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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
Matthew Egerton Young, Over Cambs, GB;
Sophie Rebecca Raven, Swavesey Cambs, GB;
Christopher John Hurlstone, Newport Saffron Walden, GB;
Craig Malcolm Rochford, Monxton Andover Hants, GB;
Colin James Mathews, Godmanchester Huntingdon, GB;
Robert L. Hill, Abingdon, MD (US);
John Glyndwr Wilmot, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Matthew Egerton Young, Over Cambs, GB;
Sophie Rebecca Raven, Swavesey Cambs, GB;
Christopher John Hurlstone, Newport Saffron Walden, GB;
Craig Malcolm Rochford, Monxton Andover Hants, GB;
Colin James Mathews, Godmanchester Huntingdon, GB;
Robert L. Hill, Abingdon, MD (US);
John Glyndwr Wilmot, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
An automatic injector dispenses a predetermined dose of medicament without a user having to manually force the needle into an injection site. The automatic injector includes a needle cover having a locked retracted position with respect to the injector housing prior to a medicament dispensing operation. The needle cover is operative to engage an injection site prior to a medicament dispensing operation.