Owner Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventors Hunter, Ian W.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003272279

PCT Number PCT/US03/27907

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/021882

Priority 60/424,114 05.11.02 US; 60/409,090 06.09.02 US; 10/656,806 05.09.03 US

Filing date 8 September 2003

Wipo publication date 29 March 2004

Acceptance publication date 26 April 2007

A61B 5/00 (2006.01) Measuring for diagnostic purposes

A61B 5/103 (2006.01) Measuring for diagnostic purposes - Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes

A61D 7/00 (2006.01) Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid, or gaseous remedies or other materials into or onto the bodies of animals

A61M 5/00 (2006.01) Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way

A61M 5/20 (2006.01) Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way - Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically

A61M 5/30 (2006.01) Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way - Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or cartridges