Patent ID: 7422570

Claim:
A syringe pump comprising a syringe holder for holding a syringe cylinder of a syringe, a syringe holding head, a device for sizing the syringe cylinder, a drive head for engaging a piston plate of a piston rod located inside the syringe, the drive head being carried by a drive rod extending parallel to the syringe on a first side of the syringe when the syringe is inserted, and a brake element, transversely movable to a longitudinal direction defined by a lengthwise direction of the syringe when the syringe is inserted, wherein a portion of the syringe holding head engages the syringe cylinder on a second side of the syringe opposite the drive rod on the first side; and wherein the brake element is provided on the syringe holding head and configured to press toward a syringe bearing arranged on the first side to move into contact with the piston rod for controlling forward movement of the piston rod.