Patent ID: 8221344
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatic insertion of a medicine peg through the skin comprising: a housing comprising a barrel wherein a medicine peg is stored, a plunger structured for movement within the barrel, the plunger being structured to drive the medicine peg through the skin of a patient whereby the medicine peg is separable from the apparatus, wherein the plunger is structured to drive the medicine peg by moving from a non-rectilinear position before administration of the medicine peg, to a rectilinear position upon administration of the medicine peg, and wherein the plunger comprises at least three plunger segments which are coupled through links in series, wherein a medicine peg is adapted to be stored in the barrel in a position which is an extension of the axis of plunger when in a rectilinear position.