Safety disposable infusion set

• US 5,354,281 A
• Filed: 03/25/1994
• Issued: 10/11/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shih-Shuan Chen
• Original Assignee: Shih-Shuan Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Shih-Shuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirsch, Paul J.
• Application Number:
  US08/217,543
• Time in Patent Office: 200 Days
• Field of Search: 604/177, 604/165, 604/164, 604/162, 604/163, 604/192, 604/198, 128/DIG. 26
• US Class Current: 604/177
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0637 Butterfly or winged devices, e.g. for facilitating handling or for attachment to the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3213 Caps placed axially onto the needle, e.g. equipped with finger protection guards axially-extensible protective sleeves A61M5/3243
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3216 Caps placed transversally onto the needle, e.g. pivotally attached to the needle base

Abstract

A safety disposable infusion set includes: an infusion needle having a wing portion adhered onto a patient'"'"'s skin such as by an adhesive tape and having a plurality of longitudinal extensions juxtapositionally formed on a bottom portion of the wing portion, and a disposal carrier having a closed sleeve for inserting a used infusion needle into the sleeve and formed on a front portion of a carrying base plate which includes a plurality of longitudinal grooves juxtapositionally recessed in the base plate for engaging the plurality of longitudinal extensions of the infusion needle, whereby upon insertion of the used infusion needle into the sleeve and upon engagement of the extensions on the needle with the grooves in the base plate, the needle will be shielded in the sleeve and also be fixedly secured on the base plate for a safety disposal.

Claims

1. A safety disposable infusion set comprising:

an infusion needle means (1) including a hollow needle mounted on a holding tube which is connected to an infusion bottle by a delivery tube, a wing portion disposed on two opposite sides of the holding tube and adapted to be adhered on a patient'"'"'s skin for infusion use; and

a disposal carrier means (2) including a carrying base plate securable with the wing portion of said infusion needle means, and a sleeve protruding forwardly from the base plate for inserting the hollow needle into said sleeve for shielding the needle therein for safety disposal of the needle means combined with the carrier means.

2. A safety disposal infusion set according to claim 1, wherein said infusion needle means (1) includes a plurality of longitudinal extensions (15) juxtapositionally protruding downwardly from the wing portion (14), each said longitudinal extension (15) having a cross section generally arcuate shaped;

and said disposal carrier means (2) including;

said carrying base plate (21) having said sleeve (22) formed with a closed end portion (21) on a front end of the sleeve (22), an insertion port (24) longitudinally slotted in a rear portion of the sleeve (22) for inserting the hollow needle (11) of the infusion needle means (1) into the sleeve (22) as guided by a pair of guiding lids (23) disposed on two opposite sides of the insertion port (24) and each said guiding lid (23) diverging upwardly sidewardly to form an curve guide sloping downwardly inwardly towards the insertion port (24) for smoothly guiding the needle (11) when used from an infusion into the sleeve (22), a plurality of longitudinal grooves (25) juxtapositionally recessed in the base plate (2) each said groove (25) having a cross section of arcuate shape and engageable with the plurality of longitudinal extensions (15) formed on the infusion needle means (1), and a bottom handle (27) protruding downwardly from the base plate (21) for carrying purpose.

3. A safety disposal infusion set according to claim 2, wherein said carrying base plate (21) of the carrier means (21) is formed with a plurality of rear blocking protrusions (26) each said protrusion (26) protruding upwardly from a rear edge portion of the base plate (21) and each said protrusion (26) contiguous to each said longitudinal groove (25) recessed in the base plate (21), whereby upon an engagement of the needle means (1) with the carrier means (2) by engaging the longitudinal extensions (15) on the needle means (1) with the longitudinal grooves (25) in the carrier means (2) when inserting the needle (11) into the sleeve (22) the rear blocking protrusions (26) will retard a rearward retraction of the wing portion (14) of the needle means (1) to prevent a separation and release of the needle means (1) from the carrier means (2) for a safety disposal thereof.