Syringe

• US 6,379,339 B1
• Filed: 09/11/1997
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Original Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Inventors: Klitgaard, Christian Peter, Hansen, Steffen
• Primary Examiner(s): MENDEZ, MANUEL A
• Application Number:
  US08/927,979
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 604/187, 604/156, 604/207, 604/131, 604/232, 604/236, 604/181, 604/206-211, 604/117, 604/154-155, 128/DIG.1, 128/DIG.2, 128/13, 206/364, 206/366, 206/365, 206/369
• US Class Current: 604/207
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3125 specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3126 Specific display means related to dosing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3129 Syringe barrels A61M5/3205 and A61M5/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31525 Dosing burettes, pipettes B01L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31546 Electrically operated dose setting, e.g. input via touch screen or plus/minus buttons
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31553 without axial movement of dose setting member
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31568 Means keeping track of the total dose administered, e.g. since the cartridge was inserted
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31576 Constructional features or modes of drive mechanisms for piston rods

Abstract

The present invention relates to syringes comprising a housing (1), a dose setting mechanism in the housing, an injection button (6), and a needle receiving member. By this syringe doses of a medicine can be set by the dose setting mechanism and by operating the injection button (6) the set dose can be pressed out from an ampoule accommodated in the housing (1) through a needle (5) mounted on the needle receiving member. The housing further comprises an accessible compartment covered by a lid (10) or a cap (8) in which compartment accessories (11) are stored.

Claims

1. A syringe comprising:

a housing having a space for containing an ampoule and having a needle receiving member;

a dose setting and injection mechanism in the housing for setting a desired dose of medicine and pressing the set dose of medicine out of an ampoule mounted in the housing; and

wherein the housing has a compartment accessible by the user of such syringe for storing one or more accessories which are not normally mounted on the syringe when stored.

2. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein said compartment has a storage capacity large enough to accommodate at least one needle case.

3. A syringe according to claim 2, wherein the compartment is a cavity in the housing covered by a lid.

4. A syringe according to claim 2, wherein the compartment is an inner space in a cap mounted on the housing.

5. A syringe according to claim 2, wherein the housing includes a slide-in drawer which forms the compartment.

6. A syringe according to claim 4, wherein said cap has a surface which presses against the skin of the user when a needle mounted on said housing is injected into a patient.

7. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein the compartment is provided in a location spaced from the needle receiving member.

8. A syringe according to claim 1, wherein said housing is box-shaped, wherein said housing has a central axis parallel to a needle when mounted on said housing, and wherein said needle receiving member and compartment are on opposite sides of said central axis.