Safety syringe for taking blood

• US 20070123822A1
• Filed: 11/25/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Biotop Holding Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Biotop Holding Company Limited
• Inventors: Chang, Jia-Ming, Wang, Shih-Chun, Yuan, Kiwi
• Application Number:
  US11/286,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20070123822A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/110
• 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 5/150572 Pierceable protectors, e.g. shields, caps, sleeves or films, e.g. for hygienic purposes
• 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 5/150732 Needle holders, for instance for holding the needle by the hub, used for example with double-ended needle and pre-evacuated tube,
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/154 Devices using pre-evacuated means
• 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

Abstract

A safety syringe for taking blood has a hollow barrel having a bottom open end, a top end, a needle hub movably received between the cap and the stop of the barrel and a spring urging against the needle hub to move into the barrel after the cap is rotated to force second sectorial portions of the moving block of the needle block misalign with the first sectorial portions of the stop of the barrel so that the needle hub is received inside the barrel.

Claims

1. A safety syringe for taking blood comprising

a hollow barrel having a bottom open end for receiving therein a tube, a top end and a stop formed on an inner face of the barrel;

a needle hub rotatably connected to the stop of the barrel and having a first needle extending in a first direction toward the barrel and a second needle extending in a second direction opposite to that of the first direction;

a cap rotatably mounted to the top open end of the barrel and detachably connected to the needle hub; and

a spring sandwiched between the needle hub and the cap when the spring is at a first position and sandwiched between the cap and the stop when the spring is at a second position such that after the needle hub is rotated due to the rotation of the cap for predetermined degrees the needle hub together with the first needle and the second needle is pushed by the spring into the barrel for disposal.

2. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stop includes first cutouts defined in a periphery of the stop and multiple first sectorial portions each formed adjacent to one of the first cutouts,

the needle hub is composed of a moving block configured to have second cutouts corresponding to and aligning with the first cutouts of the stop and second sectorial portions corresponding to and aligning with the first sectorial portions of the stop when the spring is at the first position.

3. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cap has a first skirt and first notches defined in a side face of the first skirt, the moving block has a second skirt extending from a side face of the moving block and having second notches defined in a side face of the second skirt so that portions of the first skirt are received in the second notches and portions of the second skirt are received in the first notches to allow the moving block to move along with the cap.

4. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first cutouts and the first sectorial portions of the stop misalign respectively with second cutouts and second sectorial portions of the moving block when the spring is at the second position.

5. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first cutouts and the first sectorial portions of the stop misalign respectively with second cutouts and second sectorial portions of the moving block when the spring is at the second position.

6. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cap has a first skirt extending from a side face of the cap and having first notches defined in a side face of the first skirt, the moving block has a second skirt extending from a side face of the moving block to correspond to the first skirt and having second notches defined in a side face of the second skirt such that after first protrusions formed on the first skirt are received in the second notches and second protrusions formed on the second skirt are received in the first notches, engagement between the cap and the moving block is secured.

7. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cap has a first skirt extending from a side face of the cap and having first notches defined in a side face of the first skirt, the moving block has a second skirt extending from a side face of the moving block to correspond to the first skirt and having second notches defined in a side face of the second skirt such that after first protrusions formed on the first skirt are received in the second notches and second protrusions formed on the second skirt are received in the first notches, engagement between the cap and the moving block is secured.

8. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cap has a first skirt extending from a side face of the cap and having first notches defined in a side face of the first skirt, the moving block has a second skirt extending from a side face of the moving block to correspond to the first skirt and having second notches defined in a side face of the second skirt such that after first protrusions formed on the first skirt are received in the second notches and second protrusions formed on the second skirt are received in the first notches, engagement between the cap and the moving block is secured.

9. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cap has a first skirt extending from a side face of the cap and having first notches defined in a side face of the first skirt, the moving block has a second skirt extending from a side face of the moving block to correspond to the first skirt and having second notches defined in a side face of the second skirt such that after first protrusions formed on the first skirt are received in the second notches and second protrusions formed on the second skirt are received in the first notches, engagement between the cap and the moving block is secured.

10. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cap has a first skirt extending from a side face of the cap and having first notches defined in a side face of the first skirt, the moving block has a second skirt extending from a side face of the moving block to correspond to the first skirt and having second notches defined in a side face of the second skirt such that after first protrusions formed on the first skirt are received in the second notches and second protrusions formed on the second skirt are received in the first notches, engagement between the cap and the moving block is secured.

11. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 2, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

12. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

13. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 5, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

14. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 6, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

15. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 7, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

16. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 8, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

17. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 9, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.

18. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 10, wherein the stop is provided with indents defined in a side face of the stop and the moving block has bosses formed on to correspond to and be received in the indents when the spring is at the first position and the bosses are moved away from the corresponding indents when the spring is at the second position.