Cylindrical pushrod for needle-retracting safety injector and the needle-retraction controllable safety injector

• US 20060253083A1
• Filed: 09/16/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wenjie Liu
• Original Assignee: Wenjie Liu
• Inventors: Liu, Wenjie
• Granted Patent: US 7,331,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/198
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3232 Semi-automatic needle retraction, i.e. in which triggering of the needle retraction requires a deliberate action by the user, e.g. manual release of spring-biased retraction means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/508 Means for preventing re-use by disrupting the piston seal, e.g. by puncturing

Abstract

The invention provide a cylindrical pushrod for the syringe needle-retracting safety injector, comprising an outer cylinder (1), an inner cylinder (2), a push pole (3), an underpinned piece (4) and a seal gasket (5); the push pole (3) is set at the front end of chamber of outer cylinder (1), its front end appears as a tubular shape or projects partially in the longitudinal direction, the back end of push pole (3) is supported on the underpinned piece (4); the underpinned piece (4) is set at the front end of the chamber of outer cylinder (1) and supports the push pole (3); the cylinder wall of the inner cylinder (2) supports the underpinned piece (4); a clamping structure is set at the tail of this cylindrical pushrod. With the safety injector with the cylindrical pushrod according to the invention, the medical personnel can control the time of the needle retraction as desired, and is not necessary to change their habitual injection practice, and thereby the safety injector is easy to operate. The invention also provide a safety injector, which can not only carry out the controllable retraction of the needle but also has a simple and crafty fixed structure of the needle stand to achieve the effect of reliable fixation as well as releasing with ease.

Claims

1. A cylindrical pushrod for the syringe needle-retracting safety injector, wherein the cylindrical pushrod comprises an outer cylinder (1), an inner cylinder (2), a push pole (3) and an underpinned piece (4);

the head of outer cylinder (1) is provided with a sealing gasket (5);

the push pole (3) is set at the front end of chamber of outer cylinder (1), the front end of push pole (3) closes the frontend opening of outer cylinder (1) and outstands outside of the seal gasket (5), and appears as a tubular shape or projects partially in longitudinal direction, and the back end of said push pole (3) is supported on the underpinned piece (4);

the underpinned piece (4) has a through hole (401) for allowing the push pole (3) to pass through and a underpinned patch (402) for opening or closing the through hole (401), and the underpinned patch (402) is set at the front end of the chamber of outer cylinder (1) and supports the push pole (3);

the inner cylinder (2) is set inside the outer cylinder (1) with its front end openend and its back end closed, and the top end surface of its cylinder wall supports the underpinned piece (4) or the underpinned patch (402) thereof to close the through hole (401);

the tail of cylindrical pushrod is provided with a clamping structure for clamping the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder in a releasable manner, the clamping structure, after it is released, may make the inner cylinder (2) slide backward to a distance for allowing the push pole (3) pass through after opening the through hole 401 under the action of retractive force of the needle, and is clamped within the outer cylinder 1 again cylinder wall

2. The cylindrical pushrod for the safety injector of pinhead retraction according to the claim 1, wherein the clamping structure is a supporting piece (6), which is composed of one O-shape ring part (601), two elastic strips (602) and two raised blocks (603);

the two elastic strips (602) are set opposing to each other at both sides of the O-shape ring part (601);

the two raised blocks (603) are set respectively at the position on the outside of two elastic strips (602) with the same height, and the two raised blocks (603) are of the semispherical, triangle shape or the other shapes with a slope on its upside;

the cylinder wall of outer cylinder (1) is provided respectively with the holes (101) having a matched shape with the raised blocks (603) in the position matching with the two raised blocks (603);

after the supporting piece (6) is mounted, the two raised blocks (603) engage into the holes (101) respectively and protrude beyond the holes (101);

the cylinder wall of rear portion of inner cylinder (2) exists two long holes (201) opposing to each other;

the supporting piece (6) is set around the rear portion of inner cylinder (2) in the position of the long hole (201) and engaged in the holes (101) of outer cylinder (1), and the upper end of elastic strips (602) supports the superior border'"'"'s surface of the long hole (201) of inner cylinder (2).

3. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder wall of rear portion of the outer cylinder (1) has at least one long hole (102);

the cylinder wall of mid-back portion of inner cylinder (2) has the corresponding long holes (202) at the position matched with the long hole (102), the superior border of the long holes (202) extends downward to form an upright or inclining outward elastic strips (203), and there are two raised blocks, the upper raised block and the lower raised block, on the outside wall of the elastic strips (203), the distance between the lower end surface of upper raised block (204) and the lower end surface of lower raised block (205) equals to or exceeds the distance of inner cylinder (2) sliding backward for opening the through hole (401) to allow the push pole (3) passes through, the height of the upper raised block (204) equals to or exceeds that of the lower raised block (205), and a slope is formed on the top thereof, the upper and lower raised blocks are fixed in and protrude outside the long holes (102), and the lower raised block (205) is supported on the inferior border of the long hole (102) so that the inner cylinder (2) can be locked releasably on the outer cylinder (1).

4. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to claim 1, wherein the chamber of outer cylinder 1 contracts inward to form a shoulder (103) at the front end of outer cylinder (1), and extends forward to form a hollow chamber with a smaller diameter;

the underpinned piece (4) is a O-shape sheet with a through hole (401) at its center, and is provided with a plurality of upwarping elastic underpinned patchs (402);

the underpinned piece (4) is set at the front end of the chamber of outer cylinder (1), and the top end surface of inner cylinder (2) pushs and presses the underpinned piece (4) to the shoulder (103) of the front end of chamber of outer cylinder 1 to press down the elastic underpinned patchs (402) which then occlude the through hole (401) and support the push pole (3);

the push pole (3) is set in the hollow chamber with the smaller diameter at the front end of outer cylinder (1).

5. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to claim 1, wherein the underpinned piece (4) is compose of a plug (7) and an underpinned patch (8), the connection between the underpinned patch (8) and the plug (7) is a flexible connection, and a hinge structure, a gemel structure or the like can be set between the underpinned patch (8) and the plug (7), or the joint part can be formed as a flexional feeble layer, to realize the flexible connection between the two parts;

an aperture through which the underpinned patch (8) passes and which has a shape matching with the plug is provided on the cylinder wall of the front end of outer cylinder (1);

after the underpinned patch (8) is inserted into the aperture, the plug (7) closes the aperture and secures one end of the underpinned patch (8) on the cylinder wall of outer cylinder (1), the other end of the underpin patch (8) is supported on the top end surface of the cylinder wall of inner cylinder (2).

6. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to claim 1, wherein the underpinned piece (4) is a ring part, on which a through hole (401) and an underpinned patch (402) are provided, and a round of groove or flange (403) playing the function of clamping is provided on its side wall, one end of the underpinned patch (402) is free, and the other end of the underpinned patch connects to the underpinned piece (4) flexibly;

the underpinned piece (4) is set at the front end of the chamber of outer cylinder (1), a round of flange or groove (105) are provided on the cylinder wall of the front end of outer cylinder (1) to match with the groove or flange (403) on the underpinned piece (4), and the underpinned piece (4) is fixed at the front end of chamber of outer cylinder (1 through the clamping function of the groove and flange;

the top end surface of the cylinder wall of inner cylinder (2) supports the free end of the underpinned patch (402) to close the through hole (401).

7. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 6, wherein it further comprises a protective sleeve (9) which is a jointed body of a thick cylinder (901) and a thin cylinder (902);

a round of flange (106) is set on the outer wall of the rear portion of outer cylinder (1);

the inner diameter of thin cylinder (902) matches with the outer diameter of outer cylinder (1), a round of groove (903) is set on the inside wall of the thin cylinder (902) to clamp with the flange (106), the protective sleeve (9 is connected to the rear end of outer cylinder (1) and is fixed by the clamping relation between the groove (903) and the flange (106), the thick cylinder (901) of the protective sleeve (9) covers the clamping structure after being mounted.

8. A cylindrical pushrod for the safety injector of pinhead retraction according to the claim 7, wherein it further comprises a sealing gasket (10);

the chamber of outer cylinder (1) contracts inward to form a shoulder (103) at the front end of outer cylinder (1), an annular dummy club (301) is set at the lower end of push pole (3);

the sealing gasket (10) is mounted between the annular dummy club (301) and the shoulder (103) at the front end of the chamber of outer cylinder (1).

9. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to claim 1, wherein it further comprises a compressible needle-stopping piece (11);

a hollow chamber is set at the front end of push pole (3);

the needle-stopping piece (11) is set within the hollow chamber at the front end of push pole (3), the needle-stopping piece (11) has an exposed part at the front end which is higher than the front end of push pole (3) after plugging the opening of the hollow chamber of push pole (3), and the compressive force of the needle-stopping piece (11) is larger than or equal to the retractive force of the needle.

10. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 9, wherein the needle-stopping piece (11) is composed of a piston head (1101) and a compressible part, the compressible part may be a hollow thinwall pipe (1102) or a hollow corrugated pipe, and also may be a spring supporting the piston head.

11. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 10, wherein a groove (1105) is set on the top surface of the needle-stopping piece (11);

a slot (302) communicated with the groove (1105) is set in the chamber wall of the hollow chamber at the front end of push pole (3).

12. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 7, wherein the outer cylinder (1) shows up a front end in a tubular shape or with partial longitudinal projection after the seal gasket (5) is installed thereon;

the push pole (3) is changed into a compressible needle-stopping piece (12), the front end of the needle-stopping piece (12) plugs into the opening of the hollow chamber of outer cylinder (1) and has an exposed part at its front end which is higher than the front end of outer cylinder (1), the rear end of the needle-stopping (12) is compressible and is supported on the underpinned piece (4), the compressive force of the needle-stopping piece (12) exceeds or equals to the retractive force of the needle.

13. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 12, wherein the needle-stopping piece (12) is composed of a piston head (1201) and a compressible part;

the piston head (1201) plugs into the opening of the hollow chamber of outer cylinder (1) and has an exposed part which is higher than the front end of outer cylinder (1);

the compressible part may be a hollow thinwall pipe (1202) or a hollow corrugated pipe (1203), and also may be a spring supporting the piston head.

14. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 13, wherein the rear end of the needle-stopping piece (12) is provided with a supporting dummy club (1205) which matchs with the shoulder positioned at the top end of chamber of the outer cylinder (1).

15. The cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector according to the claim 13, wherein on the top surface of needle-stopping piece (12) is provided with a groove (1206);

a slot communicated with the groove is provided on the cylinder wall at the front end of outer cylinder (1).

16. A needle-retraction controllable safety injector, wherein it comprises a cylindrical pushrod for the needle-retracting safety injector as set forth in claim 1.

17. A needle-retraction controllable safety injector, wherein it comprises a needle syringe (13), a needle stand (14) for fixing a needle, a needle stand sheath (15), a spring (16), a needle stand fixture and a cylindrical pushrod as said in claim 12;

the needle syringe (13) forms a shoulder of contracting inward at its distal end, and the shoulder extends outward to form a cannula (17) with a less diameter than that of the needle syringe (13), the inside wall is provided with a round of flange (18) at the connection position of the shoulder with the cannula (17), and the outer wall of cannula (17) is provided with a round of flange or groove (1701);

the needle stand (14) is a tubular body with a through hole (1401) in its center, the needle is fixed in the through hole (1401) of the needle stand (14), the lower end of needle stand (14) is provided with a dummy club (1402), and the needle stand (14) is installed within the cannula (17);

the said needle stand fixture comprises the flange (18), the dummy club (1402) and an O-shape seal ring (19), the said O-shape seal ring (19) is set around the lower portion of dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), the flange (18) supports the O-shape seal ring (19), and the O-shape seal ring (19) supports the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), thereby the needle stand (14) is removably fixed in the cannula (17);

the spring (16) is set around the needle stand (14) with its lower end supported on the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14);

the needle stand sheath (15) has a hollow chamber opening rearward, the inner diameter of the chamber matches with the outer diameter of cannula (17), and the inside wall is provided with a round of groove or flange (1501) clamping with the flange or groove (1701) on the outer wall of cannula (17), the closed top end of needle stand sheath (15) has a through hole (1502), the needle stand sheath (15) is installed on the cannula (17) mounted already with the needle stand (14), the needle (1) extendes out from the through hole (1502), the closed top end of needle stand sheath (15) press the upper end of spring (16) and prepress the spring (16) between the closed top end and the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), and then the lower border surface of the closed top end joints with the upper border surface of the top end of needle stand (14);

the said cylindrical pushrod is installed within the needle syringe (13), the thick cylinder (901) of its protective sleeve (9) is connected around partly on the outer wall of the rear end of needle syringe (13), when the cylindrical pushrod is pushed to the top end of the chamber of needle syringe (13), the top end of cylindrical pushrod drives the O-shape seal ring (19) to slide as a whole or partially so as to loose the needle stand fixture and release the needle stand (14), at the same time, the lower border surface of needle syringe (13) push to disengage the clamping structure of the rear end of the cylindrical pushrod and releases the inner cylinder (2).

