HYPOSPRAY LOADER AND VIALS WITH HYPOSPRAY
(A laser scalpel is also visible in front of the loader unit.)

	Medical personnel on Away Team missions or other assignments 
away from sickbay facilities are frequently issued any of a variety of 
medikits. These portable equipment packages typically include a medical 
tricorder, field hypospray, respirator, defib module, sample kit, and selection 
of bandages and drugs for emergency field use.
	Subcutaneous and intravenous administration of many types of 
medication is accomplished with the hypospray. This device employs a 
pinpoint high-pressure low-volume microscopic aerosuspension stream, 
which permits low-viscosity medication to be administered through the 
epidermis without mechanical penetration. Certain types of medications can 
be formulated for a somewhat wider spray pattern, resulting in lesser 
penetration into the epidermis, but yielding a higher rate of absorption due to 
the greater skin area exposed to the drug.
	Standard hyposprays are designed to accept a standard medication 
vial, which can be changed as required. Field hyposprays are normally 
loaded with an inert saline solution that serves as a vehicle fluid for any of 
five user-selectable concentrated emergency medication ampules.  Æ