Fluid injection needle unit having function of preventing needlestick injury and infection

• US 10,449,304 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2015
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WOO Young Medical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Jae Won Song
• Inventors: Choi, Keun Uk
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayman, Imani N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Legette, Tiffany
• Application Number:
  US14/779,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20170119975A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,721 Days
• Field of Search: 604192
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/312 comprising sealing means, e.g. severable caps, to be removed prior to injection by, e.g. tearing or twisting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0606 "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0631 having means for fully covering the needle after its withdrawal, e.g. needle being withdrawn inside the handle or a cover being advanced over the needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3202 Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps A61M5/50 takes precedence; for infusion spikes A61M5/1626; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3273 freely sliding on needle shaft without connection to syringe or needle

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fluid injection needle unit having a function of preventing needlestick injury and infection wherein a cover, a needle body and a body are improved in shape, and after the needle body is inserted into a blood vessel of a patient, the cover is coupled to the bottom end periphery of the body and the needle body is detached from the body by means of detachable mounting members, so that a needle and the needle body are inserted unitarily into the cover to prevent the occurrence of the needlestick injury and infection.

Claims

1. A fluid injection needle unit having a function of preventing needlestick injury and infection, comprising:

a needle film adapted to be inserted into a blood vessel of a patient and having an injection hole formed along an interior thereof;

a body having an insertion hole formed to pass through a top and a bottom thereof, a top end locking projection formed along an outer top end periphery thereof, and a bottom end locking projection formed along an outer bottom end periphery thereof;

a needle fixedly protruding from the top of the body in such a manner as to be inserted into the injection hole of the needle film before the needle film is inserted into the blood vessel of the patient;

a cover having an internal space closed on top thereof and open on bottom thereof and configured to be fixedly mounted onto the top end locking projection of the body prior to the needle film being inserted into the blood vessel of the patient and further configured to be fixedly mounted onto the bottom end locking projection of the body after the needle film is inserted into the blood vessel of the patient;

a needle body that is

within the internal space of the cover and fixed to the insertion hole of the body by means of detachable mounting members when the cover is fixedly mounted onto the top end locking projections of the body and prior to the needle film being inserted into the blood vessel, and

within the internal space of the cover and detached from the insertion hole of the body when the cover is fixedly mounted onto the bottom end locking projections of the body and after the needle film is inserted into the blood vessel of the patient.

2. The fluid injection needle unit according to claim 1, wherein the detachable mounting members comprise a mounting protrusion formed along an outer peripheral surface of the needle body and a locking groove formed along an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole of the body.

3. A fluid injection needle unit having a function of preventing needlestick injury and infection, comprising:

a needle film adapted to be inserted into a blood vessel of a patient and having an injection hole formed along an interior thereof;

a body having an insertion hole formed to pass through a top and a bottom thereof, a top end locking projection formed along an outer top end periphery thereof, and a bottom end locking projection formed along an outer bottom end periphery thereof;

a needle fixedly protruding from the top of the body in such a manner as to be inserted into the injection hole of the needle film before the needle film is inserted into the blood vessel of the patient;

a cover having an internal space closed on top thereof and open on bottom thereof and configured to be directly mounted onto the top end locking projection of the body and not directly mounted onto the bottom end locking projection of the body prior to the needle film being inserted into the blood vessel of the patient, and further configured to be directly mounted onto the bottom end locking projection of the body and not directly mounted onto the top end locking projection of the body after the needle film is inserted into the blood vessel of the patient;

a needle body that is

within the internal space of the cover and fixed to the insertion hole of the body by means of detachable mounting members when the cover is directly mounted onto the top end locking projections of the body and prior to the needle film being inserted into the blood vessel, and

within the internal space of the cover and detached from the insertion hole of the body when the cover is directly mounted onto the bottom end locking projections of the body and after the needle film is inserted into the blood vessel of the patient.