Syringe

• US 5,624,408 A
• Filed: 05/09/1995
• Issued: 04/29/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Citizens International Medical Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dille Safe AB
• Inventors: Helldin, Nils G.
• Primary Examiner(s): ELGART, VANITHA M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alexander, V.
• Application Number:
  US08/387,945
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 604/224, 604/110, 604/218, 604/233, 604/240, 604/228, 604/229, 604/195, 604/196, 604/242, 604/243
• US Class Current: 604/224
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5066 Means for preventing re-use by disconnection of piston and piston-rod

Abstract

The invention relates to a syringe (1) which comprises a rod (5) mounted for reciprocating movement in relation to a container (8), wherein one end of the rod has the form of a needle (3) or is able to coact with a needle. The syringe further comprises a piston (4) and coupling member (6) which connect and disconnect the piston to and from the rod. The coupling member assumes a connecting state when the piston is drawn by the rod from a position proximate to the needle to a position in which it is distanced therefrom, and are brought to a disconnecting or disconnected state when the piston is pressed by the rod towards the needle. The coupling member comprises support and/or slide surfaces (5k'"'"', 5k) arranged on that part of the rod which is proximal to the needle, and opposing support and/or slide surfaces (4k'"'"', 4k) on the piston. The first support and/or slide surfaces (4k'"'"') provided on the piston and located nearest the needle (3) are inclined (c) to an extent such that as the rod (5) moves towards the needle (3), the piston (4) is rotated about a container center line, among others.

Claims

1. A syringe comprising:

a container having a center line, a piston end, and a needle end;

a rod which can be moved reciprocatingly within the container;

a piston which coacts with the rod, and

coupling means for connecting and disconnecting the piston to and from the rod,

said coupling means assumes a connected state when the piston is drawn by the rod from a position proximate to the needle end toward the piston end, and the coupling means is brought to a disconnected state when the piston is pressed by the rod towards the needle end,

said coupling means includes surfaces on a part of the rod which is proximal to the needle end and includes opposing and coacting surfaces on the piston,

a first one of the surfaces located on the piston is inclined at an inclination to an extent such as to cause the piston to rotate about the center line as the rod moves towards the needle end.

2. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein the inclination is such that as the rod moves towards the needle end a distance less than one-half of a maximum movement path of the rod in the container, the piston will rotate so as to disengage the first surface on the piston from a corresponding first one of the surfaces on the rod and therewith bring the coupling means to the disconnected state.

3. A syringe according to claim 2, wherein said distance is less than one-quarter of the maximum movement path of said rod.

4. A syringe according to claim 3, wherein one of the surfaces on the part of the rod is configured for parallel, linear or punctiform coaction with the first surface on the piston.

5. A syringe according to claim 2, wherein one of the surfaces on the part of the rod is configured for parallel, linear or punctiform coaction with the first surface on the piston.

6. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein one of the surfaces on the part of the rod is configured for parallel, linear or punctiform coaction with the first surface on the piston.

7. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein one of the surfaces on the part of the rod defines an angle of between 85°

and 20°

with the center line.

8. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein the rod is straight and is mounted so as to move reciprocatingly in the container without twisting.

9. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein a second of the surfaces on the piston is located distal from the needle end and is so inclined that as the rod is moved away from the needle end a second of the surfaces on the rod subjects the piston to a force which rotates the piston about the center line.

10. A syringe according to claim 9, wherein the second surface on the rod is configured for parallel, linear or punctiform coaction with the corresponding second surface on the piston.

11. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein the first surface on the piston defines an angle of between 85°

and 20°

with the center line.