A method and an apparatus for applying an anesthetic that includes a receptacle having an upper end, a substantially hollow interior, a lower end having a tube or nozzle extending therefrom, and an attachment for attaching to the barrel of a syringe or vice versa. The receptacle receives a container or canister containing an endothermic gas or vapor (propellant) that rapidly absorbs heat when released to the atmosphere. A depressible actuating member or trigger propels the gas or vapor through an outlet nozzle that is oriented to project a stream of gas or vapor along a delivery axis that intersects a delivery axis of the needle, therefore, the gas or vapor can be successively delivered to an injection site with minimal repositioning of the housing.

A syringe rack securable to a surface of a fixture and configured for facilitating a sterile transfer of fluid from a non-sterile environment to a sterile environment. The syringe rack includes a securing portion and a syringe-receiving station. The syringe-receiving portion is coupled to the securing portion and configured to receive the syringe in a selectively releasable coupling arrangement where the syringe is oriented such that an opening in a barrel of a syringe projects away from the fixture when the syringe is received by the syringe-receiving station and when the securing portion is secured to the surface of the fixture.

An auto-injector operable to deliver a drug to a patient. The auto-injector may include a storage assembly with a first compartment and second compartment arranged to transition from an initial state in which the first compartment and the second compartment are separated to a merged state. The auto-injector may include a merging trigger configured for actuation responsive to manipulation and a merging mechanism comprising a compression element. Actuation of the merging trigger may cause movement of the merging mechanism such that the compression element compresses the first compartment.

The present disclosure relates generally to methods and apparatus to control delivery of a sealant during an invasive procedure. Disclosed methods and apparatus control movement of a syringe to control injection of sealant stored therein. For example, disclosed methods and apparatus can displace the syringe body relative to the plunger as the syringe is withdrawn from the target site, rather than displacing the plunger relative to the syringe body, to thereby pressurize the sealant or inject the sealant in an amount proportional to a distance the syringe body is withdrawn. This reduces the variability in the amount of sealant delivered along the syringe withdrawal pathway. The disclosed methods and apparatus can increase precision in movement of a syringe, thereby increasing precision in sealant delivery.

A medical instrument holder includes a base block configured to removably mount to a placement surface, and has prongs extending therefrom. A receiving block formed of soft and resiliently flexible material, such as an elastomeric foam, may be impaled on the prongs. A medical instrument (such as a syringe or scalpel) may be inserted into the receiving block, thereby effectively removably holding the medical instrument with respect to the placement surface. The receiving block may be discarded after use, and replaced with another receiving block for subsequent use. The holder is particularly useful for receiving the cap of a hypodermic syringe within the receiving block, allowing the syringe to be held in a ready-to-use location, and allowing one-handed removal of the syringe from the cap grasped by the receiving block.

A syringe and tube organizer having a mounting plate for connecting to a supporting surface and a holder plate extending from the mounting plate. The holder plate may provide one syringe-receiving opening and a plurality of tube receiving slots. The tube receiving slots are defined by a void slot having a retention detent, and wherein the void slot terminates at the center of a spherical cap void.

This holding device comprising a supporting plate, the supporting plate having an upper face, a lower face opposite the upper face, a plurality of openings arranged according to a predetermined pattern and each configured to receive a barrel of one of the medical containers, plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from at least one of the upper and lower faces and extending between adjacent openings of the plurality of openings, and the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises at least one oblique rib extending obliquely relative to a longitudinal direction of the supporting plate from one side to another side of the supporting plate and between two different pairs of adjacent peripheral openings.

A test unit for measuring internal pressure in a cylindrical glass container includes a support adapted for housing the cylindrical glass container during a test phase, defining a longitudinal axis; a piston for selectively exerting a predetermined axial force in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and for actuating a plunger movable along the longitudinal axis; at least one measuring sensor for measuring a change in diameter in a transverse direction to the longitudinal axis; a programmable control unit operatively connected to the measuring sensor and configured to correlate a diameter change measured by the measuring sensor in the presence of a predetermined axial force with reference internal pressure values to which the measured diameter change and the predetermined axial force correspond. Associated processes for measuring internal pressure in a cylindrical glass container are further disclosed.

An on-body injector system includes a drug container assembly including a container, a seal member, and a sealing interface between the seal member and the container. The container includes an opening and the seal member at least partially covers the opening in the container. A fluid pathway assembly is coupled to the drug container assembly and includes a needle that is movable between a storage position, in which a point of the needle is spaced from the seal member, and a delivery position, in which the point of the needle is disposed at least partially through the seal member. A radiation generator is configured to emit rays of radiation to sterilize and/or disinfect the sealing interface. A barrier is disposed adjacent to the sealing interface and has an opening. At least a portion of the drug container assembly is positioned adjacent to the opening in the barrier.

A drug delivery sterilization system includes a housing defining at least one receptacle, a container assembly having first and second ends, an elongated portion extending therebetween, and an electron beam or x-ray generator disposed near the housing. The container assembly includes a container having a container contact region at the second end and an inner volume to contain a medicament, a seal member having a seal member contact region to form a sealing interface with the container contact region, and a coupling device adapted to sealingly couple the seal member to the container. The container assembly is at least partially disposed in the receptacle such that the second end of the container is exposed through the housing. The electron beam or x-ray generator generates a sterilizing beam that penetrates the seal member to sterilize the sealing interface.