Patent ID: 7214206

Claim:
A device for implanting at least one object beneath the skin of a patient comprising: a handle for grasping the device during insertion of an object, the handle having a distal end, a proximal end, and an angled track formed on the handle; a base connected to the handle, the base comprising: a post longitudinally fixed to the handle, the post extending from the distal end of the handle; a hollow cannula positioned coaxially around and longitudinally slidable over the post from an extended position, in which at least one object is retained in the cannula, to a retracted position, in which at least one object is released from the cannula; and a flexible actuator slidably engaged to the cannula to move the cannula from the extended position to the retracted position to release the object from the cannula, wherein the actuator flexes between a locked and an unlocked position, wherein the flexible actuator comprises a button, a boss channel, at least two guide posts, a guide, and a tab extending upwardly and non-parallel from the guide posts attached to the cannula, wherein the boss channel engages the guide posts and permits a pulling or pushing force to be exerted on the cannula, for extension or retraction, as the flexible actuator tab is moved by moving the button along the angled track.