Patent ID: 8758299
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An injection device, comprising: a chamber configured for containing a substance to be injected; a needle operatively associated with the chamber and having a length sufficient to deliver the substance to an injection site; and a collar surrounding the needle and defining a collar cavity, the collar having a peripheral forward skin-contacting surface, the peripheral forward-skin-contacting surface having at least two protruding portions spaced about a perimeter of the peripheral forward-skin-contacting surface and spaced to either side of the needle and injection site by an area that is sufficiently large to allow a patient's skin to move into the collar cavity to properly position the needle for delivery of the substance to the injection site to allow spread of the injected substance under the skin while inhibiting or preventing backpressure within the skin from forcing the substance out through the injection site.