Patent ID: 8038648

Claim:
An injection device for injecting a substance into an organism, comprising: a guide device with a lumen in which an injection tool is arranged in a displaceable manner, so that the injection tool is movable relative to the entire guide device, a displacement device to which the injection tool-is connected, and a holder device that forms a support for the guide and displacement devices, the guide and displacement devices being arranged on the holder device such that they can be displaced relative to one another and relative to the holder device, wherein: the guide and displacement devices can be adjusted independently of one another on the holder device, the entire guide device is movable relative to the holder device, the lumen is angled relative to a center line of the guide device at an outlet end of the guide device, so that a free end of the injection tool leaving the outlet end moves away from the holder device in an injection direction having a radial component, and a penetration depth of the free end of the injection tool in the injection direction is determined by the adjustment position of the guide device relative to the holder device.