Syringe assembly package

• US 4,031,895 A
• Filed: 04/05/1976
• Issued: 06/28/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert E. Porter
• Original Assignee: Robert E. Porter
• Inventors: Porter, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixson, Jr., William T.
• Application Number:
  US05/674,033
• Time in Patent Office: 449 Days
• Field of Search: 206/365, 206/366, 206/364, 206/370, 206/219, 206/222, 128/218 M, 128/218 P, 128/218 R, 128/272, 128/272.1, 128/272.3
• US Class Current: 604/88
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2051 having tap means, e.g. tap means activated by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2065 having aligning and guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2089 Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1782 Devices aiding filling of syringes in situ combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents A61J1/2096, filling of medical containers in general B65B3/003

Abstract

A prepackaged syringe assembly consists of a syringe and a vessel containing respective substances to be mixed at the time of medication to the patient, the vessel being slidably and rotatably mounted in one end of a transparent support tube and the syringe having an offset needle and being slidably detachably mounted in the other end of the tube, and rotation of the vessel between predetermined positions locating a syringe needle sealing body and a puncturable closure element on the inner end of the vessel in alignment with the needle.

Claims

1. A prepackaged syringe assembly comprising a support structure, a syringe having a discharge needle and a barrel adapted to be loaded with a first substance and a container adapted to be loaded with a second substance, said syringe and said container being mounted in said structure for relative slidable and rotational displacement, said syringe having its needle tip within said structure and said container mounting within the structure a sealing body wherein the needle tip is imbedded in one relative position of rotation of said syringe and container for isolation of said substances while in the structure and also mounting a puncturable closure element laterally spaced from said sealing body adapted to permit entry of the needle tip into the container in another relative position of rotation of the syringe and container in the package for admixture of said substances and reloading of the syringe with the mixture, said syringe being separable from the remainder of the assembly for immediate use after said reloading.

2. The syringe assembly defined in claim 1 wherein said syringe has its barrel axially slidably mounted in said structure, and said container is a vessel axially slidably mounted in said structure and rotatable about its axis for disposing either said sealing body or said closure element in substantial alignment with said syringe needle.

3. The syringe assembly defined in claim 1, wherein said syringe is of the type having its needle offset relative to the axis of its barrel and said container is a vessel having on its inner end in the package an access opening over which said element is disposed and adjacent means mounting said sealing body.

4. The syringe assembly defined in claim 1, wherein said support structure is a tubular member and said syringe and container are mounted to project from opposite ends of said member for effecting said relative displacement.

5. The syringe defined in claim 4, wherein said container is a vessel that is rotatably and axially slidably mounted at one end of said member, and the syringe barrel is slidably detachably mounted in the other end of said member.

6. The syringe assembly defined in claim 5, wherein said syringe barrel and vessel are coaxial, the syringe needle is offset from the axis of its barrel and the sealing body and closure element are mounted on the inner end of said vessel in such relation as to dispose one or the other in operative alignment with said needle upon predetermined rotation of said vessel about its axis.

7. The syringe assembly defined in claim 6, wherein said tubular member is a transparent tube.

8. The syringe assembly defined in claim 6, wherein said syringe barrel and the container are cylindrical and of the same diameter, and said closure member and sealing body are disposed at about equal distances from the axis of rotation of the container.

9. The syringe defined in claim 6, wherein the inner end of said container is formed with a well in which said sealing body is mounted and a discharge neck over which said closure element is initially sealed.

10. A prepackaged syringe assembly comprising a support structure, a syringe having a discharge needle and a barrel adapted to be loaded with a first substance and a container adapted to be loaded with a second substance mounted in said structure for relative slidable and rotational displacement, said syringe having its needle tip within said structure and said container mounting within the structure a sealing body adapted to receive and imbed the needle tip in one relative location of said syringe and container for isolation of said substances while in the structure and a puncturable closure element adapted to permit entry of the needle tip into the container in another relative position of the syringe and container in the package for admixture of said substances and reloading of the syringe with the mixture, said syringe being separable from the remainder of the assembly for immediate use after said reloading, said syringe being of the type having its needle offset relative to the axis of its barrel and said container being a vessel having on its inner end in the package an access opening over which said closure element is disposed and adjacent means mounting said sealing body.

11. The syringe assembly defined in claim 10, wherein said syringe barrel and vessel are cylindrical and coaxial, and said element and sealing body are located at substantially equal distances from that common axis.