Patent ID: 8313466
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a volume, a medicament container movably disposed within the volume, the medicament container coupled to a needle; an energy storage member disposed within the volume, the energy storage member configured to produce a force to move the medicament container to an injection position in which a portion of the needle is disposed through a distal end surface of the housing; a release member disposed within the volume, the release member configured to actuate the energy storage member; and an actuation member, a first portion of the actuation member engaged with the release member such that the release member actuates the energy storage member when the actuation member is moved, a second portion of the actuation member disposed through the distal end surface of the housing such that the actuation member can be manipulated to move the actuation member.