Leakproof needle cover structure improvement

• US 20050277892A1
• Filed: 06/09/2004
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Feng-Chi Tsao
• Original Assignee: Feng-Chi Tsao
• Inventors: Chen, Tung-Hao
• Application Number:
  US10/863,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20050277892A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/192
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3103 Leak prevention means for distal end of syringes, i.e. syringe end for mounting a needle
• 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• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/322 Retractable needles, i.e. disconnected from and withdrawn into the syringe barrel by the piston devices for protecting guide needles in combination with catheters A61M25/0612

Abstract

The present invention is a leakproof needle cover structure improvement. It relates to a safety hypodermic syringe with the needle and the needle holder retractable to the syringe, in which the needle cover has a cap at its end part, and leakage-proof ring is formed around the inside of the cap, such that when the needle cover sheathing on the needle retracts, the cap will simultaneously cover the aperture of the barrel, thus effectively prevent the leakage of residual medicament kept in the barrel.

Claims

1. A leakproof needle cover structure improvement, which is a needle cover for safety hypodermic syringe with the needle and the needle holder retractable into the syringe;

the said needle cover is formed by injection molding, which provides a cap at its front end, a tube, and a lower cap, wherein the outer diameter of the said cap is broader than the aperture of barrel, such that when the needle and the needle holder is locked and pulled back by the plunger, the cover is simultaneously covered onto the aperture of the barrel, the leakage of residual medicament kept in barrel is thus prevented the main features of the leakproof needle cover structure improvement is that the outer diameter of the said cap is broader than the aperture of barrel, leakproof ring is provided around the inside of the cap, and after injection is completed, needle cover is sheathed onto the needle when the plunger is pulled backwards, the needle holder as well as the needle will be pulled back into the hollow barrel, and the cap of the needle cover will compactly cover the aperture of the barrel such that the leakage is effectively prevented.

2. A leakproof needle cover structure improvement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer diameter of the lower cap must be smaller than that of the barrel so as to pass through the aperture of the barrel during retracting.

3. A leakproof needle cover structure improvement, which is a needle cover for safety hypodermic syringe with the needle and the needle holder retractable into the syringe;

the said needle cover is formed by injection molding, which provides a cap at its front end, a tube, and a lower cap, wherein the outer diameter of the said cap is broader than the aperture of barrel, such that when the needle and the needle holder is locked and pulled back by the plunger, the cover is simultaneously covered onto the aperture of the barrel, the leakage of residual medicament kept in barrel is thus prevented the main features of the leakproof needle cover structure improvement is that, the said needle cover can be embodied in a screw structure inside the tube of cap for commercially available barrel structure providing screw part inside the aperture, the screw structure of the tube can be screwed into the screw part inside the aperture of the barrel, the barrel and the needle cover are thus composed compactly.