Syringe system

• US 5,599,323 A
• Filed: 10/30/1995
• Issued: 02/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Original Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Inventors: Bonnichsen, Frits F., J.o slashed.rgensen, Peter N.
• Primary Examiner(s): YASKO JR, JOHN D
• Application Number:
  US08/550,494
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 604/272, 604/273, 604/274, 604/232, 604/239, 604/51, 604/52, 604/187, 604/264
• US Class Current: 604/272
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/28 Insulins
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/46 having means for controlling depth of insertion

Abstract

An insulin injection system comprises a pen shaped syringe with a cartridge containing insulin, and an injection needle. The needle is a G30 needle and the insulin is a type which may freely flow through a G 30 needle. When the insulin is the type comprising suspended crystals the maximal dimension of any crystal is 15 μm.

Claims

1. A needle assembly comprising:

(a) a needle hub having a base and a standard insulin needle fitting for removably mounting said needle assembly on a pen-type insulin syringe having a standard mounting and which accepts cartridges containing only insulin types that may flow freely through a G30 needle; and

(b) a G30 needle secured in said base and having first and second needle portions extending from said base in opposite directions.

2. A needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein said standard fitting includes an annular sleeve extending from said base such that said sleeve surrounds said first needle portion concentrically and is spaced therefrom, and wherein said sleeve has a threaded interior by which it may be screwed onto a standard, externally threaded, hub-receiving part of a pen-type insulin syringe.

3. A needle assembly according to claim 2, and wherein said second needle portion has a predetermined length appropriate for injecting insulin into a human patient.

4. A needle assembly according to claim 3, wherein said base further comprises a central protrusion which extends from said base for a predetermined distance along said second needle portion and embeds said second needle portion along the said distance, and wherein said second needle portion further comprises an exposed end which projects axially from said central protrusion and which has a length corresponding to the desired depth of needle insertion into a human patient.