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An injector pen (also called a medication pen) is a device used for injecting medication under the skin. First introduced in the 1980s, injector pens are designed to make injectable medication easier and more convenient to use, thus increasing patient adherence .
U-100 syringe sizes and markings. 1cc (1 mL) Syringe Holds maximum: 100 units [10] Numbered in: 10 unit increments [10] Smallest line measures 2 units: [11] BD [10] ReliOn [12] Monoject [13] (all but 31 gauge needle) Smallest line measures 1 unit: Easy Touch [14] Precision Sure Dose [13] 1/2cc (0.5 mL) Syringe Holds maximum: 50 units [15 ...
The carpuject is a syringe device for the administration of injectable fluid medication. It was patented by the Sterling Drug Company , which became the Sterling Winthrop , after World War II. It is designed with a luer-lock device to accept a sterile hypodermic needle or to be linked directly to intravenous tubing line.
In 1984 Koska read a newspaper article predicting the transmission of HIV through the reuse of needles and syringes. In order to find a solution, he studied how drug addicts used syringes in the UK, went to Geneva to learn about Public Health Policy, visited several syringe factories, studied plastic injection moulding, and read everything available on the transmission of viruses like HIV.
Automatic syringes are known since the 1910s, [2] and many spring-loaded devices with needle protectors were patented in the first half of the 20th century, [3] but it was not until 1970s when they became economically feasible to mass-produce (simple syrettes were used instead before).
ApiJect Systems Corporation is an American company founded in 2018 by Marc Koska [2] and based in Stamford, Connecticut [3] that produces pre-filled single use plastic injectors. [4] ApiJect works with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to fill their injectable drug products into single-dose prefilled injectors.
The Tubex Syringe cartridge was developed c. 1943 during World War II by the Wyeth company. It is a drug pre-filled glass cartridge syringe with an attached sterile needle, which is inserted in a reusable stainless steel holder (now plastic). The product was manufactured for immediate injection once the pre-filled cartridge was attached to the ...
The first government-approved initiative (Netherlands) was undertaken in the early to mid-1980s, followed closely by initiatives in the United Kingdom and Australia by 1986. [1] While the initial programme was motivated by an outbreak of hepatitis B, the AIDS pandemic motivated the rapid adoption of these programmes around the world. [2]