Patent ID: 6843782
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering drug to a subject comprising: providing a drug delivery device having a base member defining a skin-contacting surface, 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 an angle to said skin contacting surface, said longitudinal axis of said syringe when in said second position being substantially parallel to said skin contacting surface; applying said device to the skin of the subject whereupon said longitudinal axis of said syringe is in said first position, 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; and activating said device to cause said longitudinal axis of said syringe to be in said second position and to cause said tip of the needle to penetrate the skin of the subject independently of said means for expelling the drug.