SYRINGE OPERATION PRACTICE DEVICE

• US 20140127661A1
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ICST Corporation
• Original Assignee: ICST Corporation
• Inventors: Yokoi, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US13/813,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20140127661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 3/04 having rigid movable walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/24 Use of tools
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/285 for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas

Abstract

Provided is a syringe operation detection device 1 for detecting a drawing or injecting operation of a plunger 120 in a syringe 100. A female joint part 52 is joined to a barrel tip 116 of the syringe 100, a male joint part 60 is joined to a needle hub 132 of a syringe needle 130, and a coupling container 70 is placed between the female joint part 52 and the male joint part 60, for allowing them to be continuous with each other while being closed externally. A detector for detecting a pressure, flow velocity, or flow rate of a fluid moving therein is placed in any one of the coupling container 70, the female joint part 52, and the male joint part 60. As a result, there is provided the syringe operation detection device capable of being applied to a syringe actually used and evaluating a drawing or injecting state in objective terms.

Claims

1. A syringe operation detection device for detecting a drawing or injecting operation of a plunger in a syringe, the device comprising:

a female joint part to be joined to a barrel tip in a syringe barrel of the syringe;

a male joint part to be joined to a needle hub of a syringe needle in the syringe;

a coupling container placed between the female joint part and the male joint part, for allowing the female joint part to be continuous with the male joint part while being closed externally; and

a detector placed in any one of the coupling container, the female joint part, and the male joint part, the detector detecting a pressure, flow velocity, or flow rate of a fluid moving between the syringe barrel and the syringe needle.

2. The syringe operation detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the female joint part and the male joint part are coaxially fixed.

3. The syringe operation detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector includes a pressure sensor placed inside the coupling container.

4. The syringe operation detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector includes a flow rate sensor placed in the coupling container.

5. The syringe operation detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector includes a flow velocity sensor placed in the coupling container.

6. The syringe operation detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the coupling container has a shape extending more in a radial direction with respect to the female joint part and the male joint part, and

the detector is placed at a position shifted in the radial direction from a central axis of the female joint part and the male joint part.

7. The syringe operation detection device according to claim 1, further comprising a controller to which a signal from the detector is inputted, and wherein

the controller includes:

a sensing section for detecting the signal from the detector;

a determination criteria setting section for setting a determination criterion value; and

a determination section for determining a

difference between the signal and the determination criterion value and informing a determination result to an operator of the syringe by means of light, an image, or a sound.