Patent ID: 6024728
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A61D,A61M

Abstract:
A veterinary syringe with a dosing device for administering medications in different preselectable amounts, said veterinary syringe substantially comprising:a handle and an actuating lever;a syringe cylinder;a piston rod which projects into said syringe cylinder;a piston being provided at a first end of said piston rod and which is supported at the handle at its other end by the actuating lever which is fastened to said other end so as to be swivelable;a holder for supporting said piston rod, said holder and piston rod being displaceable longitudinally relative to each other, said holder being rigidly connected with said handle;a dosing device being provided between said holder on one side and said piston rod on the other side;said piston rod having at least two longitudinal grooves arranged parallel to one another and having different lengths compared with one another, said longitudinal grooves being distributed along the outer circumference of the piston rod, said different lengths corresponding to the different preselected amounts; andan engagement member being provided which is arranged so as to be rotatable about said piston rod and can be moved into one of the grooves.