Injection apparatus having a needle cassette for delivering a pharmaceutical liquid

摘要

An apparatus for delivering a pharmaceutical liquid to a patient includes an outer casing; a needle cassette (524) housed in the casing and containing a plurality of mutually parallel drug injection needles; a drug cartridge housed in the casing, containing a liquid and including a sealable aperture for accessing the liquid; a direct drive assembly housed in the casing and engageable with the drug cartridge to expel a measured dose of the liquid through the aperture; a lifter assembly housed in the casing and engageable with the needle cassette to drive one of the plurality of needles partially out of the casing and into a patient while also accessing the liquid in the drug cartridge through the sealable aperture, and thereafter to withdraw the needle from the patient while halting accessing of the liquid through the sealable aperture after the measured dose of the liquid has been administered through the needle; motor means in the casing for driving the direct drive assembly and the lifter assembly; computer means for activating the direct drive assembly and the lifter assembly; and, a control panel for enabling a user to activate the apparatus.