Catheter head with closeable seal element

• US 7,303,544 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2005
• Issued: 12/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Disetronic Licensing Ag (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Zihlmann, Rudolf, Scheurer, Simon, Bütikofer, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi; Nicholas D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bouchelle; Laura
• Application Number:
  US11/140,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 604/93.01, 604/164.07, 604/180, 604/283, 604/167.03, 604/167.06, 604/33, 604/288.03, 604/288.04
• US Class Current: 604/93.01
• 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 2025/028 having a mainly rigid support structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/1011 Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties A61M39/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

A catheter head for medical and pharmaceutical applications, including a base body which may be positioned on organic tissue and a connecting body, serving as fluid connector for the base body, which has a fluid channel to form the fluid connection. The base body and the connecting body are detachably connected to each other and the base body includes: a) a housing b) a cannula, extending from the housing for introduction into the tissue, c) a seal element, retained by the housing, which has a connector face on which or by means of which the fluid channel of the connecting body may be hydraulically connected to the cannula, and d) a closing element, mounted on the housing which may be displaced relative to the sealing element and seals the sealing face of the sealing element in a closed position and opens the connecting body for the fluid channel in an open position.

Claims

1. A catheter head for medical and pharmaceutical applications, comprising a base body which can be positioned on organic tissue, and a connecting body which serves as fluid connector for the base body and has a fluid channel for forming the fluid connector, the base body and the connecting body detachably connectable, the base body comprising:

a) a housing,

b) a cannula protruding from the housing and serving for insertion into the tissue,

c) a seal element held by the housing and having a connector face on which or via which the fluid channel of the connecting body can be placed in fluidic communication with the cannula, and

d) a closure element supported by the housing having a closure surface complementary to the connector face of said seal element and movable relative to the seal element wherein, in a closure position, the closure element is in a proximal position relative to the seal element and seals the connector face of the seal element such that the closure surface covers the seal element connector face and, in an open position, is in a distal position relative to the seal element and opens the fluid channel of the connecting body.

2. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seal element has a passage extending from the cannula as far as the connector face of the seal element.

3. The catheter head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting body forms an outlet nozzle with a free end at which the fluid channel of the connecting body opens into the passage of the seal element when the connecting body is connected to the base body.

4. The catheter head as claimed in claim 3, wherein the closure element is mounted in a displaceable manner.

5. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a lock element associated with the housing and a lock element associated with the closure element, said lock elements engaged in the closure position to prevent a movement of the closure element into the open position.

6. The catheter head as claimed in claim 5, wherein at least one of the lock elements is elastically resilient in a direction away from the engagement.

7. The catheter head as claimed in claim 6, wherein the connecting body, upon connection to the base body, moves the elastically resilient locking element out of engagement.

8. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driver associated with the connecting body and a driver associated with the closure element, said drivers engaging when the connecting body is connected to the base body, the engagement having the effect that the connecting body, in a movement it makes relative to the base body upon connection, drives the closure element into the open position.

9. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driver associated with the connecting body and a driver associated with the closure element, said drivers engaging when the connecting body is detached from the base body, the engagement having the effect that the connecting body, in a movement it makes relative to the base body upon detachment, drives the closure element into the closure position.

10. The catheter head as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of the drivers is formed on an elastically resilient snap-in catch and the drivers come into driving engagement via the elastic resilience of the snap-in catch, at least when the connecting body is connected to the base body.

11. The catheter head as claimed in claim 8, wherein the driver of the connecting body drives the closure element into and out of the open and closure positions.

12. The catheter head as claimed in claim 11, wherein the closure position of the closure element is an abutment position.

13. The catheter head as claimed in claim 12, wherein the open position of the closure element is an abutment position.

14. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting body and the base body are guided in translation on one another when they are being connected to one another and when they are being detached from one another.

15. The catheter head as claimed in claim 14, wherein the connecting body and the base body are guided on one another and in that they are centered on one another when they are being connected to one another.

16. The catheter head as claimed in claim 15, wherein, between the closure position and the open position of the closure element, the connecting body and the closure element are guided movably in the same direction from the base body.

17. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting body comprises at least one flexurally elastic wing which locks in a flexurally elastic manner with the base body when the fluid channel of the connecting body is connected to the cannula.

