Patent ID: 8728040

Claim:
An injector for delivering a liquid, the injector comprising: a body including a forward facing surface, and a trailing surface; a syringe assembly further comprising a chamber for containing liquid, and a needle extending toward the forward facing surface of the body; an activation mechanism moveably located with respect to the body from a first position to a second position; a protective sleeve operatively associated with the activation mechanism, the sleeve being moveably located with respect to the activation mechanism from a first position to a second position; and a safety mechanism moveably located with respect to the body from a first position to a second position, wherein the body has a stem extending from the forward facing surface thereof and is sized to fit in a user's hand with the stem extending between two fingers of the user's hand, and the safety mechanism includes two buttons, each of which extends from the forward facing surface on opposite sides of the stem, the buttons thus being simultaneously depressible by the user with the two fingers.