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A Med-E-Jet vaccination gun from 1980. A jet injector, also known as a jet gun injector, air gun, or pneumatic injector, is a medical instrument that uses a high-pressure jet of liquid medication to penetrate the skin and deliver medication under the skin without a needle. Jet injectors can be single-dose or multi-dose.
The species is traditionally known as Meria laricis.Meria was first described by Jean Paul Vuillemin (Vuill.) in France in 1896. [1] DNA analysis in the 1990s indicated its closest ancestor was the Rhabdocline genus, with the similarity significant enough for the genera of Meria, Hartigiella, and Rhabdocline to be combined as synonyms, with Rhabdocline chosen as the name of the merged genus.
An injection of Auvi-Q autoinjector. Another design has a shape and size of a smartphone which can be put into a pocket. This design also has a retractable needle and automated voice instructions to assist the users on how to correctly use the autoinjector. The "Auvi-Q" epinephrine autoinjector uses this design. [8]
The needles are generally manufactured with an outer protective plastic shell, which is used by a person to attach the needle to the pen, and an inner plastic shell protecting the needle itself. Instruction on how to properly attach and use needles is the responsibility of the doctor or pharmacist to ensure proper use.
By design, autoinjectors are easy to use and are intended for self-administration by patients. The site of injection depends on the drug loaded, but it typically is administered into the thigh or the buttocks. The injectors were initially designed to overcome the hesitation associated with self-administration of the needle-based drug delivery ...
LONDON — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, one would have thought there was enough talk (and experience) of needles, injections, side effects — and all the debate that goes with them. But ...
Medication is prefilled into the syringe barrel. When the plug at the end of the barrel is advanced to the head of the barrel it discharges and releases the contents through the needle or into the lumen of the tubing. The carpuject competed with the tubex injection system developed by Wyeth. It has been redesigned several times to comply with ...
Autoinjector, a device to ease injection, e.g. by the patient or other untrained personnel. Hippy Sippy; Jet injector, injects without a needle, by squirting the injection fluid so fast that it makes a hole in the skin. Luer taper, a standardized fitting system used for making leak-free connections between syringe tips and needles.