Patent ID: 8308696

Claim:
A safety syringe support system for use with a syringe comprising, in combination, a) a first sheath; b) a second sheath, where the first and second sheaths are configured to move relative to each other from a start position to a final position; and c) at least two resilient tongues extending axially in a proximal direction from one of the sheaths where each tongue terminates in a ramp having a first bearing surface that is configured to engage a second bearing surface on an inner periphery of a head portion of a piston of a syringe at an end of stroke of the piston to cause the tongues to flex radially allowing the sheaths to move relative to each other from the start position to the final position; wherein one of the sheaths comprises a rigid first portion and an end piece that is configured to contact a patient's skin, where the end piece is flexible, has a tapering frustoconical free end, and has a Shore hardness in the range from about 30 Hs to 80 Hs.