INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE

• US 20130096502A1
• Filed: 03/03/2011
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Inventors: Oyauchi, Tetsuya, Kawamoto, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 9,220,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/117
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3287 Accessories for bringing the needle into the body; Automatic needle insertion A61M5/20, A61M5/31525 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/42 having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/46 having means for controlling depth of insertion

Abstract

Objects are to ensure a required depressing force and puncture speed when a needle tube is punctured in the skin, and to be able to reliably situate a needle tip of a needle tube in the upper layer of skin. A needle injection assembly 2 includes a needle tube 5 having a needle tip 8 that can be punctured in a living body, a hub 6 that holds the needle tube 5, an adjustment section 12, a stabilizing section 13, and a puncture speed securing member 7. The adjustment section 12 is provided around the periphery of the needle tube 5 and has a needle projection surface 12a, from which the needle tip 8 of the needle tube 5 projects. The stabilizing section 13 extends from the hub 6, is disposed to surround the needle tube 5 and has an end face 13a that comes in contact with the skin when the needle tube 5 is punctured in the living body. The puncture speed securing member is provided at the adjustment section 12 or stabilizing section 13 such that the puncture speed securing member moves along the axial direction of the needle tube 5. The puncture speed securing member 7 is brought into contact with the skin ahead of the needle tip 8 of the needle tube 5 when the needle tube 5 is punctured in the living body and ensures the speed and depressing force as desired when the needle tube 5 is punctured in the living body.

Claims

1. An injection needle assembly comprising:

a needle tube having a needle tip capable of being punctured in a living body;

a hub holding said needle tube;

an adjustment section disposed around said needle tube and having a needle projection surface from which said needle tip of said needle tube projects;

a stabilizing section extending from said hub and disposed to surround said needle tube, said stabilizing section having an end face which contacts with the skin when said needle tube is punctured in the living body; and

a puncture speed securing member disposed, at said adjustment section or said stabilizing section movably in an axial direction of said needle tube, for securing a speed and depressing force upon puncturing said needle tube in the living body by contacting the skin ahead of said needle tip of said needle tube when said needle tube is punctured in the living body.

2. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 1, characterized in that

said puncture speed securing member is formed in ring form and has an engaging portion engaging a portion to be engaged, which is provided at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of said adjustment section, an inner peripheral surface of said stabilizing section and an outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section, and

said engaging portion and said portion to be engaged are disengaged when a force greater than a given depressing force is inputted.

3. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 1, characterized in that

said puncture speed securing member is set at a first position, wherein an abutment face contacting the living body covers said needle tip of said needle tube, in a state prior to the puncture of said needle tube in the living body and moves to a second position, wherein said needle tip of said needle tube is exposed and said abutment face is situated substantially on the same plane surface as said end face of said stabilizing section, when said needle tube is punctured in the living body.

4. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 1, characterized in that

an outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section or said puncture speed securing member is provided with a depressing indicator that has a stepped surface made substantially vertical to said outer peripheral surface.

5. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 4, characterized in that

said depressing indicator is a flange, which projects substantially vertically from said outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section or said puncture speed securing member toward a radial outer side.

7. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 2, characterized in that

said puncture speed securing member is set at a first position, wherein an abutment face contacting the living body covers said needle tip of said needle tube, in a state prior to the puncture of said needle tube in the living body and moves to a second position, wherein said needle tip of said needle tube is exposed and said abutment face is situated substantially on the same plane surface as said end face of said stabilizing section, when said needle tube is punctured in the living body.

8. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 2, characterized in that

an outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section or said puncture speed securing member is provided with a depressing indicator that has a stepped surface made substantially vertical to said outer peripheral surface.

9. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 3, characterized in that

an outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section or said puncture speed securing member is provided with a depressing indicator that has a stepped surface made substantially vertical to said outer peripheral surface.

10. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 8, characterized in that

said depressing indicator is a flange, which projects substantially vertically from said outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section or said puncture speed securing member toward a radial outer side.

11. The injection needle assembly as defined in claim 9, characterized in that

said depressing indicator is a flange, which projects substantially vertically from said outer peripheral surface of said stabilizing section or said puncture speed securing member toward a radial outer side.

6. A drug injection device comprising:

a needle tube having a needle tip capable of being punctured in a living body;

a hub holding said needle tube;

an adjustment section disposed around said needle tube and having a needle projection surface from which a needle tip of said needle tube projects;

a syringe connected to said hub;

a stabilizing section extending from said hub and disposed to surround said needle tube, said stabilizing section having an end face which contacts with the skin when said needle tube is punctured in the living body; and

a puncture speed securing member disposed, at said adjustment section or said stabilizing section movably in an axial direction of said needle tube, for securing a speed and depressing force upon puncturing said needle tube in the living body by contacting the skin ahead of said needle tip of said needle tube when said needle tube is punctured in the living body.