Liquid injection needle and liquid injection device

• US 7,252,653 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2002
• Issued: 08/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Inventors: Ooyauchi, Tetsuya, Ueda, Mieko
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirmons; Kevin C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOULTON, ELIZABETH ROSE
• Application Number:
  US10/470,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20040078008A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,020 Days
• Field of Search: 604272-274, 604/187, 604/264
• US Class Current: 604/272
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3286 Needle tip design, e.g. for improved penetration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/329 characterised by features of the needle shaft

Abstract

A liquid injection needle (10) includes a hollow needle part (2) for injecting a liquid (8) and a supporting part (3), to which the needle part (2) is fixed. The needle part (2) includes an anchoring part (22) that extends through the inside of the supporting part (3) and a puncturing part (21) that extends from the supporting part (3) for making a puncture in a living body. The puncturing part (21) has a distal side outer diameter equal to or greater than 0.1 mm and equal to or less than 0.25 mm, and a proximal side outer diameter than the distal side outer diameter.

Claims

1. A liquid injection needle used for percutaneous self-administration or a dental treatment comprising:

a hollow needle part for injecting a liquid;

a supporting part to which the needle part is fixed,

wherein said hollow needle part comprises

an anchoring part that extends through an inside of said supporting part and

a puncturing part that extends from said supporting part for making a puncture in a living body, and said puncturing part comprises

a distal end,

a middle part and

a proximal end,

wherein said distal end has a distal side outer diameter that is constant over an entire length of the distal end, and said middle part has an outer diameter that gradually reduces toward said distal end to smoothly connect said distal end and said proximal end,

wherein said distal side outer diameter is equal to or greater than 0.1 mm and equal to or less than 0.25 mm, and a proximal side outer diameter is greater than said distal side outer diameter and equal to or greater than 0.3 mm and equal to or less than 2 mm, a distal side internal diameter is larger than 0.05 mm and smaller than 0.15 mm, and a proximal side internal diameter is equal to or larger than 0.20 mm and equal to or smaller than 1.2 mm,

wherein said puncturing part has a total length greater than the entire length of the distal end, the total length being equal to or greater than 1.5 mm and equal to or less than 15 mm,

wherein the entire length of the distal end is ⅔

or more of the total length of the puncturing part when the total length of the puncturing part is equal to or greater than 1.5 mm and equal to or less than 5 mm,

wherein the entire length of the distal end is ⅗

or more of the total length of the puncturing part when the total length of the puncturing part is greater than 5 mm and equal to or less than 15 mm, and

wherein said needle part possesses a flow path resistance equal to or less than 350 gram-force under a sustained water flow rate of 20 μ

l/sec.

2. The liquid injection needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of said puncturing part gradually decreases from said supporting part toward a tip of said puncturing part.

3. The liquid injection needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein said liquid contains a drug that acts on a living body.

4. The liquid injection needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the puncturing part possesses a sticking resistance equal to or less than 7 gram-force.

5. A liquid injection device provided with said liquid injection needle as claimed in claim 1, comprising a main body having an internal space adapted to contain said liquid, said supporting part being provided at one end of the main body, said needle part of said liquid injection needle being fixed on said supporting part to communicate with said internal space.

6. The liquid injection needle according to claim 1, wherein when the total length of the puncturing part is greater than 5 mm and equal to or less than 15 mm and the entire length of the distal end is ⅗

or more of the total length of the puncturing part, then the entire length of the distal end is ⅘

or less of the total length of the puncturing part.

7. The liquid injection needle according to claim 1, wherein said distal end includes a slanted part forming a blade tip section, the slanted part comprising a first angle with respect to a centerline of the distal end, a second angle with respect to the centerline of the distal end, and a third angle between edges of the blade tip section.

8. The liquid injection needle according to claim 7, wherein the first angle is 8.5°

, the second angle is 18°

, and the third angle is 129°

.

9. A liquid injection needle used for percutaneous self-administration or a dental treatment comprising:

a hollow needle part for injecting a liquid;

a supporting part to which the needle part is fixed,

wherein said hollow needle part comprises

an anchoring part that extends through an inside of said supporting part and

a puncturing part that extends from said supporting part for making a puncture in a living body, and said puncturing part comprises

a distal end,

a middle part and

a proximal end,

wherein said distal end has a distal side outer diameter that is constant over an entire length of the distal end, said middle part has an outer diameter that gradually reduces toward said distal end to smoothly connect said distal end and said proximal end, and said proximal end has a constant proximal side outer diameter,

wherein said distal side outer diameter is equal to or greater than 0.1 mm and equal to or less than 0.25 mm, and the proximal side outer diameter is greater than said distal side outer diameter and equal to or greater than 0.3 mm and equal to or less than 2 mm, a distal side internal diameter is larger than 0.05 mm and smaller than 0.15 mm, and a proximal side internal diameter is equal to or larger than 0.20 mm and equal to or smaller than 1.2 mm,

wherein said puncturing part has a total length greater than the entire length of the distal end, the total length being equal to or greater than 1.5 mm and equal to or less than 15 mm,

wherein the entire length of the distal end is ⅔

or more of the total length of the puncturing part when the total length of the puncturing part is equal to or greater than 1.5 mm and equal to or less than 5 mm,

wherein the entire length of the distal end is ⅗

or more of the total length of the puncturing part when the total length of the puncturing part is greater than 5 mm and equal to or less than 15 mm, and

wherein said needle part possesses a flow path resistance equal to or less than 350 gram-force under a sustained water flow rate of 20 μ

l/sec.