Syringe having needle safely receiving structure

• US 20040082911A1
• Filed: 10/25/2002
• Published: 04/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bruce Tiu, Ching Chao Hou
• Original Assignee: Bruce Tiu, Ching Chao Hou
• Inventors: Hou, Ching Chao, Tiu, Bruce
• Application Number:
  US10/279,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20040082911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/110
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/31516 reducing dead-space in the syringe barrel after delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/5073 by breaking or rupturing the connection parts
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/322 Retractable needles, i.e. disconnected from and withdrawn into the syringe barrel by the piston devices for protecting guide needles in combination with catheters A61M25/0612
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5066 Means for preventing re-use by disconnection of piston and piston-rod

Abstract

A syringe includes a needle support received in a front portion of a housing and having a front tube for attaching a needle. A plunger includes a piston slidably received in the housing and a stem detachably secured to the piston. The piston may be secured to the needle support for pulling the needle into the housing after use. The needle support has one or more bulges for engaging with juts of the housing for limiting the needle support to rotate relative to the housing. The piston includes a rod and a pole for adequately forcing medicine out of the needle support.

Claims

1. A syringe comprising:

a housing including a front portion and a rear portion,

a needle support received in said front portion of said housing, and including a front portion having a tube extended therefrom, and including a bore formed therein,

a needle attached to said tube of said needle support and extendible outward of said housing,

a plunger including a piston slidably received in said housing and movable toward and away from said needle support, and including a stem detachably secured to said piston, for moving said piston toward and away from said needle support,

wherein said needle support includes a rear portion having at least one spring latch provided thereon, and a notch formed between said at least one spring latch and said needle support, said piston includes a front portion having a peripheral rib laterally extended therefrom for moving over said at least one spring latch and for engaging into said notch of said needle support, and for securing said piston to said needle support when said piston is forced toward said needle support, said needle support is movable into said housing by said plunger when said piston of said plunger is moved away from said front portion of said housing, and

said housing includes at least one jut provided in said front portion thereof, said needle support includes at least one bulge extended therefrom for engaging with said at least one jut of said housing, and for limiting a rotational movement between said needle support and said housing.

2. The syringe according to claim 1, wherein said at least one jut of said housing includes a first end located at said front portion of said housing, and includes a second end directed toward said rear portion of said housing and sharper than said first end of said at least one jut.

3. The syringe according to claim 1, wherein said needle support includes a rear portion, said at least one bulge of said needle support includes a first end located at said front portion of said needle support, and includes a second end directed toward said rear portion of said needle support and sharper than said first end of said at least one bulge.

4. The syringe according to claim 3, wherein said needle support includes a peripheral wall provided on said front portion thereof and provided and formed around said tube for forming a peripheral space between said tube and said peripheral wall, said at least one jut is provided on said peripheral wall.

5. The syringe according to claim 4, wherein said peripheral wall includes at least one groove formed therein for increasing a resilience of said peripheral wall.

6. The syringe according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes an inner peripheral recess formed in said front portion thereof and defined by a peripheral rib, said needle support includes a peripheral swelling extended outwardly therefrom for moving over said peripheral rib and for engaging into said peripheral recess of said housing, and for detachably securing said needle support to said housing.

7. The syringe according to claim 6, wherein said needle support includes at least one projection extended from said peripheral swelling for engaging into said peripheral recess of said housing.

8. The syringe according to claim 1, wherein said needle support includes a rear portion having a chamber formed therein and communicating with said bore thereof, said piston includes a rod and a pole extended forwardly therefrom for engaging into said chamber and said bore of said needle support respectively.

9. The syringe according to claim 1, wherein said piston includes a rear portion having an extension extended therefrom, said stem includes a front portion having a channel formed therein for receiving said extension of said piston, and for defining a slot between said stem and said extension of said piston, and at least one coupling member formed and coupled between said stem and said extension of said piston, for detachably securing said stem to said piston.

10. The syringe according to claim 9, wherein said piston includes a head formed on said extension thereof, said stem includes an opening formed therein and communicating with said channel thereof for receiving said head, and includes at least one coupling member formed and coupled between the stem and said head of said piston.