Patent ID: 6939330

Claim:
An inserter for a syringe having a barrel, a plunger slidable in and extending from one end of the barrel and a needle at the other end of the barrel, comprising a housing including a main bore and at least a first terminal end; a syringe carriage movably mounted within the main bore between a cocked position distal the first terminal end and an extended position proximal the first terminal end and including a syringe socket for selectively retaining the barrel; an insertion spring biasing the carriage toward the extended position; a latch selectively retaining the carriage in the cocked position; a movably mounted needle guard at the first terminal end, the movably mounted needle guard being slidably mounted to the syringe carriage and including a safety spring operatively connected between the syringe carriage and the needle guard biasing the needle guard to extend from the syringe carriage proximal the first terminal end.