ARRANGEMENT FOR INTRODUCING A LIQUID INTO THE BODY OF A PATIENT

• US 20090171292A1
• Filed: 12/01/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Aeschlimann, Reto, Scheurer, Simon, Thalmann, Christian, Wyss, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 7,955,306 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/164.10
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1583 Needle extractors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1585 Needle inserters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0612 Devices for protecting the needle; Devices to help insertion of the needle, e.g. wings or holders
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

An infusion set with a guiding needle, more particularly a laterally displaceable guiding needle.

Claims

1. An infusion set for introducing a liquid into the body of a patient, the infusion set comprising:

a cannula housing comprising a hollow cannula which protrudes from the housing;

a guide needle inserted into the hollow cannula to guide the cannula into the body of the patient;

a channel formed in the cannula housing, wherein the channel allows a medication to be guided to an inlet opening of the cannula;

a sealing element positioned in an area opposite the inlet opening of the cannula, wherein the guide needle emerges from the cannula housing after the cannula is inserted into the body of the patient;

a deflection element, wherein the guide needle is deflected in an axially displaceable manner, wherein the displacing member is arranged opposite where the guide needle emerges from the cannula housing, wherein the guide needle in an area between the cannula and its entry into the deflection element, has a rectilinear course; and

a retraction device for retracting the guide needle until it frees the inlet opening of the cannula, wherein the retraction device retracts the guide needle under the deflection by the deflection element.

2. The infusion set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cannula housing, the deflection element and the retraction device are an inseparable unit.

3. The infusion set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the retraction device pulls the guide needle into a retraction end position, wherein the guide needle is completely out of the sealing element.

4. The infusion set as claimed in claim 3, wherein, in the retraction end position, the tip of the guide needle is arranged inside one of the deflection element or the retraction device.

5. The infusion set as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the guide needle is not in the retraction end position, the cannula housing, the deflection element and the retraction device form an inseparable unit.

6. The infusion set as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the guide needle is in the retraction end position, the retraction device and the deflection element are separable from the cannula housing.

7. The infusion set as claimed in claim 3, wherein the retraction device and the deflection element are inseparable unit and, in the retraction end position, the tip of the guide needle is inside the deflection element.

8. The infusion set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the retraction device comprises two structural parts which can be moved relative to each other.

9. The infusion set as claimed in claim 8, wherein one of the structural parts is fixed relative to the cannula housing and the second structural part is movable relative to the cannula housing and is coupled to the guide needle such that, upon movement of the two structural parts relative to each other, the guide needle is pulled by the second structural part.

10. The infusion set as claimed in claim 8, wherein the two structural parts can be pushed together in a translational movement.

11. The infusion set as claimed in claim 10, wherein the direction of pushing together the two structural parts is transverse to the direction of a longitudinal extent of the cannula such that the two structural parts extend substantially parallel to the surface of the skin.

12. The infusion set as claimed in claim 8, wherein one of the two structural parts has two grip surfaces spaced apart from each other in a direction transverse to the direction of pushing together of the structural parts and the other of the two structural parts has a grip surface opposite these two grip surfaces, such that the two structural parts can be pushed together.

13. The infusion set as claimed in claim 8, wherein the two structural parts are rotatable relative to each other.

14. The infusion set as claimed in claim 13, wherein the axis of rotation of the two structural parts extends parallel to the direction of the longitudinal extent of the cannula, such that the structural parts extend substantially perpendicular to the surface of the skin.

15. The infusion set as claimed in claim 8, wherein when the two structural parts are moved relative to each other, they lock together such that the guide needle is retracted.

16. The infusion set as claimed claim 1, wherein the guide needle is deflected through 90°

in the deflection element.

17. An infusion set for introducing a substance into the body of a patient, the infusion set comprising:

a cannula housing comprising a hollow cannula extending from the housing and a channel, wherein the channel provides a flowpath for a substance to flow to an inlet opening of the cannula;

a guide needle for supporting the cannula as the cannula is inserted into the body of the patient, the guide needle being movable in the channel, wherein the guide needle is in the inlet opening after the cannula is inserted into the body of the patient;

a deflection element for deflecting the guide needle during the movement of the guide needle in the channel; and

a retraction device for retracting the guide needle from the inlet opening.

18. The infusion set according to claim 17, wherein the guide needle is deflected as it is being retracted.

19. The infusion set according to claim 18, wherein the deflection is generally orthogonal.