US 12,446,495 B2
Injection systems, injection tools and methods for same
Lukas Rudolf Schupbach, Basel (CH); Urs Widmer, Dornach (CH); Michael Christian Oehl, Reinach (CH); and Antony Mathai Chettoor, Apex, NC (US)
Assigned to Invaio Sciences International GmbH, Basel (CH)
Filed by Invaio Sciences International GmbH, Basel (CH)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,139.
Application 18/504,139 is a continuation of application No. 17/263,101, granted, now 11,844,318, previously published as PCT/EP2019/070119, filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 00917/18 (CH), filed on Jul. 25, 2018; and application No. 00526/19 (CH), filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0260513 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 7/06 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection tool comprising:
a base having a first width in a first plane and a second width in a second plane, the first plane and the second plane both oriented to include a longitudinal axis of the injection tool, the base comprising:
an inlet port; and
a main channel that runs longitudinally through the center of the base; and
a penetrating distribution body comprising a distal end away from the base and a proximal end near the base, the penetrating distribution body having a third width in the first plane greater than the first width and a fourth width in the second plane less than the second width, wherein the penetrating distribution body comprises:
a cutting edge at the distal end of the penetrating distribution body;
a penetrating element that extends from the cutting edge to the proximal end of the penetrating distribution body, wherein the cutting edge and the penetrating element form a wedge type body profile extending along the longitudinal axis of the injection tool;
opposing faces that extend from the base and meet at the cutting edge; and
a distribution element that comprises:
one or more distribution ports; and
one or more distribution reservoirs, wherein each distribution reservoir defines a tapered shape from a first end of the distribution reservoir to a second, opposite end of the distribution reservoir in the first plane and wherein each distribution reservoir is an opening that extends through both opposing faces of the penetrating distribution body.