Injection syringe with telescopic assembly between cartridge and vial

Claim 1

An injection syringe which comprises a cartridge to which an injection needle is attached, a vial which is closed by a pierceable stopper which constitutes a container for a medicament, and a telescopic assembly which detachably connects the cartridge and the vial, in which the cartridge at one end is provided with a plunger which is movable inside the cartridge and at the other end with a needle mount which at the cartridge end comprises a substantially cylindrical wall portion and at the other end is provided with a sleeve in which the injection needle is secured and in which the telescopic assembly comprises an outer telescopic member which is connected to the vial and an inner telescopic member of which one end is detachably connected to the cartridge and whose other end extends into the outer telescopic member, the injection needle furthermore extending through a central bore in the inner telescopic member beyond its end, characterized in that the inner telescopic member at the side of the cartridge is provided with an outer collar of relatively great wall thickness whose inner surface frictionally engages with the outer surface of the cylindrical portion of the needle mount and with an inner collar of relatively small wall thickness whose inner surface engages with the outer wall of the cylindrical sleeve.