UNIVERSAL PROTECTOR CAP WITH AUTO-DISABLE FEATURES FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTORS

• US 20060287631A1
• Filed: 05/23/2006
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pulse Needlefree Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pulse Needlefree Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Mathews, Michael, Rogatchev, Victor T., Leon, Nathaniel J.
• Application Number:
  US11/419,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20060287631A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/192
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2013 triggering of discharging means by contact of injector with patient body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3104 Caps for syringes without needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3118 via the distal end of a syringe, i.e. syringe end for mounting a needle cannula
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/11 with means for preventing cross-contamination when used for multiple patients
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/178 Syringes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/204 connected to external reservoirs for multiple refilling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/30 Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3134 characterised by constructional features of the distal end, i.e. end closest to the tip of the needle cannula
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31501 Means for blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston A61M5/5013 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a medical device used to prevent the cross-contamination of patients or injectors in which various components placed on the injector minimize or eliminate back splash contamination of the injector.

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