methods A hand-held aspiration apparatus includes a handle configured for suspending and using the syringe with a single hand. The handle includes pivotally connected first and second members. The members of the handle may be pivotally connected at intermediate positions al... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7364570 | Controlled volume injection/aspiration device A controlled volume injection/aspiration device includes a syringe having a body for containing a medicament, a needle and a piston slidably disposed within the body. A shell is provided for receiving the syringe body and a plunger rack is disposed within the shell.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331970 | Pull locking rotational action needle driver A pull-locking rotational action needle driver that comprises an ergonomically designed handle and an integrated locking system that permits left and right handed surgeons to perform the surgical suturing procedure in a less complicated and more secure way by allowi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7241288 | Surgical instrument A surgical instrument comprising a tube shaft at the proximal end of which an instrument head for rotatably supporting an effector is pivotably supported and at the distal end of which an instrument handle is arranged which causes a pivot as well as a bending moveme... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241289 | Surgical instrument A surgical instrument comprising an instrument handle which is linked to a proximal end portion of a tube shaft and at the distal end portion of which an instrument head rotatably supporting an effector is linked so as to be inclinable. The effector includes at leas... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7140140 | Choke tube Different colors are prepared for inner shapes that define different design ballistic patterns. Wear resistant coatings of the different colors are applied over outer surfaces of tube bodies having the design ballistic patterns corresponding to the colors of the wea... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128728 | Device for administering an injectable product The invention provides a injection device for administering an injectable product, including a base section adapted to receive a container from which a product dose is dispensed through a needle by displacement of a piston in the container, and a drive unit includin... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125395 | Device for controlled delivery of an injectable liquid A device for the controlled delivery of an injectable liquid from a liquid container, wherein a flexible force transferring means transfers the drive force of a drive wheel onto a piston which can be slid axially in the device, a preferably permanently acting restor... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118556 | Forward-Mounted Plunger Control for Retrofit Attachment to an Existing Syringe An adaptor for retrofit attachment to a syringe has a slide slideably mounted on the barrel of the syringe, a housing for releasably engaging a flange formed on the trailing end of the syringe plunger, an elongate connector for interconnecting the slide and the plun... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104972 | Injection device with a dose setting limiter An end-of-content arrangement for preventing a dose setting member of an injection device to be set to a dose larger that the medicament remaining in the injection device. The arrangement is particular suitable for injection devices operating with non-equistant dose... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097634 | Injection device providing automatic needle retraction The present invention includes an automatic injection device that reliably provides automatic needle retraction even when manufactured with part and assembly tolerances typical of low-cost and high-volume manufacturing processes. The injector of the present inventio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074211 | Apparatus for subcutaneous administration of an injectable product An apparatus for subcutaneous administration of an injectable product, including a housing, a container for the product to be injected, an injection needle and a needle protection sleeve surrounding the injection needle, wherein the apparatus also includes an indica... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7041084 | Hand-held, hand operated power syringe and methods A hand-held power syringe. The power syringe includes a handle with pivotally connected first and second members. The first member is also pivotally connectable to a syringe barrel, while the second member is pivotally connectable to a syringe plunger. These three p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025757 | Syringe loading devices for use with syringes and medical injectors A syringe loading/filling device (or “syringe loader”) includes a syringe mounting mechanism adapted to cooperate with an attachment mechanism of a syringe to attach the syringe to the syringe loader and a drive member adapted to impart motion to the syringe plu... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011234 | Device for dispensing combined doses of fluid product A fluid dispenser device comprising a body (1), dispensing means (30) for dispensing the fluid, a first reservoir (10) containing a first fluid and a second reservoir (20) containing a second fluid, the first and second fluids being to be... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004951 | Cycling suturing and knot-tying device A cycling suturing and knot-tying device is characterized by an arcuate fixed, grooved or recessed way provided in a correspondingly-shaped support frame for accommodating a curved needle fitted with thread, and frictional needle-engaging devices provided in the way... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945961 | Injection device An injection device having an incremental clicking mechanism providing the user with an indication of the number of doses being set. For handling different types of medicaments having different dose volumes in the same type of injection device it is beneficial to pr... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932793 | Medical injection devices A firing device has a housing (10, 20) for an injector (1) with a trigger (4) whose action to eject a dose from its needle (2) is forwards against a resistance. The housing contains a spring (24) which acts on an axially movable lo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6824529 | Pre-filled drug-delivery device and method of manufacture and assembly of same A drug delivery device having a base member defining a skin-contacting surface, a syringe serving as a reservoir for the drug, and means for expelling drug from the syringe. The syringe is connected to the base member such that the longitudinal axis of the syringe i... