Patent ID: 6824529
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A drug delivery device comprising a base member defining a skin-contacting surface for application to the skin of a subject, a syringe serving as a reservoir for a drug, a delivery needle coupled to said syringe, and means for expelling the drug out of the interior of said syringe and through said needle, said needle having a tip, said syringe having a longitudinal axis and being movably coupled to said base member from a first position to a second position, said longitudinal axis of said syringe when in said first position being at a first angle to said skin contacting surface, said longitudinal axis of said syringe when in said second position being at a second angle to said skin contacting surface, said needle having first portion extending along said longitudinal axis and an angled bend which directs said tip of said needle at an angle to said longitudinal axis, whereupon when said syringe is in said second position said tip of the needle is adapted to penetrate the skin of the subject.