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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
May. 05, 1983
Allen D McNaughton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen B Albert, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gerard A Furbershaw, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An implanting device for implanting pellets and like subcutaneously or intramuscularly in animals is described which utilizes means for indexing an implant magazine having a plurality of pellet-containing stations therein and means for automatically retracting a needle from about an implant charge to deposit the pellets in an animal. The implant magazine is indexed for sequential applications automatically as the retraction mechanism is cocked. Additionally, means for automatically ejecting a spent or empty implant cartridge are provided to prevent false deposition of implants. An implant cartridge having open channels containing implants can be utilized with the implanting device, the channels having means thereon for increasing the size of the channel during the implanting step to substantially eliminate the crushing or breaking of pellets as they are expelled from the cartridge. Alignment and stabilization means for the implant magazine and the implanting device also are provided.