Abstract: A device assembly for a needleless injector including a gas generating agent formed such that a combustion rate thereof is lower than a combustion rate of an ignition agent and a combustion duration thereof is longer than a combustion duration of the ignition agent. The device assembly may be configured to pressurize the injection objective substance such that an ejection pressure of the injection objective substance, defined as a pressure of the injection objective substance ejected from an ejection port, increases to a first peak pressure after pressurization is started, decreases to a pressure lower than the first peak pressure, and then increases again to a second peak pressure. The device assembly may be configured to activate an igniter and cause the ejection pressure of the injection objective substance to reach the first peak pressure by a pressure of a combustion gas of the ignition agent.

Abstract: A needleless injector that ejects an injection substance to a target region without using an injection needle, the needleless injector includes: an injector body formed by a resin member; an igniter; a housing part in which the injection substance is accommodated; and a piston that is configured to be moved by ejection energy in a predetermined path, communicating with the combustion chamber, to pressurize the injection substance. A reinforcing member is provided inside the injector body, formed by a metal member to be a tubular member, and extends in an axial direction of the injector body while surrounding at least the igniter and the combustion chamber, the reinforcing member being disposed to be sandwiched between parts of the injector body in a radial direction of the injector body.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a circuit region formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate; a connection portion disposed at the one surface, the connection portion covering the circuit region, being electrically connected to the circuit region, and being used to connect with an exterior device; an annular wire formed at the one surface so as to surround the circuit region; a first protective film covering the annular wire, the first protective film being formed between the connection portion and a peripheral edge portion of the semiconductor substrate; and a second protective film formed at a predetermined partial region on the connection portion.

Abstract: An injector includes an encapsulating portion configured to encapsulate a substance intended for injection, a first application portion configured to combust ignition charge and discharge a combustion product thereby applying a primary ejection energy to the substance intended for injection that is encapsulated in the encapsulating portion, an energy accumulation portion configured to accumulate an energy to be further applied to the substance intended for injection, the energy being different from the primary ejection energy applied by the first application portion. The injector also includes a second application portion configured to release the energy accumulated in the energy accumulation portion by using the discharged combustion product thereby applying, as a secondary ejection energy, the released energy to the substance intended for injection.

Abstract: A needleless injector according to the present disclosure includes a housing part including an accommodating space in which an intended injection substance is accommodated. The housing part includes: a housing part main body incorporating the accommodating space; a protrusion including a distal end surface in which an ejection port is formed, the protrusion having an outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the housing part main body, the distal end surface having an outer circumference edge represented by an intersection point between a first straight line and a second straight line; and a connection part connecting the protrusion and the housing part main body to each other, and having an outer surface forming an annular inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a center axis of the housing part.

Abstract: A needleless injector includes a housing part that includes an accommodating space and defines a flow path for ejection, a driving part that imparts ejection energy, and a plunger that defines the accommodating space and is disposed to move in the housing part by the ejection energy and pressurize a substance intended for injection. The plunger includes a weakened part that causes a part of the plunger to deform such that, when force applied to the plunger exceeds predefined force while the driving part is imparting the ejection energy with the accommodating space accommodating the substance intended for injection, a distal end of the plunger does not reach an inner wall surface at a deepest part of the housing part or force received by the inner wall surface falls within a predetermined range until the distal end of the plunger reaches the inner wall surface.

Abstract: A needleless injector includes a first switch and a second switch that is provided to an injector enclosure for activation of a driving part. The first switch is arranged to be slidable in a predetermined direction different from a contact direction of a palm of the user, in a first region on a side surface that is a part of a surface of the injector enclosure positioned on side of the user, the first region being covered by the palm of the user in a holding state of the user, and the second switch has an upper side surface with at least a part inclined toward the side of the user to be visible from the user in a holding state of the user, and is arranged on an upper side of the injector enclosure to be able to be pressed.

Abstract: A needleless injector includes a housing part that has an accommodating space that accommodates the intended injection substance, a nozzle portion that defines a flow path for guiding the intended injection substance accommodated in the housing part to the ejection port, a driving part that imparts ejection energy for ejecting the intended injection substance, a pressurizing portion that pressurizes the intended injection substance accommodated in the accommodating space via a propellant disposed to move or deform in a predetermined direction inside the needleless injector by imparting the ejection energy, and a notification unit that, after the ejection energy is imparted by the driving part and the intended injection substance is delivered into the target region, makes a predetermined notification regarding a first timing for canceling a contact state between the ejection port and the surface of the target region to a user.

Abstract: The adapter includes a housing and a filling nozzle provided in communication with a containing portion in the housing and coming into contact with an end surface of the injection device, in which the injection port of the injection nozzle is formed, when the housing is attached to the injection device. An open end of the filling nozzle is set to be smaller than an inner diameter of the containing portion and larger than the injection port. Of an internal space of the housing from a partial region of the containing portion to the open end, at least a predetermined space being continuous and including the partial region is formed in a manner where an inner diameter of the predetermined space decreases toward a side of the open end. According to this configuration, the injection fluid can be suitably transferred from the outside to a needleless injector.

