Disposable syringe with an automatically retractable hypodermic needle

• US 5,993,417 A
• Filed: 01/13/1998
• Issued: 11/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aldo Luis Ducler, Daniel Alberto Yerfino
• Original Assignee: Aldo Luis Ducler, Daniel Alberto Yerfino
• Inventors: Ducler, Aldo Luis, Yerfino, Daniel Alberto
• Primary Examiner(s): YASKO JR, JOHN D
• Application Number:
  US09/005,681
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 604/195, 604/110, 604/192, 604/198, 604/263, 604/187
• US Class Current: 604/110
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3241 Needle retraction energy is accumulated inside of a hollow plunger rod
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3234 Fully automatic needle retraction, i.e. in which triggering of the needle does not require a deliberate action by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/508 Means for preventing re-use by disrupting the piston seal, e.g. by puncturing

Abstract

A disposable syringe with an automatically retractable hypodermic needle of the type consisting of an injector plunger, a container cylinder with needle-carrier head and a needle with connection ferrule. The ferrule is housed in an inner hollow of the head of the cylinder, wherein the tube of the needle has passing axially though it a guiding channel to the outside, the hollow having a plurality of elastic retention tabs and the rear face of the needle-carrier head of the cylinder being in contact with an elastomeric washer interposed in an annular manner between it and the plunger which is defined by a cover whose attack front part has a slightly conical circular crown coinciding with said elastomeric washer and which is equipped centrally with a frustoconical core coinciding in a closely fitting manner with the opening of the ferrule of the needle. The cover also has a perimeter groove on its surrounding face which can be locked in terms of position in a plurality of domed projections of the inner wall of the tube which contains it, thereby forming the shaft of the plunger, the head of the cover and the base of said shaft being joined together by a tensioned elastic means and comprising, in the rear zone of their surrounding wall, a plurality of grooves in the rear zone which link its inside to the outside space.

Claims

1. A disposable syringe with an automatically retractable hypodermic needle of the type consisting of an injector plunger, a container cylinder with needle-carrier head and a needle with connection ferrule, wherein said ferrule is housed in an inner hollow of the head of the cylinder, wherein the tube of the needle has passing axially through it a guiding channel to the outside, said hollow having a plurality of elastic retention tabs and the rear face of the needle-carrier head of the cylinder being in contact with an elastomeric washer interposed in an annular manner between it and the plunger which is defined by a cover whose attack front part has a slightly conical circular crown coinciding with said elastomeric washer and which is equipped centrally with a frustoconical core coinciding in a closely fitting manner with the opening of the ferrule of the needle, said cover also having a perimeter groove on its surrounding face which can be locked in terms of position in a plurality of domed projections of the inner wall of the tube which contains it, thereby forming the shaft of the plunger, the head of the cover and the base of said shaft being joined together by a tensioned elastic means and comprising, in the rear zone of their surrounding wall, a plurality of grooves in the rear zone which link its inside to the outside space.

2. A disposable syringe with an automatically retractable hypodermic needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide orifice of the tube of the needle has a transverse elastic membrane which can be perforated by the discharge tube of the needle.

3. A disposable syringe with an automatically retractable hypodermic needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frustoconical tip of its plunger has a plurality of longitudinal grooves in its outer face, providing communication between the chamber of the cylinder and the opening of the ferrule of the needle when the latter comes into contact with said frusto-conical tip.

4. A disposable syringe with an automatically retractable hypodermic needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tube of the plunger has an external diameter which is reduced over its rear portion and has at least one through-orifice, in its surrounding wall, positioned close to its distal end.