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HYPOSPRAY AND HYPOSPRAY VIAL LOADING UNIT
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vial-loading unit with hypospray lying next to it to the left, [#15 Jetrel]

There is within Voyager's sickbay the hypospray loading unit, a substantial yet portable tabletop device which is regularly used by the Doctor during routine and emergency treatments. The design has changed slightly over the life of the show but in essence remains the same. The hypospray loading unit does not replace an assistant such as Kes or Lt. Tom Paris, but it does give the EMH the chance to store previously prepared vials safely and securely, with its design allowing extremely fast access to the medication that has previously been developed.

The relatively small footprint of the hypospray loading unit's flat and stable underside allows the unit to be positioned on just about any surface within Voyager's sickbay, but under normal operating circumstances the device is never far from the primary treatment area and operating table.

The hypospray loading unit has its own dedicated portable trolley support, incorporating a touch-sensitive control pad within its main vertical strut, on top of which is attached a narrow metallic shelf with a black non-slip surface onto which the hypospray loading unit is placed. The entire height of the hypospray loading unit when positioned on its trolley is approximately one metre, and is specifically designed for medical staff to be able to retrieve both a hypospray and up to eight different medications with a minimum of effort. Hyposprays can usually be found lying around various parts of any sickbay, but the hypospray loading unit also provides a resting place for up to two empty injection units that can be stored on either side of the hypospray loading unit's outer casing. A black coloured wedge-shaped bracket firmly attached to the lower rear of the casing forms a secure circular collar into which a hypospray can be easily placed, and in an emergency situation the EMH or a trained auxiliary can retrieve a hypospray from the hypospray loading unit's side and load a vial in a matter of seconds.

Trolley with the hypospray vial loading unit on top. Also on the trolley, beside the loading unit, are three empty hyposprays.
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Kes at the hypospray vial loading unit.
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Note how the hypospray loading unit is in different places around sickbay.

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Hypospray loading unit - upper section. Patient alert: the image below is 115Kb.

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The hypospray loading unit is constructed from a lightweight polished metallic material used widely for Starfleet Medical equipment. Devices such as the hypospray loading unit may have to be roughly handled in cases of emergency within the sickbay, so the outer casing needs to be very durable, yet in view of the utmost necessity for hygiene in a medical environment, it must still provide a surface that can maintain high levels of cleanliness after being cleaned. The unit's sides are smooth, with the profile tapering down to the base of the hypospray loading unit that allows it to be easily picked up with both hands and transferred to any part of the

room in which it is required. Additional protection to the outer edges is provided by a flat angular plate which is fixed onto both the left and right sides, with the upper and forward edges of the unit curved in order to prevent sharp edges which might injure someone if they were to collide with it.

Hypospray vial loader. Patient alert: the image below is 133Kb.

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Viewed from the front, the hypospray loading unit consists of an upwardly sloping forward surface that incorporates four double sets of circular retaining rings. The retaining rings are designed to accommodate a standard hypospray vial, with the prepared medication slotted into the hypospray loading unit from which they can quickly and easily be recovered when required. Hypospray vials are deliberately transparent so that the physician administering the injection can see at a glance what is contained within the cylinder, and the hypospray loading unit incorporates an illuminated source at the base of each retaining ring that shines through the vials to make their identification even easier from a distance. Located beneath the eight raised rings is a translucent horizontal strip on which vials can be rested without them rolling off thanks to a series of small raised squares built into its upper surface. Positioned below this platform, and forming the upper sloping front of the hypospray loading unit is an angled metallic strip that features four sets of raised touch-sensitive controls. Part of the upper leading edge and the front of the device includes an inset black coloured strip that may allow vials to be temporarily rested upon it before insertion within a hypospray as there is little room available on the device's translucent surface when all of the retaining rings are occupied.

The Doctor loads a vial into a hypospray and gives Tuvok a hypospray injection. This appears on Page 1 also.
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The metallic casing angles upward and backward above the retaining rings to form a housing for four identically sized touch-sensitive interfaces. These are split into two unequally sized displays, with the lower part able to illustrate a wide variety of computerised graphical representations, while the upper part of the display features fingertip controllable reconfigurable pads. The upper display also features the hypospray load status of the vials directly below the individual computerised panels, providing additional information to the physician when selecting a treatment for a patient. The combination of the brightly illuminated vials, highly detailed graphical and textual information and its relative location above the containers is carefully designed to minimise the accidental administering of an incorrect treatment to a patient.

The vial loader unit seen from the back; note the holder on the side for a hypospray, [#164 Human Error]