PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insertion device which enables the user to perform a puncture operation by a puncture needle and a stowing operation of the puncture needle with only one hand.SOLUTION: An insertion device for inserting a cannula 410, which is held in the retention member 400 of a hypodermic syringe, into the body of a person in which the cannula is to be installed is provided with a puncture needle 100 that is inserted in the cannula 410, an outer tube 200 for holding the puncture needle 100, and an inner tube 300 that is inserted within the outer tube 200 so as to be positioned coaxially with the outer tube 200. The outer tube 200 can be pulled upward while the cannula 410 is inserted in the body of the person. The inner tube 300 can be pressed from above and has a contact surface 310 for pressing the retention member 400 downward when the inner tube 300 is pressed from above.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】穿刺針による穿刺操作と穿刺針の収納操作とを片手の操作で実現可能な挿入装置を提供する。【解決手段】挿入装置は、皮下注入器の留置部材400におけるカニューラ410を装着者の体内に挿入するための挿入装置であって、カニューラ410に挿入される穿刺針100と、穿刺針100を保持する外筒200と、外筒200と同軸に位置するように該外筒200内に挿入された内筒300とを備え、外筒200は、カニューラ410を装着者の体内に挿入した状態で上方に引き上げることが可能であり、内筒300は、上方から押圧可能であり、かつ、該内筒300が上方から押圧されたときに留置部材400を下方に押圧する当接面310を有する。【選択図】図9