SAFETY SYRINGE

• US 20140088500A1
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sunwell Global Limited
• Original Assignee: Sunwell Global Limited
• Inventors: LI, ZHI-YUN
• Application Number:
  US14/093,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20140088500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/110
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/323 Connection between plunger distal end and needle hub proximal end, e.g. stud protruding from the plunger
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/322 Retractable needles, i.e. disconnected from and withdrawn into the syringe barrel by the piston devices for protecting guide needles in combination with catheters A61M25/0612
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5066 Means for preventing re-use by disconnection of piston and piston-rod

Abstract

The present invention relates to a safety syringe. The safety syringe comprises a barrel having a plurality of elastic support units in the inner side, a plunger having a rubber ring and a first coupling portion at the front-end, and an injection head unit comprising a first needle seat, a second needle seat, and a needle, wherein the second needle seat comprises a second coupling portion. When the injection head unit is mounted on the front-end opening, the second needle seat is propped by the plurality of elastic support units preventing the needle seat from being crushed during injection. After injecting, the first coupling portion is pushed to couple with the second coupling portion, and then the needle can be pulled into the barrel for safety.

Claims

1. A safety syringe, comprising:

a barrel having a front-end opening and a rear-end opening;

a plunger having a hollowed out first coupling portion extending from a front-end thereof and a rubber ring mounted around the a rear portion of the first coupling portion;

wherein the front-end of the plunger is inserted into the barrel from the rear-end opening of the barrel; and

an injection head unit comprising a first needle seat, a second needle seat, and a needle;

wherein the first needle seat has an inner tube for holding the second needle seat, and the needle is mounted in a front-end of the second needle seat, the second needle seat having a cavity formed therein with a second coupling portion disposed therein adjacent a rear-end of the second needle seat, the second coupling seat having a hump formed in a side wall thereof protruding into the cavity;

wherein the first needle seat is mounted on the front-end opening of the barrel, and responsive to the plunger being pushed to couple the first coupling portion with the second coupling portion, the first coupling portion thereby contacting the protruding bump and applying a stress to a side of the second needle seat so that when the second needle seat and the needle are pulled into the barrel responsive to pulling the plunger, the needle is forced to incline as a result of the stress applied to the second needle seat, the hollowed out first coupling portion providing elasticity and a secure coupling with the second coupling portion.

2. The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the first coupling portion is a cone like body, and the second coupling portion is a cone like cavity with the bump in the cavity;

wherein the first coupling portion has a closed hollow structure.

3. The safety syringe of claim 2, wherein the first coupling portion is elastic.

4. The safety syringe of claim 1, further comprises a tip protector having a flange at an inner side thereof, and the first needle seat having a groove for mating with the flange of the tip protector.