Syringe assembly having a flexible or a slidable flange

• US 10,112,014 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2014
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Becton Dickinson France (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Becton Dickinson France (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Lum, Chee Leong, Schiller, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Shefali
• Application Number:
  US14/163,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20140142517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,740 Days
• Field of Search: 604227
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3139 Finger grips not integrally formed with the syringe barrel, e.g. using adapter with finger grips
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3135 characterised by constructional features of the proximal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3137 Specially designed finger grip means, e.g. for easy manipulation of the syringe rod
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31525 Dosing burettes, pipettes B01L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31555 by purely axial movement of dose setting member, e.g. during setting or filling of a syringe

Abstract

A syringe assembly having a flexible and/or slidable flange is provided, wherein in a pre-use or packaged state, the flange is positioned substantially parallel to a barrel of the syringe assembly resulting in the syringe assembly having a smaller packaging footprint. The smaller packaging footprint allows for a reduced storage space of the syringe assembly. Upon removal from a packaging and/or the storage space, the flange can be slid and locked into place such that the flange extends in a perpendicular direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the barrel of the syringe assembly to allow for a traditional operation of the syringe assembly.

Claims

1. A syringe assembly comprising:

a syringe barrel having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end including an outlet portion; and

a slidable flange positioned about the syringe barrel, said slidable flange comprising;

a slidable flange member having a first end and a second end; and

an aperture extending through said slidable flange member; and

a locking member provided at the proximal end of the syringe barrel for locking the slidable flange member with respect to the syringe barrel,

wherein a first diameter of the aperture extending along a minor axis of the aperture is smaller than a second diameter of the aperture extending along a major axis of the aperture, the minor axis being coplanar with and perpendicular to the major axis, and

wherein the slidable flange is transitionable from a first pre-use position to a second use position and in the pre-use position, the entirety of the flange member is angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the syringe barrel such that the first end of the flange member is farther from the distal end of the syringe barrel than the second end of the flange member and, in the second use position, the first end of the flange member and the second end of the flange member are equidistant from the distal end of the syringe barrel and the flange member creates the flange extending in a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of the syringe barrel.

2. The syringe assembly of claim 1, wherein the locking member is an undercut portion located at the proximal end of the syringe barrel.

3. The syringe assembly of claim 1, wherein the slidable flange member comprises an elongated portion having sidewall portions connecting said first and second ends and the aperture is oval in shape.

4. The syringe assembly of claim 3, wherein locking of at least the sidewall portions of the slidable flange member causes the first and second ends to extend in opposite directions in the perpendicular direction with respect to the syringe barrel to create the flange.

5. The syringe assembly of claim 1, wherein the major axis of the aperture extends across the aperture between the first end and the second end of the slideable flange member.