Device for intraocular administration of a substance, for example a medication, into a human or animal eye by means of a hypodermic needle

摘要

The invention relates to a device for intraocular administration of a substance, for example a medication, into a human or animal eye by means of a hypodermic needle. Until recently, intravitreal or intraocular injections, by which a substance, and more in particular a medication, is injected into a human or animal eye by means of a hypodermic needle, were only used in exceptional cases. Especially in the treatment of endophtalmitis, an infrequently occurring intraocular inflammation of the eye, antibiotics are often administered intravitreally. The object of the invention is to provide a tool which makes it possible, using one instrument, to keep the eye stationary and at the same time facilitate giving the injection, which will be carried out under identical, reproducible circumstances at all times in that case. According to the invention, the device is characterized in that it comprises a support element to be placed on the eye as well as directing means for orienting the hypodermic needle relative to the eye. Thus it is possible to carry out such eye treatments in an identical, reproducible manner, thereby preventing all kinds of traumas to the eye—resulting from undesirable incorrect insertion of the hypodermic needle—and the associated inconvenience to the patient.