Patent ID: 7806878

Claim:
A medicament applicator for use with a medicament cartridge, the applicator comprising: a handle apparatus, comprising a first handle member and a second handle member, wherein the first handle member and the second handle member are movable with respect to one another between a first handle position and a second handle position; a separating apparatus attached to and driven by the handle apparatus, the separating apparatus comprising a first separating member and a second separating member and movable between a first separating position, which corresponds to the first handle position, and a second separating position, which corresponds to the second handle position, wherein the first separating member has a first separating end distally positioned from the first handle member, and the second separating member has a second separating end distally positioned from the second handle member, and wherein the first and second separating ends are in proximity to one another without crossing each other when the first and second handle members are in the first handle position; a compressing apparatus attached to the applicator, wherein the compressing apparatus compresses the medicament cartridge expelling the medicament from the medicament cartridge when the first and second handle members move from the first position toward the second position; and, an opening apparatus formed on the first handle member, wherein the opening apparatus opens the medicament cartridge when the first and second handle members move from the first handle position toward the second handle position; wherein the opening apparatus opens the medicament cartridge by piercing the cartridge.