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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2008
Søren Aasmul, Holte, 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 skin positioning member, an injection needle (), and means guiding the injection needle for movement from a parking position above the skin beside said skin positioning member to slide beneath said skin positioning member to an injection position; wherein: the tip () of the injection needle is closer to the longitudinal axis of the shaft portion () than is the outside of the shaft portion () and/or the length of the lumen opening () of the needle is in a range from 5 to 15 times the diameter of the shaft () of the needle. An injection needle wherein the length of the lumen opening () of the needle is in a range from 5 to 15 times the diameter of the shaft () of the needle.