PUNCTURE NEEDLE HOLDER

• US 20100168766A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. (Excelsior Union Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. (Excelsior Union Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHEN, Zhiwu, ZHU, Dahui, ZENG, Junhua
• Granted Patent: US 8,430,889 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/130
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3403 Needle locating or guiding means guides for suture needles A61B17/0482; guiding or tracking by nuclear magnetic resonance G01R33/285
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3413 guided by ultrasound

Abstract

A puncture needle holder comprising a base frame, a link bar, a first seat part, a second seat part, and a positioning mechanism is disclosed.

Claims

1. A puncture needle holder comprising a base frame, a link bar, a first seat part, a second seat part, and a positioning mechanism, wherein the link bar is pivotably connected to the base frame and has a pivot axis, the link bar has a support portion and a control portion, a guiding space for guiding the puncturing of the puncture needle is formed between the first seat part and the second seat part, the first seat part is movably supported by the support portion and the second seat part is located on the base frame, the base frame has a guiding body for constraining the first seat part and causing the first seat part to generate a displacement component in a direction perpendicular to the puncturing direction when the first seat part is moved, the guiding body cooperates with the first seat part, the positioning means is connected with the link bar and the base frame and locks the link bar relative to the base frame after the link bar moves into place, and the link bar is able to be pivoted by manipulating the control portion, so that the link bar moves together with the first seat part to adjust the size of the guiding space.

2. The puncture needle holder according to claim 1, wherein the support portion and the control portion are arranged at the same side of the pivot axis, and the distance between the support portion and the pivot axis is smaller than the distance between the control portion and the pivot axis.

3. The puncture needle holder according to claim 1, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a connecting screw and a locking nut, the base frame is provided with an adjustment slot through which the connecting screw extends, one end of the connecting screw is fixed to the control portion, the other end of the connecting screw is connected with the locking nut by screwing, the base frame has at least two locking recesses along an edge of the adjustment slot, and the locking nut has a locking protrusion is configured to engage with one of the locking recesses.

4. The puncture needle holder according to claim 3, wherein the link bar is provided with an indicator rod, the base frame is provided with an indication slot, the indicator rod is inserted through the indication slot and is movable along the indication slot, the base frame is provided with at least two operating position markers corresponding to the locking recesses respectively, and at each operating position, the indicator rod is aligned to one of the operating position markers corresponding to this operating position.

5. The puncture needle holder according to claim 1, wherein the support portion comprises one of a sliding slot and a connecting stud, the first seat part is correspondingly provided with the other of the sliding slot and the connecting stud, and the connecting stud is inserted into the sliding slot and is slidable in the sliding slot.

6. The puncture needle holder according to claim 5, wherein the link bar comprises a base section and an extension section integrally extending from the base section, the control portion is formed in the base section, the sliding slot is formed in the extension section, and the first seat part is provided with a slider on which the connecting stud is provided.

7. The puncture needle holder according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the first seat part that faces toward the second seat part is provided with one of a recessed engaging slot and a protruded engaging block, a surface of the second seat part that faces toward the first seat part is correspondingly provided with the other of the recessed engaging slot and the protruded engaging block, and the guiding space is formed between the engaging slot and the engaging block.

8. The puncture needle holder according to claim 7, wherein the second seat part has a mounting end and a snap end, the mounting end is pivotably attached to the base frame, and the base frame is provided with a snapping part which is engagable by the snap end.

9. The puncture needle holder according to claim 8, wherein the snapping part is a resilient deformable leaf spring having a fixed segment fixed to the base frame and a free segment extending like a cantilever, the free segment being engagable by the snap end.

10. The puncture needle holder according to claim 1, wherein the guiding body is one of a guiding block and a guiding slot, the first seat part is correspondingly provided with the other of the guiding slot and the guiding block, and the guiding block is engagable into the guiding slot.