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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sergio Landau, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/30 ; A61M 5/315 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/30 ; A61M 5/315 ;
Abstract
One form of the present invention provides a needle-free injection system including the following components: a cartridge for holding liquid drug prior to injection, the cartridge having a rear end and a front end; a plug mounted to the front end of the cartridge, the plug including a channel; a displaceable valve positioned within the channel prior to injection; and a nozzle portion for receiving liquid drug from the glass cartridge for injection, the nozzle portion including an injection orifice and a drug chamber having a valve seat designed to receive the valve to facilitate injection of liquid drug through the injection orifice.