Ready to use syringe

• US 4,713,062 A
• Filed: 05/29/1986
• Issued: 12/15/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vecta Glass Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Vecta Glass Company Limited
• Inventors: Stevanato, Giovanni
• Primary Examiner(s): Yasko, John D.
• Application Number:
  US06/868,076
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: 604/86-91, 604/187, 604/201-206, 604/218
• US Class Current: 604/203
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2429 by telescoping of ampoules or carpules with the syringe body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2448 comprising means for injection of two or more media, e.g. by mixing

Abstract

The invention provides a ready to use syringe easy to use, of low cost and rapid packing, having high security against bacterial pollution, comprising a cylindrical shaped container for the injectable solution also serving as piston and being closed by a piston plug, which may be perforated by a point extending downwardly from a small suction tube, fixed to the outer casing of the syringe in correspondance with the head for connection to the guide cone of the administration needle.

Claims

1. A ready to use syringe, said syringe comprising in combination a cylindrical shaped container for an injectable solution, said cylindrical shaped container also serving as a piston and being closed by a piston plug, said piston plug may be perforated by a point extending downwards from a small suction tube, said small suction tube being fixed to the outer casing of said syringe in correspondence with a head for recording to a guide cone of an administration needle, said point for perforating said piston plug being provided with means for securing the piston itself, preventing mutual detachment at the time of use, and allowing the visual control, by means of a slight suction resulting from the correct introduction of the administration needle into the tissue of a patient.

2. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said small suction tube is formed by modular element having a central through hole, which may be fitted together in a number determined by the length of the body of the syringe, to the lowest element of which the point for perforating the piston plug is fixed.

3. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said small suction tube may also be formed by a single element of adequate length.

4. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston plug of the container for the injectable solution has external annular protuberances for sealing and guiding on the inner wall of this container.

5. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the piston plug is pierced centrally in correspondance with a dividing wall or closure head.

6. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means provided on the perforating point for securing the piston are formed by a collar in the form of a truncated cone shapedreel, which is fitted into an inner cavity of the piston plug, but cannot then be removed from its mouth, allowing only a movement equal to about the length of this cavity.

7. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external body or casing of the syringe has on its inner wall guide projections for sliding therein of the container or ampoule for the injectable solution.

8. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein, for using it as an ampoule for medicaments formed of two components to be mixed together at the time of use, the cylindrical container has a second inner plug which divides the container into two chambers, each chamber containing a component, which are brought together at the time of use, the inner plug being disposed so as to be in correspondence with an inner projection or impression of the wall of the container, which deforms the inner plug and creates a communication passage between the two chambers of the container, thus allowing mixing of said components.

9. The ready to use syringe as claimed in claim 8, wherein the perforating point of said modular suction tube, after mixing of the two components, is adapted for perforating the two plugs now engaged with each other, for taking the ready to use solution, the movement of these plugs in the container or ampoule being provided by the pressure exerted by the collar of the small modular tube, as the container or ampoule is pushed into the syringe.

10. The ready to use syringe as claimed in the preceding claims, also comprising a cylindrical container for taking samples of body fluids, having a closure plug adapted for handling.