Syringe apparatus having improved plunger
First Claim
1. A syringe comprising:
- barrel means for containing a fluid, said barrel means comprising a bore provided therein and having a bore wall which has a first diameter and aperture means through which said fluid is expelled; and
plunger means for expelling the fluid from the barrel means through the aperture means, said plunger means having a tip comprising a first contact means for maintaining a fluid-tight seal with said bore wall, said first contact means comprising a diameter slightly greater than said first diameter and said tip further comprising a second contact means for maintaining stability and providing a smooth glide of said plunger means in said bore, and for providing a secondary fluid seal, said second contact means comprising a diameter slightly greater than said first diameter but slightly less than the diameter of said first contact means, and wherein the tip and said first and second contact means are formed from the same material and as a unitary part of said plunger means.
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Abstract
An improved syringe apparatus in which the plunger tip is fabricated as a unitary part of the plunger. The plunger tip is provided with two contact members in contact with the cylindrical bore wall of the syringe barrel. The first contact member is provided by a circular rim which is bowl shaped and which projects forwardly at the end of the plunger. The second contact member is provided by a circular ring located slightly behind the first sealing member. The entire plunger, including both contact members, are preferably fabricated as a unitary structure from, for example, polypropylene or other material which is relatively resistant to degradation due to chemicals stored over prolonged periods of time in the syringe barrel.
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Citations
13 Claims
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1. A syringe comprising:
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barrel means for containing a fluid, said barrel means comprising a bore provided therein and having a bore wall which has a first diameter and aperture means through which said fluid is expelled; and plunger means for expelling the fluid from the barrel means through the aperture means, said plunger means having a tip comprising a first contact means for maintaining a fluid-tight seal with said bore wall, said first contact means comprising a diameter slightly greater than said first diameter and said tip further comprising a second contact means for maintaining stability and providing a smooth glide of said plunger means in said bore, and for providing a secondary fluid seal, said second contact means comprising a diameter slightly greater than said first diameter but slightly less than the diameter of said first contact means, and wherein the tip and said first and second contact means are formed from the same material and as a unitary part of said plunger means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A syringe comprising:
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a syringe barrel having a bore provided therein which has a first diameter and an aperture formed in a first end of the syringe body; and a plunger means slidably movable within the bore of the plunger means comprising, as a unitary part thereof formed of the same material, a tip comprising; a first contact means for making a fluid-tight slidable contact with the bore wall, said first contact means comprising a forwardly extending bowl-shaped rim member, said rim member having a diameter slightly greater than said first diameter; and a second contact means for stabilizing said plunger means and for making a second fluid-tight contact with the bore wall, said second contact means comprising an annular, essentially flat ring member extending in an essentially perpendicular orientation relative to said bore wall, said ring member having a diameter slightly greater than said first diameter but slightly less than the diameter of said rim member, and said ring member being located at essentially the base of said rim member; and said plunger means further comprising a plunger body, the first and second contact means and the plunger body comprising a unitary structure all of the same material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A syringe plunger for use with and insertion into a syringe barrel to form a syringe, the syringe barrel having a first diameter and the syringe plunger comprising:
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an elongated body having first and second ends, the elongated body having a diameter which is less than the first diameter of the bore provided in the syringe barrel; a rest surface provided at the first end of the elongated body, the rest surface being adapted to receive a portion of a user'"'"'s hand; and a plunger tip disposed at the second end of the elongated plunger body, and formed from the same material as a unitary structure therewith, the plunger tip comprising; a first contact surface comprised of a non-resilient material projecting from the plunger tip; and a second contact surface comprised of a non-resilient material projecting from the plunger tip between the first contact surface and the first end of the elongated body, the first and the second contact surfaces each having a diameter which is slightly greater than the diameter of the bore provided in the syringe barrel so as to each provide a fluid-tight seal therewith, but the diameter of the second contact surface being slightly less than the diameter of the first contact surface.
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Specification