Needleless injection adapter

• US 20050154372A1
• Filed: 09/01/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orchis Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Orchis Company Limited
• Inventors: Minezaki, Susumu
• Application Number:
  US10/930,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20050154372A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/533
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/02 Access sites

Abstract

The invention provides a needleless injection adapter which can inject medical fluid without using an injection needle, and can completely prevent occurrence of accidental needle sticking to medical staff and a patient and of accidental nosocomial infection. The needleless injection adapter includes: a socket being coupled to a tip of an injector; a duct body with connecting portions to connect with fluid conveying tubes at both ends thereof; a movable member with the socket, slidably held on the middle of a surface of the duct body. A first hole extending to the socket and a second hole extending through the duct body are opposed to each other on a face where the movable member and the duct body are slidable in contact with each other. The two holes are connected or disconnected in accordance with the position of the movable member.

Claims

1. A needleless injection adapter comprising:

a socket being coupled to a tip of an injector;

a duct body having, at both ends, connecting portions to connect with fluid conveying tubes;

a movable member being slidably held on a middle of a surface of said duct body and having said socket, a first hole, and a second hole, the first hole being formed inside the movable member and extending to said socket, the second hole extending through said duct body, the first and second holes facing to each other on a face on which said movable member and said duct body are slidably in contact with each other; and

a biasing member biasing said movable member in a direction where said first and second holes are misaligned with each other.

2. The needleless injection adapter according to claim 1, wherein,

said biasing member is fixed on said duct body so that said biasing member accumulates return force to be elastically deformed in a state that said socket and an inside of said duct body get in communication with each other by a movement of said movable member.

3. The needleless injection adapter according to claim 1, wherein

said socket has a stopper which maintains the state that said socket is in communication with the inside of said duct body.

4. A needleless injection adapter comprising:

a socket being coupled to a tip of an injector;

a duct body having, at both ends, connecting portions to connect with fluid conveying tubes and having a vertical hole to connect said socket to the inside of said duct body;

a slidable member having said socket and at least one connection hole and dividing said vertical hole connecting said socket to the inside of said duct body, the connection hole connecting upper and lower vertical holes divided by said slidable member; and

a biasing member biasing said slidable member to slide in a direction where said connection hole shifts from the upper and lower vertical holes.

5. The needleless injection adapter according to claim 4, wherein,

said biasing member is fixed on said duct body so that said biasing member accumulates return force to be elastically deformed in a state that said socket and the inside of said duct body get in communication with each other by a sliding of said slidable member.

6. The needleless injection adapter according to claim 4, wherein

said socket has a stopper which maintains the state that said socket is in communication with the inside of said duct body.

7. A needleless injection adapter comprising:

a socket being coupled to a tip of an injector;

a duct body having, at both ends, connecting portions to connect with fluid conveying tubes; and

a rotatable member being slidably held on a middle of a surface of said duct body and having said socket, a first hole, and a second hole, the first hole being formed inside said rotatable member and extending to said socket, the second hole extending through said duct body, the first and second holes facing to each other on a face where said rotatable member and said duct body are slidably in contact with each other;

a spring member biasing said rotatable member in a direction where said first and second holes are misaligned; and

a sound emission member and/or a tactile member being provided in said socket, snapping a tip end of said spring member at a position where said first and second holes are aligned with each other.

8. The needleless injection adapter according to claim 7, wherein

said sound emission member and/or said tactile member include(s) a tip end of said spring member whose base end is held by said duct body;

and a projection or a recess on a side face of said socket on which the tip end of said spring member abuts.

9. The needleless injection adapter according to claim 7, further comprising a position retaining member which holds said rotatable member to rotate against a spring force of said spring member, in such a position that said first and second holes are aligned with each other.