Patent ID: 8562564

Claim:
A jet injector, comprising: a syringe support configured for supporting a syringe by a radial flange thereof, which syringe comprises: a syringe body that includes: a syringe wall defining a container portion defining a fluid chamber containing a medicament, a flange extending radially from the syringe wall and shaped for grasping for injection by hand when the syringe is used independently, and a plunger movable within the fluid chamber to expel the medicament, and a needle disposed at the distal end of the syringe body, having an injection tip configured for piercing an insertion location, and defining a fluid pathway in fluid communication with the chamber for injecting the fluid expelled from the chamber into an injection site; an energy source configured for biasing the plunger with a force sufficient to produce an injecting pressure in the medicament in the chamber maintained between about 80 p.s.i. and 1000 p.s.i, during injection of the medicament to jet inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the needle to the injection site; and a cushion associated with the syringe support and made of a sufficiently resilient material and configured to compensate for shape irregularities of the flange and absorb shock on the flange from the jet injection to protect the flange from breaking.