Patent ID: 6074371
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A system for preventing inadvertent needle sticks when administering medication to a patient, the system comprising:a needle assembly having a hub and a needle shaft embedded into the hub, the needle shaft having a distal end and a proximal end and having a blunt tip at the needle shaft's distal end;a pen-type injector adapted for attachment of the needle assembly, the pen-type injector having an elongated, generally cylindrical shape, a total quantity of medication contained therein, a numerical indicator means for setting a preset quantity of medication and a plunger for delivering in a single completed stroke that preset quantity of medication into the patient, the preset quantity of medication being less than the total quantity of medication contained within the pen-type injector; and,an injection system adapted for percutaneous placement through the patient's skin, the injection system having a septum through which the blunt tip at the distal end of the needle shaft can be placed to deliver medication from the pen-type injector into the patient.