Patent ID: 9731080
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. An injection device comprising: a housing comprising a conventional syringe having a syringe body defining a reservoir and terminating at one end in a discharge nozzle, the syringe being movable relative to the housing between a retracted position in which the discharge nozzle is contained within the housing and an extended position in which the discharge nozzle extends from the housing; a housing cap secured to a syringe cap, said syringe cap enclosed within said housing cap and for enclosing the discharge nozzle, said housing cap removable from the syringe and the syringe cap removable from the discharge nozzle by rotation of said housing cap relative to the syringe; and a syringe carrier adapted to restrain rotation of the syringe relative to the housing as the housing cap and syringe cap are removed, the syringe carrier comprising a sheath surrounding the syringe along its length; wherein the syringe carrier comprises a grip at its proximal end adapted to restrain rotation of the syringe relative to the syringe carrier.