Patent ID: 8640645

Claim:
An egg injection device comprising an injection head which includes a plurality of injectors capable of injecting a substance into a plurality of eggs, including at least one substance-distribution system, the substance-distribution system comprising: at least one syringe pump including a syringe body defining a chamber adapted to receive a substance, provided with an outlet orifice and a piston slidably mounted in said chamber, and an actuator capable of automatically actuating said piston in order to discharge the substance out of the chamber through the outlet orifice; a discharge tube connected to the outlet orifice; feed tubes connected in parallel through a first end of each feed tube to said discharge tube via a valve system, each feed tube adapted for connection through a second end thereof to at least one injector; and a controller that controls said actuator and said valve system in order to distribute dosed amounts of substance contained in the chamber through the feed tubes, to said injectors; the substance distribution system distributing dosed amounts of substance to said injectors.