Abstract: A needleless injector which can selectively induce the immune response and a method for introducing DNA including a region coding for an antigen to selectively produce an antibody in a living body of a mammal by using the needleless injector are provided. Disclosed is a needleless injector for injecting a DNA solution into an injection target area without using any injection needles. The needleless injector includes an accommodating unit which accommodates the DNA solution, a predetermined ignition device; and a predetermined nozzle unit. A temperature of the predetermined combustion product, which is provided during the pressurization, changes to a neighborhood of ordinary temperature within 20 msec after a pressure, which is applied to the DNA solution on account of the combustion of the igniter powder, reaches an initial peak discharge force during a pressurization process for discharging the DNA solution.

Abstract: A needleless injector configured to inject an injection intended substance to an injection target region, by injecting the injection intended substance includes a nozzle portion and a pressing portion, and a predetermined gap is formed between the nozzle portion and the pressing portion. The nozzle portion is formed to have a portion of the distal end portion that comes into contact with the injection target region and has a width (a) falling within a range from 3.5 mm to 5.5 mm, and a ratio (b/a) defined by an inner diameter (b) of a portion of a distal end portion of the pressing portion that comes into contact with the injection target region by the width (a) falls within a range from 1.5 to 5.0. A part of the injection target region is received in the predetermined gap when the pressing portion presses the injection target region.

Abstract: A syringe has a syringe main body, a syringe unit, and a piston. An end surface of the piston disposed on a forward end side is brought in contact with an end surface of a plunger disposed on a proximal end side so that the plunger is slidable toward a discharge port in a state in which a rod portion is accommodated in an accommodating hole in an attached state. In the attached state, the syringe unit is attached to the syringe main body, and a position of the plunger in a charging chamber is determined at a predetermined position at which an amount of an injection objective substance in the charging chamber is a predetermined amount on the basis of a position of the piston arranged in a through-hole of the syringe main body. Accordingly, the syringe is easily handled and the injection objective substance can be correctly charged.

Abstract: A needleless syringe comprises a main syringe body which is a main body thereof and which has, in the main body, a sliding movement passage connected to an opening provided on a front end surface of the main body; a holding unit which has an accommodating unit for accommodating an injection objective substance so that the injection objective substance is releasable; and a driver that is configured to apply energy to the holding unit in order to allow the holding unit to slide toward the opening. When the energy is applied by the driver to the holding unit disposed at the initial position, the holding unit slides in the sliding movement passage to abut against the opening at the abutment position, and thus the injection objective substance accommodated in the accommodating unit is discharged via the opening. Accordingly, the high injection performance of the needleless syringe is appropriately exhibited.

Abstract: An injector includes an encapsulating portion configured to encapsulate a substance intended for injection, a first application portion configured to combust ignition charge and discharge a combustion product thereby applying a primary ejection energy to the substance intended for injection that is encapsulated in the encapsulating portion, an energy accumulation portion configured to accumulate an energy to be further applied to the substance intended for injection, the energy being different from the primary ejection energy applied by the first application portion. The injector also includes a second application portion configured to release the energy accumulated in the energy accumulation portion by using the discharged combustion product thereby applying, as a secondary ejection energy, the released energy to the substance intended for injection.

Abstract: A syringe transmits energy for injection satisfactorily to an injection objective substance while preventing influences of combustion products produced by the combustion of powder on the injection objective substance. A first piston part has a specific end face that receives ejection energy. A sealing member confines the combustion products in a first space separated by the sealing member. The sealing member has a fixed end portion and a contact portion that is in contact with the specific end face. In a state before the combustion of powder in an igniter, the contact portion is located at an initial position. With the combustion of powder in the igniter, the contact portion shifts to an ejection position with the sliding motion of the first piston part while being in contact with the specific end portion.

Abstract: An actuator driven by combustion of powder satisfactorily transmits energy for driving an output part to the output part. An output piston part has a specific end face that receives driving energy. A sealing member confines the combustion products in a first space separated by the sealing member. The sealing member has a fixed end portion and a contact portion that is in contact with the specific end face. In a state before the combustion of powder in an igniter, the contact portion is located at an initial position. With the combustion of powder in the igniter, the contact portion shifts to an operative position with the sliding motion of the output piston part while being in contact with the specific end portion.

Abstract: A needleless injector includes a main body, a syringe portion, a piston portion, an igniting device, and a pressing member. The pressing member is formed so as to have a part displaceable toward the piston portion while the part being kept from returning to the igniting device side upon receiving the ejection energy from the igniting device, and presses the piston portion toward the plunger based on displacement of the part. In addition, while the piston portion is pressed by the pressing member, the elastically deformable part is partly or entirely recovered from the elastic deformation from a most compressed state by the pressing force received from the pressing member so as to push the output portion toward the plunger. Accordingly, the injector achieves efficient ejection of the injection objective substance in order to deliver the injection objective substance to an injection target area while the injector is designed compact.

Abstract: A syringe transmits energy for injection satisfactorily to an injection objective substance while preventing influences of combustion products produced by the combustion of powder on the injection objective substance. A first piston part has a specific end face that receives ejection energy. A sealing member confines the combustion products in a first space separated by the sealing member. The sealing member has a fixed end portion and a contact portion that is in contact with the specific end face. In a state before the combustion of powder in an igniter, the contact portion is located at an initial position. With the combustion of powder in the igniter, the contact portion shifts to an ejection position with the sliding motion of the first piston part while being in contact with the specific end portion.