Patent ID: 7390319

Claim:
An injector, comprising: a casing having an opening; a syringe, located within the casing, for holding medication; a trigger, coupled to the syringe and having at least a safe position and an injection-ready position, for initiating transmission of the medication in response to a) the trigger being in injection-ready position and b) force being applied to a bottom surface of the trigger; a lever, engaged with the casing, for causing the trigger to move from the safe position into the injection-ready position by moving the syringe in a first direction along a first axis; a first magnet coupled to at least one of the syringe and the trigger; a second magnet coupled to the casing; and a needle, coupled to the syringe, for, responsive to initiation by the trigger, transmitting medication from the syringe into an injection site on a patient; the magnets being situated to engage with one another so as to assist movement of the trigger into the injection-ready position.