SAFETY SYRINGE FOR TAKING BLOOD

• US 20040249309A1
• Filed: 06/03/2003
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hsiu-Chih Lin, Jih-Hsiung Yang
• Original Assignee: Hsiu-Chih Lin, Jih-Hsiung Yang
• Inventors: Lin, Hsiu-Chih, Yang, Jih-Hsiung
• Granted Patent: US 6,911,021 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/576
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15003 for venous or arterial blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150389 Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150473 Double-ended needles, e.g. used with pre-evacuated sampling tubes hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396; needle sets for catheters A61M25/06; needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150526 Curved or bent needles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150633 Protective sleeves which are axially extensible, e.g. sleeves connected to, or integrated in, the piercing or driving device; pivotable protective sleeves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150717 manually removed
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/154 Devices using pre-evacuated means

Abstract

A safety syringe for taking blood has a hollow barrel, a seal, a tube and a needle hub. The hollow barrel has an outside surface, a proximal open end and a distal closed end. The seal with an inner needle is mounted inside the hollow barrel. The tube has a proximal open end and a distal open end and is attached longitudinally to the outside surface of the hollow barrel. The needle hub is mounted inside the tube, and the needle can extend out of the distal open end of the tube. A first through hole defined in the hollow barrel and a second through hole is defined in the tube align with the first through hole. When taking blood, the needle is extended out from the distal end of the tube to take a blood sample and a vacutainer is inserted into the hollow barrel to collect a blood sample. The used needle is retracted into the tube after use to keep people from getting injured or infected.

Claims

1. A safety syringe for taking blood comprising

a hollow barrel having

a distal closed end;

a proximal open end;

a sidewall;

an outside surface; and

a first through hole defined through the sidewall;

a seal mounted inside the hollow barrel;

an inner needle being L-shaped with an inner channel and mounted on the seal;

a tube connected to the hollow barrel, being cylindrical and having a proximal open end;

a distal open end;

a sidewall;

a lip defined inside the distal open end;

a guide slot defined longitudinally through the tube and having a proximal end and a distal end;

two locking slots defined through the tube and locking slots being perpendicular to the guide slot and communicating with the guide slot;

a second through hole defined through the sidewall of the tube and aligning and communicating with the first through hole of the hollow barrel; and

a needle hub slidably mounted inside the tube and having

a stopper having a top surface, a bottom surface and a cylindrical surface;

a needle with a longitudinal fluid passage and mounted in the bottom surface of the stopper;

a fluid channel defined through the stopper and having

a first end defined through the bottom surface of the stopper and connected to the needle; and

a second end;

a guide stub attached to the cylindrical surface of the stopper and moveably received in the guide slot in the tube; and

a tapered hole formed in the cylindrical sidewall and communicating with the second end of the fluid channel so the tapered hole aligns with the second through hole when the needle of the needle hub is fully extended out the tube.

2. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow barrel and the tube are integrally formed together.

3. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seal and the hollow barrel are integrally formed together.

4. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow barrel further comprises a dovetail keyway defined longitudinally on the outside surface;

the tube further comprises a dovetail key engaged into the dovetail keyway on the hollow barrel;

the first through hole is defined through the dovetail keyway; and

the second through hole is defined through the dovetail key and aligns with the first through hole.

5. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 1 further comprises a spring mounted inside the tube and the needle is inserted through the spring.

6. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 5 further comprises a plug mounted inside the proximal open end of the tube.

7. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking slots comprises a retracted locking slot formed near the proximal end of and perpendicular to the guide slot, and an extended locking slot is formed at the distal end of and perpendicular to the guide slot.

8. The safety syringe for taking blood as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner needle further comprises an elastic sheath mounted on the inner needle.