The invention relates to a device for the regeneration, temperature loading and/or thermal management of a component, assigned to an exhaust system, of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one injection valve (10, 100, 200) which injects a fluid, in particular fuel, into the exhaust system, preferably in chatter mode, for example as a function of the pressure of the supplied fluid, wherein the injection valve has a valve head (11, 110) and a valve seat (13, 130), wherein the geometries of the valve head (11, 110) and of the valve seat (13, 130) are designed in such a way that a fluidic force, acting on the injection valve (10, 100, 200), of the supplied fluid, drops continuously over a stroke (H) of the valve head (11, 110). The invention also relates to an injection valve having such valve-head and valve-seat geometries and to a corresponding method for the regeneration, temperature loading and/or thermal management of a component, assigned to an exhaust system, of an internal combustion engine.