Needle for membrane penetration
First Claim
1. A needle specifically configured to enhance membrane penetration comprising an inner solid body including a fluid channel formed in the surface thereof and an outer penetration tip formed on the outer portion of said inner solid body, said penetration tip including a longitudinally disposed concave recess extending between a penetration point formed on an outer end thereof and the upper surface of said inner solid body, said penetration tip cooperatively formed by a pair of planar converging surfaces formed on opposite sides of said inner solid body, said pair of planar surfaces converge forward to said penetration point and diverge upwardly to intersect opposite sides of said longitudinally disposed concave recess to form a pair of cutting edges, each of said pair of cutting edges concave in both the horizontal and vertical planes relative to the longitudinal axis of said inner solid body.
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Abstract
A needle specifically configured to enhance membrane penetration comprising an inner solid substantially cylindrical body including a longitudinally disposed fluid aspiration channel formed in the upper surface thereof and an outer penetration tip formed on the outer portion of the inner solid substantially cylindricla body, the penetration tip including a longitudinally disposed concave fluid recess extending between a penetration point formed on outer end thereof and the upper surface of the inner solid substantially cylindrical body rearward of the outermost end of the longitudinally disposed fluid aspiration channel and a pair of planar surfaces formed on opposite sides of the penetration tip and the solid substantially cylindrical body, the pair of planar surfaces converging forwardly to the penetration point and diverging upwardly to the outer portion of the longitudinally disposed concave fluid recess to intersect a pair of arcuate cutting edges diverging upwardly and rearwardly from the penetration point.
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16 Claims
- 1. A needle specifically configured to enhance membrane penetration comprising an inner solid body including a fluid channel formed in the surface thereof and an outer penetration tip formed on the outer portion of said inner solid body, said penetration tip including a longitudinally disposed concave recess extending between a penetration point formed on an outer end thereof and the upper surface of said inner solid body, said penetration tip cooperatively formed by a pair of planar converging surfaces formed on opposite sides of said inner solid body, said pair of planar surfaces converge forward to said penetration point and diverge upwardly to intersect opposite sides of said longitudinally disposed concave recess to form a pair of cutting edges, each of said pair of cutting edges concave in both the horizontal and vertical planes relative to the longitudinal axis of said inner solid body.
- 15. A needle specifically configured to enhance membrane penetration comprising an inner solid body including a fluid aspiration channel formed on the upper surface of said body and an outer penetration tip formed on the outer portion of said inner solid body, said penetration tip including a longitudinally disposed concave recess extending between a penetration point formed on outer end thereof and the upper surface of said inner solid body, said penetration point cooperatively formed by a pair of planar converging surfaces formed on opposite sides of said inner solid body, said pair of planar surfaces converge forward to said penetration point and diverge upwardly to intersect the outer portion of said longitudinally disposed concave recess to form a pair of cutting edges and a transition region comprising a pair of forwardly diverging edges extending downwardly from opposite sides of said fluid aspiration channel to intersect the origin of said forwardly converging cutting edges opposite said penetration tip.
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