Patent ID: 8360114

Claim:
An apparatus for assisting a user in loading a syringe with medication from a medicinal vial, the apparatus comprising: an elongated guide having a syringe well and a vial well; a syringe guide member inserted into and removable from the syringe well, the syringe guide member having a bore for receiving and guiding the syringe; the vial well being adapted to receive a vial, the vial well having a recess supporting the neck of a vial received in said vial well; a wall separating the syringe well and the vial well, the wall having an aperture formed therethrough providing communication between one end of the bore and a vial received in said vial well; a displaceable cover enclosing the syringe well and the vial well; and a magnifying element coupled to the cover, said magnifying element magnifying the contents of the syringe well and the vial well.