Patent ID: 8986249
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An injection device comprising: a barrel; a hollow plunger having a portion structured and arranged to move within the barrel; the plunger comprising: a needle unit; the space being sized and configured to receive therein a distal portion of the needle unit prior to the plunger reaching a substantially fully depressed position; at least one releasable retaining member which releasably retains the needle unit in an initial position and that is movable to a position arranged outside the outer surface of the plunger; and a safety system that one of: wherein, during movement of the plunger to the substantially fully depressed position, the space is structured and arranged to receive therein a portion of the distal portion of the needle unit and receives therein the distal portion of the needle unit prior to the needle unit being contacted and prior to the at least one releasable retaining member being contacted, and wherein, in the substantially fully depressed position, the at least one releasable retaining member is each of: wherein the injection device further comprises each of: