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1. A remote treatment system for remotely delivering a payload to a living target, the remote treatment system comprising: a projectile assembly configured to be fired from a delivery system and projected toward the living target, the projectile assembly comprising: a cone assembly including a fore-end ring at an apex of the cone assembly and a base ring at a center of a base of the cone assembly, the fore-end ring and base ring radially joining a plurality of deformable sections around a cylindrical core extending through the fore-end ring and the base ...
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A remote treatment system for remotely delivering a payload to a living target, the remote treatment system comprising: a projectile assembly configured to be fired from a delivery system and projected toward the living target, the projectile assembly comprising: a cone assembly including a fore-end ring at an apex of the cone assembly and a base ring at a center of a base of the cone assembly, the fore-end ring and base ring radially joining a plurality of deformable sections around a cylindrical core extending through the fore-end ring and the base ring, each section including a first portion, a second portion, and a pivot connecting the first portion to the second portion, and each section being shiftable about the pivot between an un-deformed first position and a deformed second position; and,a syringe assembly including a cannula carried by the cylindrical core, the fore-end ring being shiftable along a longitudinal axis of the cannula between an extended first position and a retracted second position; andwherein the payload is carried by the projectile assembly, and wherein, in response to an impact between the cone assembly and the living target, each section of the cone assembly and the fore-end ring shifts to its respective second position, thereby causing the payload to be delivered to the living target. 2. The remote treatment system of claim 1, wherein the cannula includes a solid bevel tip, an exit port on a longitudinal side of the cannula, and a base, and the fore-end ring is in a sealing relation to the cannula. 3. The remote treatment system of claim 2, wherein both the fore-end ring and the base ring have an inner diameter sized to receive the cannula. 4. The remote treatment system of claim 3, wherein the fore-end ring is further in a sealing relation to the cannula exit port when the fore-end ring is in the extended first position and the fore-end ring is not in the sealing relation to the cannula exit port when the fore-end ring is in the retracted second position. 5. The remote treatment system of claim 4, wherein the payload is carried within the syringe assembly, and wherein, in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the living target, at least one of kinetic energy and pressure means causes the payload within the syringe assembly to be expressed from the cannula exit port and delivered to the living target. 6. The remote treatment system of claim 5, wherein the payload includes one or more of a fluid treatment and a tracking device. 7. The remote treatment system of claim 5, wherein the syringe assembly further includes a hollow cylindrical syringe body, the syringe body having a front end and an open end, the front end and open end opposing each other along a longitudinal axis of the syringe body, the cannula base being affixed to the front end. 8. The remote treatment system of claim 7, wherein the syringe assembly further includes a plunger assembly, the syringe body open end has an inner diameter sized to receive an outer diameter of the plunger assembly, and the outer diameter of the plunger assembly is sized for a sealing relation with the syringe body at the open end. 9. The remote treatment system of claim 8, further including a fins-cup assembly coupled to the syringe assembly and configured to stabilize the cone assembly and the syringe assembly during flight of the projectile assembly, the fins-cup assembly having a hollow cylindrical fins-cup body, the fins-cup body having an inner diameter sized to receive an outer diameter of the syringe body, and the fins-cup body having an open front end and a closed back end. 10. The remote treatment system of claim 9, comprising pressure means, wherein the pressure means biases the plunger assembly against the payload, and the payload is positioned within the syringe body between the syringe body front end and the syringe body open end. 11. The remote treatment system of claim 10, wherein the pressure means is positioned between the fins-cup assembly closed back end and the plunger assembly and the pressure means includes one or more of a compressed fluid and a compressed coil spring. 12. The remote treatment system of claim 11, wherein the fins-cup closed end includes a filling valve configured to receive the compressed fluid. 13. The remote treatment system of claim 12 comprising compressed fluid pressure means, wherein the fins-cup closed end includes a release valve configured to release a portion of the compressed fluid received therein. 14. The remote treatment system of claim 13, wherein the portion of the received compressed fluid that is released from the release valve reduces a pressure within a volume bounded by the fins-cup closed end, the fins-cup body, and the plunger assembly. 15. The remote treatment system of claim 9, wherein the fins-cup body further includes stabilizing means. 16. The remote treatment system of claim 15, wherein the stabilizing means includes a plurality of fins. 17. The remote treatment system of claim 1, wherein the cannula includes a hollow bevel tip and a base. 18. The remote treatment system of claim 17, wherein both the fore-end ring and the base ring have an inner diameter sized to receive the cannula. 19. The remote treatment system of claim 18, wherein the payload is carried by the syringe assembly, and wherein, in response to an impact between the cone assembly and the living target, at least one of kinetic energy and pressure means causes the payload within the syringe assembly to be expressed from the cannula hollow bevel tip and delivered to the living target. 20. The remote treatment system of claim 19, wherein the syringe assembly further includes an expandable pouch having a pouch body sized to receive the payload and a pouch neck including an inner diameter sized to fit in sealing relation around the cannula base, and the hollow cylindrical syringe body has an inner diameter sized to receive the expandable pouch. 21. The remote treatment system of claim 20, wherein the syringe assembly further includes a slider assembly having a slider body and a hollow slider frame, the slider frame having inside diameters sized to receive the cannula base at one end of the slider frame and to receive the slider body at an opposite end of the slider frame, the slider frame including a slider frame filling hole and a slider frame purging hole, the slider body including a slider body purging hole. 22. The remote treatment system of claim 21, wherein the pouch neck is further sized to fit in sealing relation around the slider frame and against the slider frame filling hole, and the slider body is shiftable within the slider frame between a filling position and a purging position. 23. The remote treatment system of claim 22, wherein, in the filling position, the slider body filling hole is open and the slider body purging hole and the slider frame purging hole are blocked, and, in the purging position, the slider body purging hole and the slider frame purging hole are open. 24. The remote treatment system of claim 23, wherein, in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the target, the slider body shifts from the filling position to the purging position. 25. The remote treatment system of claim 24, wherein the slider body includes a weight cap including a diameter sized larger than the slider frame diameter. 26. A remote treatment system for remotely delivering a payload to a living target, the remote treatment system comprising: a projectile assembly configured to be fired from a delivery system and projected toward the living target, the projectile assembly comprising: a syringe assembly including a cannula, the cannula including a solid bevel tip and an exit port on a longitudinal side of the cannula; anda cone assembly including a fore-end ring at an apex of the cone assembly and a base ring at a center of a base of the cone assembly, the fore-end ring and base ring carrying the cannula, the fore-end ring being shiftable along a longitudinal axis of the cannula between an extended first position and a retracted second position, the fore-end ring being in a sealing relation with the cannula exit port in the extended first position, the exit port being unsealed with the fore-end ring in the retracted second position, and the fore-end ring and base ring being joined by one or more deformable sections;wherein the payload is carried by the projectile assembly, and wherein, in response to an impact between the cone assembly and the living target, the fore-end ring shifts to its second position, thereby causing the payload to be delivered to the living target. 27. The remote treatment system of claim 26, wherein each deformable section includes an inner rib, an outer rib, and a pivot connecting the inner rib to the outer rib, and each section is shiftable about the pivot between an un-deformed first position and a deformed second position, and further in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the living target, each deformable section shifts to its second position. 28. The remote treatment system of claim 26, wherein the deformable section includes a deformable foam projectile including a first portion, a second portion, and a pivot connecting the first portion to the second portion, and each portion is shiftable about the pivot between an un-deformed first position and a deformed second position, and further in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the living target, each deformable section shifts to its second position. 29. The remote treatment system of claim 26, wherein the payload is carried within the syringe assembly, and wherein, in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the target, at least one of kinetic energy and pressure means causes the payload within the syringe assembly to be expressed from the cannula exit port and delivered to the living target. 30. The remote treatment system of claim 29, wherein the payload includes one or more of a fluid treatment and a tracking device. 31. The remote treatment system of claim 29, wherein the syringe assembly further includes: a hollow cylindrical syringe body, the syringe body having a front end and an open end, the front end and the open end opposing each other along a longitudinal axis of the syringe body, the cannula base being affixed to the front end, anda plunger assembly, the syringe body open end having an inner diameter sized to receive an outer diameter of the plunger assembly, and the outer diameter of the plunger assembly being sized for a sealing relation with the syringe body at the open end. 32. The remote treatment system of claim 31, further including a fins-cup assembly coupled to the syringe assembly and configured to stabilize the cone assembly and the syringe assembly during flight of the projectile assembly, the fins-cup assembly having a hollow cylindrical fins-cup body, the fins-cup body having: an inner diameter sized to receive an outer diameter of the syringe body,an open front end and a closed back end, andstabilizing means including a plurality of fins. 33. The remote treatment system of claim 32, comprising pressure means, wherein the pressure means biases the plunger assembly against the payload, the payload is positioned within the syringe body between the syringe body front end and the syringe body open end, the pressure means is positioned between the fins-cup assembly closed back end and the plunger assembly, and the pressure means includes one or more of a compressed fluid and a compressed coil spring. 34. The remote treatment system of claim 33, wherein the fins-cup closed end includes a filling valve configured to receive the compressed fluid. 35. The remote treatment system of claim 34, wherein the fins-cup closed end includes a release valve configured to release a portion of the received compressed fluid. 36. The remote treatment system of claim 29, wherein the syringe assembly further includes: an expandable pouch having a pouch body sized to receive the payload and a pouch neck including an inner diameter sized to fit in sealing relation around the cannula base, and the hollow cylindrical syringe body includes an inner diameter sized to receive the expandable pouch, and,a slider assembly having a slider body and a hollow slider frame, the slider frame having inside diameters sized to receive the cannula base at one end of the slider frame and to receive the slider body at an opposite end of the slider frame, the slider frame including a slider frame filling hole and a slider frame purging hole, the slider body including a slider body purging hole,wherein the pouch neck is further sized to fit in sealing relation around the slider frame and against the slider frame filling hole and the slider body is shiftable within the slider frame between a filling position and a purging position. 37. The remote treatment system of claim 36, wherein, in the filling position, the slider body filling hole is open and the slider body purging hole and the slider frame purging hole are blocked, and, in the purging position, the slider body purging hole and the slider frame purging hole are open. 38. The remote treatment system of claim 37, wherein, in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the living target, the slider body shifts from the filling position to the purging position. 39. The remote treatment system of claim 38, wherein the slider body includes a weight cap including a diameter sized larger than the slider frame diameter. 40. A remote treatment system for remotely delivering a payload to a living target, the remote treatment system comprising: a projectile assembly configured to be fired from a delivery system and projected toward the living target, the projectile assembly comprising: a syringe assembly including a cannula, the cannula including a solid bevel tip and an exit port on a longitudinal side of the cannula; anda cone assembly including a fore-end ring at an apex of the cone assembly and a base ring at a center of a base of the cone assembly, the fore-end ring and base ring carrying the cannula, the fore-end ring being shiftable along a longitudinal axis of the cannula between an extended first position and a retracted second position, the fore-end ring being in a sealing relation with the cannula exit port in the extended first position, the exit port being unsealed with the fore-end ring in the retracted second position, and the fore-end ring and base ring being formed by one or more deformable sections, each deformable section including an inner rib, an outer rib, and a pivot connecting the inner rib to the outer rib, and each section is shiftable about the pivot between an un-deformed first position and a deformed second position;wherein the payload is carried by the projectile assembly, and wherein, in response to an impact between the cone assembly and the living target, each deformable section of the cone assembly and the fore-end ring shift to their respective second positions, thereby causing the payload to be delivered to the living target. 41. The remote treatment system of claim 40, wherein the payload is carried within the syringe assembly, and wherein, in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the living target, one or more of kinetic energy and pressure means causes the payload within the syringe assembly to be expressed from the cannula exit port and delivered to the living target. 42. The remote treatment system of claim 41, wherein the payload includes one or more of a fluid treatment and a tracking device. 43. The remote treatment system of claim 41, wherein the syringe assembly further includes: a hollow cylindrical syringe body, the syringe body having a front end and an open end, the front end and open end opposing each other along a longitudinal axis of the syringe body, the cannula base being affixed to the front end, anda plunger assembly, the syringe body open end having an inner diameter sized to receive an outer diameter of the plunger assembly, and the outer diameter of the plunger assembly is sized for a sealing relation with the syringe body at the open end. 44. The remote treatment system of claim 43, further including a fins-cup assembly coupled to the syringe assembly and configured to stabilize the cone assembly and the syringe assembly during flight of the projectile assembly, the fins-cup assembly having a hollow cylindrical fins-cup body, the fins-cup body having: an inner diameter sized to receive an outer diameter of the syringe body,an open front end and a closed back end, anda stabilizing means including a plurality of fins. 45. The remote treatment system of claim 44 comprising pressure means, wherein the pressure means biases the plunger assembly against the payload, the payload is positioned within the syringe body between the syringe body front end and the syringe body open end, the pressure means is positioned between the fins-cup assembly closed back end and the plunger assembly, and the pressure means includes one or more of a compressed fluid and a compressed coil spring. 46. The remote treatment system of claim 45, wherein the fins-cup closed end includes a filling valve configured to receive the compressed fluid. 47. The remote treatment system of claim 46, wherein the fins-cup closed end includes a release valve configured to release a portion of the received compressed fluid. 48. The remote treatment system of claim 45, wherein the pressure means includes a chemical reaction caused by one or more breakable capsules containing reactants. 49. The remote treatment system of claim 48, wherein the syringe body is constructed of a metal and the reactant includes one or more of hydrochloric or sulfuric acid. 50. The remote treatment system of claim 49, wherein the metal includes zinc. 51. The remote treatment system of claim 41, wherein the syringe assembly further includes: an expandable pouch having a pouch body sized to receive the payload and a pouch neck including an inner diameter sized to fit in sealing relation around the cannula base, and the hollow cylindrical syringe body includes an inner diameter sized to receive the expandable pouch, anda slider assembly having a slider body and a hollow slider frame, the slider frame having inside diameters sized to receive the cannula base at one end of the slider frame and to receive the slider body at an opposite end of the slider frame, the slider frame including a slider frame filling hole and a slider frame purging hole, the slider body including a slider body purging hole,wherein the pouch neck is further sized to fit in sealing relation around the slider frame and against the slider frame filling hole and the slider body is shiftable within the slider frame between a filling position and a purging position. 52. The remote treatment system of claim 51, wherein, in the filling position, the slider body filling hole is open and the slider body purging hole and the slider frame purging hole are blocked, and, in the purging position, the slider body purging hole and the slider frame purging hole are open. 53. The remote treatment system of claim 52, wherein, in response to the impact between the cone assembly and the target, the slider body shifts from the filling position to the purging position. 54. The remote treatment system of claim 40, wherein the cone assembly is deformable to fill the syringe assembly. 55. The remote treatment system of claim 40, wherein the syringe assembly includes a plurality of cannulae.
