Double-sided needle assembly

• US 5,112,327 A
• Filed: 12/26/1989
• Issued: 05/12/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nihon Medi-Physics Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamada, Hideo, Matsushima, Hiroaki, Tobiki, Hisao, Iinuma, Mitsuhisa
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Owens, Kerry
• Application Number:
  US07/456,956
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 128/763-767, 604/237, 604/413, 604/240, 604/263, 604/264
• US Class Current: 604/413
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/32 Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub infusion needles A61M5/158; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body A61M5/42, A61M5/46 take precedence; guide needles for catheters A61M25/065; Devices for protection of needles apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising needles A61M5/001

Abstract

A double-sided needle assembly includes an insert needle for inserting into a vessel; an afflux needle for supplying pharmaceutical liquid in an injector to the insert needle; and a luer member. The member connects the insert needle with the afflux needle through a space defined between the ends of the needles in the member, and holds the insert and afflux needles to fit to the syringe of the injector under pressure. The confirmation of the insertion of the insert needle into the vessel is accomplished by observing the space of the luer member.

Claims

1. A double-sided needle assembly comprising:

an insert needle for insertion into a vessel;

an afflux needle for supplying pharmaceutical liquid in a syringe of an injector to said insert needle, said afflux needle having a connecting member fixed at one end; and

a transparent luer member having one end to which said insert needle is fixed and the other end to which the connecting member of said afflux member is fixed so that said insert needle is connected with said afflux needle through a space defined between an end of said insert needle and the connecting member of said afflux needle in said luer member, said luer member having at the other end a recess for fitting one end of the syringe to hold said insert and afflux needles on the syringe and a rib for preventing said afflux needle from slipping off from said luer member.

2. A double-sided needle assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said luer member is made of plastic material.

3. A double-sided needle assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said insert needle is fixedly inserted into a first hole of said luer member at the end, and wherein the connecting member is made of plastic and is fixed into a second hole of said luer member by an adhesive.

4. A double-sided needle assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said insert needle is fixedly inserted into a first hole of said luer member at the end, and wherein the connecting member is made of plastic and is fixed into a second hole of said leur member by ultrasonic welding.