Patent ID: 6497697
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A syringe guide and vial holder, comprising:a one-piece construction body having a top surface and a longitudinal axis, said top surface having a first end and an opposite second end; a cradle for supporting a barrel of a syringe, said cradle consists of a pair of separated, dome-shaped cradle rails, said pair of cradle rails forming on said first end and protruding upwardly from said top surface, said pair of cradle rails are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, each of said pair of cradle rails having inner and outer spaced edges, wherein said inner edges of said pair of cradle rails defining elongated contact lines supporting the barrel of the syringe to aid in sliding movement of the syringe; a vial holder forming on said opposite second end, said vial holder consists of a pair of grasping walls that are in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the body, said pair of grasping walls forming on outer edges of said body and extending upwardly, said pair of grasping walls slightly tilting toward each other at the top to create a downward force for securing a vial; and a throat consisting of a space defined between an interior end of said cradle and an interior end of said vial holder, said throat adapted to be larger than a width of an adult human thumb; wherein said syringe guide and vial holder will aid in the filling of the syringe from the vial.