Disposable self-destructible syringes which render themselves unreusable

• US 3,998,224 A
• Filed: 04/06/1976
• Issued: 12/21/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mercantile & Technical Promotions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Marcelo Chiquiar-Arias
• Inventors: Chiquiar-Arias, Marcelo
• Primary Examiner(s): Yasko, John D.
• Application Number:
  US05/674,263
• Time in Patent Office: 259 Days
• Field of Search: 128/218 R, 128/218 P, 128/218 PA, 128/218 C, 128/215, 128/261, 128/234, 222/541, 401/198, 30/90.1, 30/90.4, 30/123 R
• US Class Current: 604/110
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/5006 Having means for destroying the syringe barrel, e.g. by cutting or piercing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/178 Syringes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5013 Means for blocking the piston or the fluid passageway to prevent illegal refilling of a syringe

Abstract

This invention refers to disposable syringe containers used for injection which destroy themselves and render themselves unreusable, characterized principally in that they are made of a material which can be cut or perforated with the normal injecting movement of the piston in the syringe, thus destroying them and which have parts which engage the piston to the cylinder or to the injection needle after the first use and prevent any further use of the syringe.

Claims

1. A disposable syringe which renders itself non-reusable which comprises a rigid cylinder coupled at one end to a bottom wall with an opening for the exit of the solution to be injected, and having the other end open, said end being integrally coupled to support flanges which extend outwardly and perpendicularly to the axis of the cylinder, and a plunger with a piston at the extreme end coupled to the cylinder, the piston having at least one punch rod which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and is adapted to engage or puncture the bottom wall of said cylinder so as to prevent reuse.

2. A disposable syringe according to claim 1, in which there is a weakened portion extending only partially through the bottom wall of said cylinder, the punch being aligned with said bottom wall, there being a stop in the side wall of the cylinder near the forward part thereof, said stop being adapted to prevent the piston from moving unintentionally into contact with the inside surface of the forward wall of said cylinder during assembling.

3. A disposable syringe according to claim 2, in which the weakened portion is a ring extending about the needle.

4. A disposable syringe according to claim 2, in which the weakened portion is a perforation, the piston rod being adapted to be guided during its movement so as to prevent its rotation about its axis.

5. A disposable syringe according to claim 1, in which the rod coincides with the position of the needle on the bottom wall of the cylinder, there being a plurality of serrations on said rod and also serrations on the inside of an orifice of the needle, whereby coupling of the rod in the orifice of the needle prevents further use.