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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2008
Henning Munk Ejlersen, Vedbaek, DK;
Søren Aasmul, Holte, DK;
Henning Munk Ejlersen, Vedbaek, DK;
Søren Aasmul, Holte, DK;
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
An injection apparatus for making an injection at a predetermined depth in skin comprises: a first skin positioning member, a second skin positioning member, wherein the first and second skin positioning members lie or are moveable to lie in an injection arrangement; an injection needle; and an injection needle movement guide to guide the injection needle for movement from a parking position above the skin, through the lower surface of the second skin positioning member to slide beneath the first skin positioning member to an injection position. A further injection apparatus comprises: an injection needle; a plunger within the injection needle; and a retractor to retract the injection needle such that material to be injected is expelled from the injection needle by the plunger.