Patent ID: 6117443
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A needle-less device for administering a medicament in solid form, the device comprisinga housing;a barrel member connected to the housing, the barrel member comprising a bore for receipt of the medicament, the bore having first and second ends;a fluid reservoir arranged within the housing;a conduit arranged to conduct fluid from the reservoir to the first end of the bore in the barrel;a valve arranged within the conduit between the reservoir and the first end of the bore; andan operating button operatively connected on the valve,wherein the operating button is depressed to open the valve to enable fluid to flow from the reservoir through the conduit and into the first end of the bore to move the medicament in the bore out of the second end of the bore and through the skin of a patient when the barrel member is pressed against the skin of the patient.