Abstract: An injection device which includes a container constructed and arranged to contain a medicament, a medicament disposed within the container, a seal constructed and arranged to seal the medicament in the container, and a hypodermic needle. The hypodermic needle has a tubular, elongated, generally cylindrical wall defining an internal longitudinal bore extending longitudinally through the cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis. The cylindrical wall forms a forward end defining a forward opening of the bore and a rearward end defining a rearward opening of the bore, the cylindrical wall having a laterally facing opening spaced closer to the rearward opening of the longitudinal bore than the forward opening of the longitudinal bore. The longitudinal bore is restricted at a position between the rearward opening and the laterally facing opening.

Abstract: A hypodermic needle comprising a tubular, elongated, generally cylindrical wall defining an internal longitudinal bore extending longitudinally therethrough along a longitudinal axis, The longitudinal bore has forward and rearward openings. The cylindrical wall is constructed and arranged to form a forward pointed end and a rearward pointed end. The rearward pointed end is defined by an annular end surface forming the rearward end of said cylindrical wall. The rearward pointed end terminates in a rearwardmost point lying in an imaginary plane disposed perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis. The annular rearward end surface defines an imaginary plane inclined with respect to the imaginary plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cylindrical wall has a laterally facing opening spaced from the rearward opening of the longitudinal bore, and the longitudinal bore is restricted at a position between the rearward opening and the laterally facing opening.

Abstract: An injection device includes a generally tubular outer body and a medicament cartridge assembly carried within the outer body. The cartridge assembly includes a glass container, a charge of medicament disposed within the glass container, iii) a plunger member rearwardly confining the medicament, and iv) a seal for sealing the forward portion of the glass container. A needle has a rearward end disposed proximate the seal, with the seal and needle being movable with respect to one another. A rigid needle cover member is normally maintained in an inoperative position and is movable relative to said body to a protective position wherein the needle cover member extends forwardly to cover the forward end of the needle.

Abstract: A reloadable automatic injector comprises a reusable power pack assembly for effectuating multiple injection operations. The power pack assembly includes an outer body and an energy releasing assembly disposed within the body. The energy releasing assembly is capable of providing multiple energy releasing strokes. A disposable cartridge assembly is provided which is engageable with the power pack assembly and forms an elongate injection assembly therewith. The cartridge assembly is adapted to receive energy from the power pack during one of the energy releasing strokes. The cartridge assembly includes a housing in which a charge of medicament and a needle is contained. A plunger is disposed within the housing for forcing the medicament through the needle.

Abstract: A rectal administrator comprises a body having an administrative portion adapted to be inserted into a subject's rectum. A charge of medicament is disposed within the body, and the administrative portion has at least one passage through which the medicament can exit the body. A plunger is disposed in the body and is movable from a first position to a second position within the body to dispense the medicament from the body through the at least one passage. A releasable energy source is mounted within the body so as to be released in response to a predetermined actuating procedure. The releasable energy source moves the plunger from the first position to the second position to dispense the medicament from the body through the at least one passage when released in response to the predetermined actuating procedure.

Abstract: An injection device comprises a plastic or metal container adapted to contain a charge of medicament, the container has at least an inner surface thereof coated with polyparaxylylene. A needle is cooperable with the container so as to be communicable with the medicament and provides a passage through which the medicament can be forced into the flesh of an individual. A plunger is disposed in the container in slidably sealed relation with the polyparaxylylene coating provided on the inner surface of the container. The plunger is movable through the container toward a generally forward end thereof to force the medicament through the needle and into the flesh of the individual.

Abstract: A medicament container assembly for an autoinjector having a power assembly actuatable to cause a power stroke in cooperating relation with said medicament container assembly. The medicament container assembly comprises a container having a forward end, a hypodermic needle having a sharpened end, and first and second liquid medicaments.

Abstract: A stressed spring assembly for providing an operative stroke in cooperating relation with a medicament cartridge assembly of an auto-injector so as to inject a liquid medicament of the medicament cartridge assembly through a hypodermic needle of the medicament cartridge assembly into an injection site of the user. The stressed spring assembly includes a cap structure serving the plural purposes of (1) facilitating the securement of the cap structure and remainder of the auto-injection with the user's pocket, (2) alleviating the likelihood of an unwanted release of the releasable mechanism of the stressed spring assembly with a resultant unwanted movement of the hypodermic needle and an unwanted movement of the liquid medicament outwardly of the hypodermic needle by requiring two different manual movements for its removal, and (3) protecting against an unwanted contact with the hypodermic needle while in extended operative position after withdrawal from the injection site.

Abstract: An automatic injector training device comprising an automatic injector simulating assembly having a forward end arranged to be engaged with a muscle injection site of the user and an exterior periphery adapted to be manually gripped by a user. The assembly includes an outer structure and a movable structure mounted for movement with respect to the outer structure (1) from a storage position into an audible signal producing position in response to an actuating movement performed by the user while manually gripping the exterior periphery of the assembly and thereby maintaining the forward end of the assembly in engagement with the injection site and (2) from its audible signal producing position into its storage postion in response to a reset movement performed by the user.

Abstract: A plural injecting device comprising an outer housing assembly, a plurality of cartridge sub-assemblies, and a corresponding plurality of releasable spring sub-assemblies for effecting a forward movement of the associated hypodermic needle into the user's muscle tissue and the associated liquid medicament dosage outwardly through the needle, the sub-assemblies being mounted within the outer housing assembly so that as a result of the actuation of one of the releasable spring sub-assemblies the other releasable spring sub-assembly will be actuated so as to insure a substantially simultaneous injection of the plural dosages contained within the device. A safety arrangement in some embodiments provides for selective individual or plural dosage injection.

Abstract: A hypodermic injection device comprising a cartridge holder having a cylindrical body open at one end and closed at the other end, the closed end being provided with an aperture, a cartridge with the holder, the cartridge including an ampoule having a cylindrical sleeve open at one end and having a necked portion at the other end to receive a hub mounting a cannula, the cannula facing the apertured end of the cylindrical body, a piston slidably carried within the sleeve adjacent the open end thereof to define a medicament chamber between the piston and cannula, fluid medicament in the medicament chamber, the piston having a concave face on the side forming one end of the medicament chamber, a spring power assembly adjacent the open end of the ampoule sleeve for moving the cartridge forward and for injecting the fluid medicament, spacer means positionable between the outer face of the piston and the adjacent spring power means to vary the position of the piston within the ampoule sleeve and thereby control the