Injection Gateway

• US 20100137829A1
• Filed: 02/01/2008
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Unomedical AS (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: Unomedical AS (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Inventors: Nielsen, Henrik Bøje, Mathiasen, Orla, Nielsen, Jens Egebjerg, Theander, Julie Grundtvig
• Application Number:
  US12/525,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20100137829A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/506
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/02 Access sites
• 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

The current invention relates to an injection gateway (1) comprising a base part (2) which during use is secured to the skin (3) of a patient, a cannula (7) which is connected to the base part and which is inserted into the body of the patient during use, a gate (13) through which fluid is injectable into the gateway via a needle based injection device, and a fluid passageway (12) where fluid injected through the gate is communicated to the cannula. The injection gateway further comprises a closing mechanism (5), said closing mechanism having a first position where a needle inserted into the gateway can be inserted into the cannula and a second position where a needle inserted into the gateway is prevented from coming into contact with the cannula. In this way, the gateway allows the use of typical injection needles without the risk of piercing the cannula or penetrating too deeply into the body of the user.

Claims

1. Injection gateway comprising:

a base part secured to the skin of a patient during use,

a cannula connected to the base part and inserted into the body of the patient during use,

a gate comprising a pierceable septum through which fluid is injectable into the gateway via a needle-based injection device, said gate located at a fixed position in relation to said base part,

a fluid passageway operably connecting the gate to the cannula, and

a closing mechanism, said closing mechanism having a first position where a needle is insertable into the gateway and insertable into the cannula and a second position where a needle of a needle based injection device is insertable into the gateway to inject fluid into the patient via the cannula but where said needle is prevented from contacting the cannula,

wherein the gate is located at the same position in relation to the base part when the closing mechanism is in the first position and when the closing mechanism is in the second position.

2. An injection gateway according to claim 1, wherein in the first position of the closing mechanism, a needle inserted into the gateway and into the cannula passes through the gate.

3. An injection gateway according to claim 1, wherein in the second position of the closing mechanism, a needle inserted through the gate is prevented from coming into contact with the cannula.

4. An injection gateway according to claim 1, wherein the fluid passageway establishes communication between two chambers.

5. An injection gateway according to claim 4, wherein the two chambers are arranged such that an axis of the cannula passes through a first of the two chambers and not through a second of the two chambers.

6. An injection gateway according to claim 4 wherein needles inserted into the gateway when the closing mechanism is in the first position are inserted into the first chamber and needles inserted into the gateway when the closing mechanism is in the second position are inserted into the second chamber.

7. An injection gateway according to any claim 1, wherein the closing mechanism comprises a cover element having an access port through which a needle can be inserted into the gateway and said cover element is displaceably connected to said base part.

8. An injection gateway according to claim 7, wherein said cover element is arranged such that in the first position of the closing mechanism said access port is aligned with the cannula such that an inserter needle can be inserted through the access port and into the cannula.

9. An injection gateway according to claim 7 wherein said cover element is arranged such that in the second position of the closing mechanism said access port is not aligned with the cannula, such that a needle inserted into the gateway through the access port is prevented from coming into contact with the cannula.

10. An injection gateway according to claim 7 wherein said cover element is rotatably connected to the base part about an axis.

11. An injection gateway according to claim 10, wherein the access port in the cover element and the cannula are arranged offset from the axis of rotation of the cover element.

12. An injection gateway according to claim 7, wherein said cover element is connected to the base part so that the cover element is displaceable along a path.

13. An injection gateway according to any claim 1, wherein the closing mechanism comprises a locking mechanism, the closing mechanism can be locked in the second position.

14. An injection gateway according to claim 13, characterized in that the locking mechanism comprises a ratchet mechanism.

15. An injection gateway according to claim 13, wherein the locking mechanism comprises an elastically biased protrusion element which engages with a corresponding recess when the closing mechanism is in the second position of the closing mechanism.

16. An injection gateway according to claim 7, wherein the cover element is aligned with the base element in the second position of the closing mechanism and not aligned with the base element in the first position of the closing mechanism.

17. An injection gateway according to claim 1, wherein said closing mechanism comprises a blocking element which in the first position of the closing mechanism is displaced away from an axis of the cannula and in the second position of the closing mechanism is displaced over an axis of the cannula to block an entrance to the cannula.

18. An injection gateway according to claim 17, wherein said blocking element is elastically biased towards a position where the blocking element covers the cannula opening.

19. An injection gateway according to claim 17 wherein the blocking element is prevented from covering the cannula entrance in the first position of the closing mechanism by the needle.

20. An injection gateway according to claim 17 wherein said blocking element is a ball which is released when the needle is removed and the ball rolls into the opening of the cannula in order to block the entrance to the cannula.

21. An injection gateway according to claim 17, wherein the blocking element is displaced due to an actuation element which responds to warmth or moisture when the gateway is removed from a packaging and secured to the user.

22. A set comprising an injection gateway according to claim 1 and an inserter needle arranged in the cannula of the gateway.

23. A set according to claim 22, where said set further comprises an inserter device.

24. A set according to claim 22, where said set further comprises a lid which covers the gateway during the times when the gateway is secured to the user but not being actively used as an injection gateway.

25. A method of using an injection gateway comprising the steps of placing an inserter needle through a cannula of the injection gateway, inserting the inserter needle and cannula beneath the skin of the user, securing the injection gateway to the user, removing the inserter needle, displacing a closing mechanism such that access to the cannula with a needle is prevented, and injecting fluid from a needle based injection device into the user via the injection gateway without further displacement of the closing mechanism.

26. A method of using an injection gateway according to claim 25, wherein the step of displacing the closing mechanism occurs automatically after removal of the inserter needle from the injection gateway.

27. A method of using an injection gateway according to claim 25, wherein the step of displacing the closing mechanism comprises rotating a cover element in relation to a base element of the gateway.