Catheter head for subcutaneous administration of an substance

• US 6,302,866 B1
• Filed: 05/13/1999
• Issued: 10/16/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Disetronic Licensing Ag
• Inventors: Marggi, Rolf
• Primary Examiner(s): MENDEZ, MANUEL A
• Application Number:
  US09/311,022
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 604/174, 604/151, 604/177, 604/171, 604/131, 604/164.08, 604/164.02, 604/506, 604/507, 604/508, 604/511
• US Class Current: 604/174
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0097 characterised by the hub connectors A61M39/10
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0606 "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0612 Devices for protecting the needle; Devices to help insertion of the needle, e.g. wings or holders
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/02 Access sites

Abstract

The present invention provides a catheter head including a cannula housing, a needle holder connectable to the cannula housing and a guide sleeve associated with the needle holder for positioning and guiding a connecting needle, and for being narrowly slide-guided over a portion of said cannula housing.

Claims

1. A catheter head for subcutaneous administration of a substance, comprising:

a) a cannula housing carrying a cannula to be placed in tissue, and having a passage to said cannula for the substance, said cannula housing comprising an underside for flush positioning on a tissue surface,

b) a needle holder including a feed line for conducting the substance and a connecting needle to be inserted into said passage of said cannula housing, wherein said needle holder and said cannula housing are coupled to each other, said needle holder forming a guide sleeve axially surrounding said connecting needle and being narrowly slide-guided over a cylindrical extension of said cannula housing, thereby sheathing both an inlet and a section of said passage of said cannula housing adjacent to said inlet, and

c) guide means for positioning of said connecting needle and, during insertion of said connecting needle into said passage of said cannula housing, for guiding said needle holder at said cannula housing.

2. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said guide sleeve comprises a closed jacket surface surrounding said connecting needle.

3. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cannula housing comprises a disc-shaped rear section and a thicker front section comprising said passage channel for receiving said cannula, and from which said cylindrical extension projects over said disc-shaped rear section.

4. The catheter head as set forth in claim 3, wherein a clearance remains between said cylindrical extension and an upper side of the said disc-shaped rear section for sliding over of the said guide sleeve.

5. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein an upper side of the cannula housing forms, during insertion of the connecting needle, a support and an additional slideway for said needle holder.

6. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said upper side is adapted to an underside of said needle holder which is curved in cross direction to said connecting needle, said upper side thus forming said additional slideway, said additional slideway preferably extending parallel to said cylindrical extension.

7. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein an underside of said needle holder is mould positioned on an upper side of a rear section of said cannula housing during positioning and insertion of said connection needle.

8. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said needle holder comprises an upper side symmetrical to its underside, wherein said underside and said upper side are preferably curving outwardly away from each other.

9. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein a piercing needle for said cannula projects through said cannula housing at an angle to the longitudinal direction of said inserted connecting needle, wherein said passage channel for said connecting needle leads at an angle into an additional passage for said piercing needle.

10. The catheter head as set forth in claim 1, wherein the prefabricated cannula is formed as an integral part of said cannula housing when injection-moulding said cannula housing.

11. A catheter head for subcutaneous administration of an active substance, comprising:

a) a cannula housing comprising a cannula to be placed in tissue and a passage to said cannula being formed in said cannula housing, said cannula housing having an underside adapted for substantially flush positioning on a tissue surface and adapted for attachment to the tissue surface,

b) a needle holder including a feed line for feeding the active substance and a connecting needle to be inserted into said passage of said cannula housing, wherein said needle holder and said cannula housing are connectable to each other, and

c) guide means for positioning of said connecting needle and, during insertion of said connecting needle into said passage of said cannula housing, for guiding said needle holder at said cannula housing, wherein

d) said needle holder forms a guide sleeve axially surrounding said connecting needle, said guide sleeve being narrowly slide-guided over a cylindrical extension of said cannula housing, sheathing both an inlet and a section of said passage of said cannula housing following said inlet.