Patent ID: 8142398
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for dispensing medicaments to a patient comprising: (a) a first housing; (b) a second housing connected to said first housing for relative movement thereto between a first position and a second position; (c) an integrally formed, hermetically sealed collapsible container carried by said second housing, said collapsible container having a pierceable top wall and a reservoir for containing a medicinal fluid; (d) a plunger assembly disposed within said second housing and operably associated with said container for controllably collapsing said container, said plunger assembly comprising first and second interconnected plunger housings and a spring carried by said first plunger housing for moving said second plunger housing from a first position to a second position; and (e) a delivery and control assembly disposed within said first housing, said delivery and control assembly including: