Luer needle unit and injector
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1. A luer needle unit, comprising:
- a luer needle supporting cap adapted to be fitted at a mouth of a syringe having a syringe cap and pharmaceutical liquid filled in the syringe beforehand; and
a luer needle mounted to said supporting cap, whereby a disposable needle is settable on the luer needle, said luer needle further comprising a needle part, wherein said needle part extends away from the disposable needle and toward the syringe and is selectively held in engagement with said supporting cap at a non-use position where said needle part does not pierce the syringe cap provided at the mouth of the syringe and at a use position where said needle part pierces the syringe cap, a confronting surface, a fitting portion, and a notch portion defining a front end and a base end, wherein;
said supporting cap has a flange portion, a cylindrical guiding projecting portion extending from one side of said flange portion and having a through hole through which said needle part penetrates, a confronting surface, and a cylindrical portion extending from the other side of said flange portion to be fitted in the mouth of the syringe, said fitting portion of said luer needle being fitted outside said guiding projecting portion and being guided by said guiding projecting portion,guide protrusions extending in the axial direction of the syringe at one of the confronting surfaces of said supporting cap and said luer needle, which engage with guide recesses formed at the other of the confronting surfaces of said supporting cap and said luer needle in the axial direction of the syringe, thereby prohibiting relative rotation of said luer needle and said supporting cap and providing guide engagement of said luer needle with said supporting cap in the axial direction of the syringe, andthe two positions of said luer needle relative to said supporting cap define a distance not smaller than the sum of the axial distance between said front end and said base end of said notch portion of said needle part of said luer needle and a thickness of the syringe cap.
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Abstract
A luer needle unit and an injector effectively prevent a user'"'"'s fingers from being hurt when a disposable needle is separated from the luer needle after use, while realizing simple and positive attachment of the luer needle to a supporting cap. Guide protrusions and guide recesses are provided between the luer needle and the supporting cap to prevent the rotation thereof. Guiding projecting portions are formed in the supporting cap to guide a needle part of the luer needle in the axial direction.
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1. A luer needle unit, comprising:
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a luer needle supporting cap adapted to be fitted at a mouth of a syringe having a syringe cap and pharmaceutical liquid filled in the syringe beforehand; and a luer needle mounted to said supporting cap, whereby a disposable needle is settable on the luer needle, said luer needle further comprising a needle part, wherein said needle part extends away from the disposable needle and toward the syringe and is selectively held in engagement with said supporting cap at a non-use position where said needle part does not pierce the syringe cap provided at the mouth of the syringe and at a use position where said needle part pierces the syringe cap, a confronting surface, a fitting portion, and a notch portion defining a front end and a base end, wherein; said supporting cap has a flange portion, a cylindrical guiding projecting portion extending from one side of said flange portion and having a through hole through which said needle part penetrates, a confronting surface, and a cylindrical portion extending from the other side of said flange portion to be fitted in the mouth of the syringe, said fitting portion of said luer needle being fitted outside said guiding projecting portion and being guided by said guiding projecting portion, guide protrusions extending in the axial direction of the syringe at one of the confronting surfaces of said supporting cap and said luer needle, which engage with guide recesses formed at the other of the confronting surfaces of said supporting cap and said luer needle in the axial direction of the syringe, thereby prohibiting relative rotation of said luer needle and said supporting cap and providing guide engagement of said luer needle with said supporting cap in the axial direction of the syringe, and the two positions of said luer needle relative to said supporting cap define a distance not smaller than the sum of the axial distance between said front end and said base end of said notch portion of said needle part of said luer needle and a thickness of the syringe cap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An injector equipped with a luer needle unit, comprising:
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a luer needle supporting cap adapted to be fitted at a mouth of a syringe having a syringe cap and pharmaceutical liquid filled in the syringe beforehand; and a luer needle mounted to said supporting cap, whereby a disposable needle is settable on said luer needle, said luer needle further comprising a needle part, wherein said needle part extends away from the disposable needle and toward the syringe and is selectively held in engagement with said supporting cap at a non-use position where said needle part does not pierce the syringe cap provided at the mouth of the syringe and at a use position where said needle part pierces the syringe cap, a confronting surface, a fitting portion, and a notch portion defining a front end and a base end, wherein; said supporting cap has a flange portion, a cylindrical guiding projecting portion extending from one side of said flange portion and having a through hole through which said needle part penetrates, a confronting surface, and a cylindrical portion extending from the other side of said flange portion to be fitted in the mouth of the syringe, said fitting portion of said luer needle being fitted outside said guiding projecting portion and being guided by said guiding projecting portion, guide protrusions extending in the axial direction of the syringe at one of the confronting surfaces of said supporting cap and said luer needle, which engage with guide recesses formed at the other of the confronting surfaces of said supporting cap and said luer needle in the axial direction of the syringe, thereby prohibiting relative rotation of said luer needle and said supporting cap and providing guide engagement of said luer needle with said supporting cap in the axial direction of the syringe, and the two positions of said luer needle relative to said supporting cap define a distance not smaller than the sum of the axial distance between said front end and said base end of said notch portion of said needle part of said luer needle and a thickness of the syringe cap. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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Current AssigneeNihon Medi-Physics Company Limited
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Original AssigneeNihon Medi-Physics Company Limited
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InventorsKatayama, Hitoshi, Tobiki, Hisao, Mito, Yutaka
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Primary Examiner(s)Hafer, Robert A.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Alexander, V.
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Application NumberUS08/576,162Time in Patent Office453 DaysField of Search604/239, 604/283, 604/80, 604/81, 604/240-243, 604/273, 604/198, 604/264, 604/905, 604/411, 604/191, 285/290, 285/921US Class Current604/239CPC Class CodesA61M 5/288 by piercing without interna...A61M 5/32 Needles; Details of needles...A61M 5/344 using additional parts, e.g...Y10S 604/905 Aseptic connectors or coupl...