18. A needle-retraction controllable safety injector, wherein it comprises a needle syringe (13), a needle stand (14) for fixing a needle, a needle stand sheath (15), a spring (16), a needle stand fixture and a cylindrical pushrod as said in claim 15;

the needle syringe (13) forms a shoulder of contracting inward at its distal end, and the shoulder extends outward to form a cannula (17) with a less diameter than that of the needle syringe (13), the inside wall is provided with a round of flange (18) at the connection position of the shoulder with the cannula (17), and the outer wall of cannula (17) is provided with a round of flange or groove (1701);

the needle stand (14) is a tubular body with a through hole (1401) in its center, the needle is fixed in the through hole (1401) of the needle stand (14), the lower end of needle stand (14) is provided with a dummy club (1402), and the needle stand (14) is installed within the cannula (17);

the said needle stand fixture comprises the flange (18), the dummy club (1402) and an O-shape seal ring (19), the said O-shape seal ring (19) is set around the lower portion of dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), the flange (18) supports the O-shape seal ring (19), and the O-shape seal ring (19) supports the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), thereby the needle stand (14) is removably fixed in the cannula (17);

the spring (16) is set around the needle stand (14) with its lower end supported on the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14);

the needle stand sheath (15) has a hollow chamber opening rearward, the inner diameter of the chamber matches with the outer diameter of cannula (17), and the inside wall is provided with a round of groove or flange (1501) clamping with the flange or groove (1701) on the outer wall of cannula (17), the closed top end of needle stand sheath (15) has a through hole (1502), the needle stand sheath (15) is installed on the cannula (17) mounted already with the needle stand (14), the needle (1) extendes out from the through hole (1502), the closed top end of needle stand sheath (15) press the upper end of spring (16) and prepress the spring (16) between the closed top end and the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), and then the lower border surface of the closed top end joints with the upper border surface of the top end of needle stand (14);

the said cylindrical pushrod is installed within the needle syringe (13), the thick cylinder (901) of its protective sleeve (9) is connected around partly on the outer wall of the rear end of needle syringe (13), when the cylindrical pushrod is pushed to the top end of the chamber of needle syringe (13), the top end of cylindrical pushrod drives the O-shape seal ring (19) to slide as a whole or partially so as to loose the needle stand fixture and release the needle stand (14), at the same time, the lower border surface of needle syringe (13) push to disengage the clamping structure of the rear end of the cylindrical pushrod and releases the inner cylinder (2).

19. A needle-retraction controllable safety injector, wherein it comprises a needle syringe (13), a needle stand for fixing a needle, a needle stand sheath, a spring, a needle stand fixture and a cylindrical pushrod as said in claim 11;

the needle syringe (13) forms a shoulder of contracting inward at its distal end, and the shoulder extends outward to form a cannula (17) with a less diameter than that of the needle syringe (13), the inside wall is provided with a round of flange (18) at the connection position of the shoulder with the cannula (17), and the outer wall of cannula (17) is provided with a round of flange or groove (1701);

the needle stand (14) is a tubular body with a through hole (1401) in its center, the needle is fixed in the through hole (1401) of the needle stand (14), the lower end of needle stand (14) is provided with a dummy club (1402), and the needle stand (14) is installed within the cannula (17);

the said needle stand fixture comprises the flange (18), the dummy club (1402) and an O-shape seal ring (19), the said O-shape seal ring (19) is set around the lower portion of dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), the flange (18) supports the O-shape seal ring (19), and the O-shape seal ring (19) supports the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), thereby the needle stand (14) is removably fixed in the cannula (17);

the spring (16) is set around the needle stand (14) with its lower end supported on the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14);

the needle stand sheath (15) has a hollow chamber opening rearward, the inner diameter of the chamber matches with the outer diameter of cannula (17), and the inside wall is provided with a round of groove or flange (1501) clamping with the flange or groove (1701) on the outer wall of cannula (17), the closed top end of needle stand sheath (15) has a through hole (1502), the needle stand sheath (15) is installed on the cannula (17) mounted already with the needle stand (14), the needle (1) extendes out from the through hole (1502), the closed top end of needle stand sheath (15) press the upper end of spring (16) and prepress the spring (16) between the closed top end and the dummy club (1402) of the needle stand (14), and then the lower border surface of the closed top end joints with the upper border surface of the top end of needle stand (14);

the said cylindrical pushrod is installed within the needle syringe (13), when the cylindrical pushrod is pushed to the top end of the chamber of needle syringe (13), the top end of cylindrical pushrod drives the O-shape seal ring (19) to slide as a whole or partially so as to loose the needle stand fixture and release the needle stand (14), at the same time, the lower border surface of needle syringe (13) push to disengage the clamping structure of the rear end of the cylindrical pushrod and releases the inner cylinder (2).

20. The needle-retraction controllable safety injector according to the claim 18, wherein a protective patch (21) is provided between the roll rim (20) of the needle syringe (13) and the protective sleeve (9) to prevent the cylindrical pushrod from being pushed to the top end of the chamber of needle syringe (13) and the needle stand (14) and the clamping structure being loosed prior to the use of the injector due to a misoperation;

the protective patch (21) can be fixed on the lower end surface of the roll rim (20), and also can be fixed on the cylinder wall of the needle syringe (13) or the protective sleeve (9).