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6613010 | Modular gas-pressured needle-less injector A needle-less injector suitable for injecting fluid through a surface includes a housing, a driver, an engine and a trigger. The housing contains a fluid and the engine contains a compressed gas. Upon application of sufficient force to the trigger, the co... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6607512 | Device for delivery of liquid and gel-like surgical materials and methods for use thereof The present invention provides a novel apparatus for delivering a liquid or gel-like surgical material to a target site within a body cavity. The apparatus is characterized in part by an elongated structural member adapted for engagement with a convention... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6554161 | Multi-barrel dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus for a liquid which relies on molded components capable of being interchanged to provide, in addition to incremental adjustment within a range of dosages allowed by stroke limiting rotational adjustment of the relativity of escarpmen... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6464663 | Applicator for applying a single--or multicomponent fluid and method for spraying such a fluid The applicator (10) for depositing a one- or multi-component fluid, particularly a tissue adhesive, comprises a housing (12) arranged for attachment of at least one supply container (16) for the fluid. The supply container (16) comprises a discharge openi... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6406455 | Injection devices Injection devices, such as needleless injection devices, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed.... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6264637 | Marking syringe A marking syringe which allows an individual using the syringe to inject a fluid such as a vaccine into an animal and, at the same time, mark the location of the injection on the animal. More specifically, the marking syringe includes a vaccine syringe an... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6030368 | Power syringe having a base and a lever An apparatus for delivering fluid, or power syringe, comprises a base, a lever, and a syringe. The syringe has a reservoir adapted for holding a quantity of fluid and a plunger disposed within the reservoir and adapted for movement therein. The reservoir ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5961494 | Marking syringe A marking syringe which allows an individual using the syringe to inject a fluid such as a vaccine into an animal and, at the same time, mark the location of the injection on the animal. More specifically, the marking syringe includes a vaccine syringe an... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957897 | Hollow needle applicator for cartridged drugs A hollow needle applicator for cartridged drugs etc has provision for automatic needle retraction after cartridge contents expression. Its drugs etc cartridge (125, 225, 325) can itself be at least partially accommodated bodily within a hollow piston actu... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5830194 | Power syringe A power syringe (10) for use in medical procedures, such as angiography, delivers air or fluid, such as contrast medium, to a patient at operator controlled rates and pressures. In one embodiment, mechanical advantage is created by first and second arms (... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5545148 | Endoscopic sewing instrument Endoscopic sewing instrument with a helical-needle which has one or more windings and is Positioned between at least two rolls which drive the needle and the thread in a rotary manner.... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5507730 | One-piece glass prefilled syringe system A one-piece disposable syringe system is disclosed including a conventional syringe having a glass barrel that is prefilled with a measured dose of pharmaceutical and a syringe support and disposal jacket that is adapted to hold the syringe in an injectio... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5498237 | Squeeze-actuated medicinal fluid applicator A squeeze-activated fluid applicator for human manipulation is provided to express the medicinal contents of rupturable capsules; the devise consisting of a shell-like, elongate member of uniform diameter adapted to receive slidingly at its proximal open ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5350365 | Surgical instrument for injecting/removing non-solid substances A surgical instrument for injecting/removing non-solid substances is diclosed. The instrument comprises a body formed from two legs (1, 2) pivotally articulated to each other at one of their ends, one of said legs (1) being provided with means (15,17) for... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5336201 | Syringe driving apparatus An apparatus 10 for driving a plunger 134 of a syringe 16 includes a plate 48 on the top 38 of a frame 36 and a structure 62 on the plate 48 for releasably attaching the cylinder 130 of the syringe 16 to the frame 36 and securing the cylinder 130 against ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5304147 | Injection syringe An injection syringe useful in the medical arts for injecting high viscosity fluids or pastes, particularly in endoscopic applications. The syringe includes a force multiplying mechanism to infuse viscous medicaments such as collagen or polytetrafluoroeth... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5279555 | Device for injecting implants A device for the subcutaneous implantation of a pharmaceutical dosage form is presented. The device includes a cannula which houses the pharmaceutical dosage form and push member, all of which are prepackaged and may be sterilized. The device further incl... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5188610 | Fluid dispensing apparatus A fluid dispensing apparatus is provided which comprises a flexible, collapsible fluid container in fluid communication with an adjustable volume multi-dose dispensing means.... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5135507 | One-piece syringe A one-piece syringe (2) includes an elongate frame (4) having front and back parts (6, 8) coupled by a hinge (10). A hollow barrel (12) extends from the front part and away from an outer surface (22). A plunger (14) having gaskets (54, 56) at its outer en... | 08/04/1992 |