Patent ID: 7789856

Claim:
An injection system comprising: a syringe having a hub and a needle extending longitudinally outwards from the hub, said needle and hub being in a fixed relationship; and an injection aid comprising: a rigid guard attached to the syringe proximate to the hub, said guard having a flat first surface lying substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the syringe and needle and an annular flange attached to said guard, at least a portion of said hub engaging the flange and being disposed in an orifice defined by the flange; wherein the guard is a disk having a radius at least as great as said fixed distance; wherein said injection aid is removable from the syringe and is reusable; wherein the needle extends outwards from said first surface by a fixed distance, and wherein the guard extend radially outwards from the syringe hub by a second distance at least as great as said fixed distance, whereby the guard tends to block the needle from view of a user of the injection system.