Patent ID: 11931554
Assignee: ICON BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A loading and delivery system for use with a syringe to accurately load a small volume dose of medication within the syringe and to deliver the small volume dose from the syringe at a treatment site, the system comprising:
a syringe delivery ring including a lumen and a sidewall opening that extend from a proximal end to a distal end thereof, the sidewall opening being configured to permit a plunger rod of the syringe to be slidably received within the lumen of the syringe delivery ring, and the syringe delivery ring further including a proximal segment and a distal segment, wherein the proximal segment has a smaller outer diameter than the distal segment; and
a syringe loading guide including a proximal-facing surface, a distal-facing surface, and a coupling archway that is configured to attach to the proximal segment of the syringe delivery ring during loading,
wherein a first height of the syringe loading guide is greater than a second height of the proximal segment of the syringe delivery ring, and
wherein when the system is coupled to the syringe, with the syringe loading guide attached to the syringe delivery ring whereby the proximal segment of the syringe delivery ring is received within the coupling archway of the syringe loading guide, a distance between the proximal-facing surface of the syringe loading guide and the proximal end of the syringe delivery ring corresponds to the small volume dose of medication to be delivered from the syringe.