Suction piece for or on a device administering an injectable product

• US 7,060,054 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2002
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG (Ypsomed Holding AG)
• Inventors: Nissels, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirmons, Kevin C.
• Application Number:
  US10/053,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20020128600A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: 604/218, 604/115, 604/186, 604/187, 604/208, 604/264, 604/272, 604/131, 604/140, 604/151
• US Class Current: 604/218
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/422 Desensitising skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/425 Protruding skin to facilitate piercing, e.g. vacuum cylinders, vein immobilising means

Abstract

A suction piece for a device for administering an injectable product, the suction piece including a suction chamber having a chamber opening rim via which the suction piece may be placed on a tissue, a connection part in order to produce a mechanical connection to the device, a first passage extending through the connection part into the suction chamber in order to produce a fluid connection between the suction chamber and a product reservoir of the device, wherein the pressure in the suction chamber may be reduced when the chamber opening rim is placed on the tissue in order to apply suction to the tissue.

Claims

1. A device for administering an injectable product from a reservoir, through a dispensing means, and into a tissue of a patient, the device comprising:

a casing for holding the reservoir;

a suction chamber connected to the casing and adapted to abut against the tissue, the dispensing means terminating within the suction chamber;

a piston pump comprising a cylinder, a piston, a piston rod, and a lock, a pressure side being provided on one side of the piston and a suction side being provided on the other side of the piston, wherein the piston rod may be operated to displace the piston within the cylinder to create a state of reduced pressure within the cylinder and, during the use of the device, in the suction chamber, and wherein the lock is adapted to lock the piston in place to maintain the state of reduced pressure in the cylinder;

a passage interconnecting the suction chamber to the reduced pressure; and

a cut-off valve located along the passage and adapted to isolate the suction chamber from the reduced pressure,

wherein, after abutting the suction chamber against the tissue of the patient, the cut-off valve may be opened, thereby placing the suction chamber and the reduced pressure in the cylinder in fluid communication causing a state of reduced pressure within the suction chamber and bringing the tissue in contact with the dispensing means.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a delivery means adapted to cause the injectable product to travel from the reservoir, through the dispensing means, and into the tissue.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein a longitudinal axis of the cylinder runs parallel and adjacent to a longitudinal axis of the casing.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the lock is located on the piston rod.

5. The device of claim 4 further comprising a lock associated with the cylinder, wherein the lock located on the piston rod and the lock associated with the cylinder are adapted to lock together.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the dispensing means is a needle.