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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Inventors:
Dominique M. Freeman, La Honda, CA (US);
Don Alden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/46 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/46 (2013.01); A61B 5/1411 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/2425 (2013.01); A61B 5/442 (2013.01); A61M 2005/004 (2013.01); A61M 2005/005 (2013.01); A61M 2005/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
An agent injection device is provided that is capable of injecting an agent to a known predetermined tissue depth. An injection member has an elongate injection shaft with an outlet port configured to dispense an agent at a controllable time. A controllable driver is coupled to the elongate injection shaft and is configured to drive the injection member into target tissue. A velocity control system is in communication with the controllable driver and is configured to control the velocity of the elongate injection shaft.