Disposable prostatic aspiration device

• US 4,865,590 A
• Filed: 09/09/1987
• Issued: 09/12/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joel L. Marmar
• Original Assignee: Joel L. Marmar
• Inventors: Marmar, Joel L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yasko, John D.
• Application Number:
  US07/095,051
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• Field of Search: 604/180, 604/192, 604/158, 604/263, 604/754, 604/93, 604/265, 604/750, 604/198, 128/DIG. 26, 128/304, 128/303 R, 128/329, 128/361
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/84 Drainage tubes; Aspiration tips for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/90; for surgical cutting instruments A61B17/32

Abstract

A disposable aspiration needle guide comprising a plastic guide channel or tube through which an aspiration needle may be passed attached to a planar flexible support having an adhesive coating on one surface thereof. The needle guide is adhesively attached along the length of the top or bottom of a physician'"'"'s gloved finger. A pharmaceutically acceptable preparation of an antibiotic compound can be deposited in the interior of the tube to deliver a high concentration of antibiotic to a puncture site when an aspiration needle is inserted therethrough.

Claims

1. An aspiration needle guide adapted for attachment along the length of a finger, said guide comprising:

a planar flexible support having a width sized to extend over a selected circumferential extent of a finger and a length substantially greater than its width and sized to extend along a substantial length of a finger;

an adhesive coating on a planar surface of said support;

and a thin, flexible tube permanently attached to said support and extending along the length of said support beyond the ends of said support.

2. A needle guide as recited in claim 1 further including a releasable cover adhered to said adhesive coating of said support.

3. A needle guide as recited in claim 2 where one end of said tube extends beyond one end of said support further than the opposite end of said tube extends beyond the opposite end of said support.

4. A needle guide as recited in claim 3 wherein said tube is attached on said planar surface.

5. A needle guide as recited in claim 3 wherein said tube is attached to the planar surface of said support opposite from said planar surface having said adhesive coating.

6. A needle guide as recited in claim 1 wherein said tube is from 60 millimeters to 175 millimeters in length.

7. A needle guide as recited in claim 1 wherein said tube is about 150 millimeters in length.

8. A needle guide as recited in claim 1 further including, in the interior of said tube, a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation of an antibiotic compound.

9. A needle guide as recited in claim 1 wherein said flexible tube is plastic.

10. A needle guide as recited in claim 9 further including, in the interior of said tube, a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation of an antibiotic compound.

11. An aspiration needle and guide assembly comprising:

an aspiration needle guide adapted for attachment along the length of a finger and comprising a planar flexible support, an adhesive coating on a planar surface of said support, and a thin, flexible, tube permanently attached to said support and extending longitudinally beyond the ends of said support;

and an aspiration needle inserted within said flexible tube.

12. An aspiration needle and guide assembly according to claim 11 further including, in the interior of said tube, a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation of an antibiotic compound.

13. An aspiration needle and guide assembly comprising:

an aspiration needle guide adapted for attachment along the length of a finger, said guide including;

(i) a planar flexible support having a width sized to extend over a selected circumferential extent of a finger and a length substantially greater than its width and sized to extend along a substantial length of a finger,

(ii) an adhesive coating on a planar surface of said support, and

(iii) a thin, flexible tube permanently attached to said support and extending along the length of said support beyond the ends of said support;

and an aspiration needle inserted within said flexible tube.

14. An aspiration needle and guide assembly according to claim 13 further including, in the interior of said tube, a pharmaceutically acceptable preparation of an antibiotic compound.