18. The catheter head as claimed in claim 17, wherein the base body and the wing form a guide track and an engagement member which, upon connection of the connecting body to the base body, is guided on the guide track, the engagement member protruding from one of the wing or the housing transversely with respect to the direction of the flexural elasticity of the wing.

19. The catheter head as claimed in claim 18, wherein the guide track forms a locking shoulder behind which the engagement member locks when the fluid channel of the connecting body is connected to the cannula.

29. The catheter head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the closure element comprises a raised area on an underside extending toward the connector face of the seal element when said closure element is in a closure position such that a pressing force is created between the raised area and the connector face sufficient to hold the closure element in the closure position.

20. A catheter head comprising a base body and a connecting body which serves as fluid connector for the base body and has a fluid channel for forming the fluid connector, the base body and the connecting body detachably connectable, the base body comprising:

a) a housing;

b) a cannula protruding from the housing;

c) a seal associated with the housing and having a connector face for operably coupling to the fluid channel whereby the fluid channel is placed in fluidic communication with the cannula; and

d) a closure supported by the housing having a substantially planar covering surface and movable relative to the seal wherein, in a closure position, the closure is in a proximal position relative to the seal and covers the connector face of the seal element via the substantially planar covering surface and, in an open position, is in a distal position relative to the seal andopens the fluid channel of the connecting body.

21. The catheter head of claim 20, further comprising a driver associated with the connecting body, said driver driving the closure into and out of the open and closure positions.

22. The catheter head of claim 20, further comprising a driver associated with the connecting body and a driver associated with the closure element, said drivers engaging when the connecting body is connected to the base body, the engagement having the effect that the connecting body, in a movement it makes relative to the base body upon connection, drives the closure element into the open position, and said drivers engaging when the connecting body is detached from the base body, the engagement having the effect that the connecting body, in a movement it makes relative to the base body upon detachment, drives the closure element into the closure position.

23. The catheter head as claimed in claim 22, wherein at least one of the drivers is formed on an elastically resilient snap-in catch and the drivers come into driving engagement via the elastic resilience of the snap-in catch, at least when the connecting body is connected to the base body.

24. A catheter head for medical and pharmaceutical applications for forming fluidic communication between a connecting body and organic tissue comprising:

a housing;

a fluid channel comprising;

a cannula protruding from the housing for insertion into the tissue; and

a seal element held by the housing and having a connector face on which or via which the connecting body can be placed in fluidic communication with the cannula; and

a substantially planar closure element independent from said fluid channel and supported by the housing, said substantially planar closure element movable relative to said seal element and having an open position and a sealed position relative to the seal element, wherein in a sealed position, the substantially planar closure element is in a proximal position relative to the seal element and covers the connector face of the seal element and, in an open position, is in a distal position relative to the seal element and opens the fluid channel of the connecting body.

25. The catheter head of claim 24, wherein when the substantially planar closure element is in the sealed position, said fluid channel is sealed preventing fluidic communication with organic tissue.

26. The catheter head of claim 24, wherein when the substantially planar closure element is in an open position, said fluid channel is open and connected to said connecting body enabling fluidic communication with organic tissue.

27. The catheter head of claim 24, further comprising a lock element associated with the housing and a lock element associated with the substantially planar closure element, said lock elements engaged in the closure position to prevent a movement of the substantially planar closure element into the open position.

28. The catheter head of claim 24, further comprising a driver associated with the connecting body, said driver driving the substantially planar closure element into and out of the open and closure positions.

30. A catheter head for medical and pharmaceutical applications, comprising a base body which can be positioned on organic tissue, and a connecting body which serves as fluid connector for the base body and has a fluid channel for forming the fluid connector, the base body and the connecting body detachably connectable, the base body comprising:

a) a housing,

b) a cannula protruding from the housing and serving for insertion into the tissue,

c) a seal element held by the housing and having a connector face on which or via which the fluid channel of the connecting body can be placed in fluidic communication with the cannula, and

d) a closure element supported by the housing, wherein the closure element comprises a raised area on an underside directed toward the connector face of the seal element and, when said closure element covers said seal element in a closure position, a pressing force is created between the raised area and the connector face sufficient to hold the closure element in the closure position.

31. A catheter head for medical and pharmaceutical applications, comprising a base body which can be positioned on organic tissue, and a connecting body which serves as fluid connector for the base body and has a fluid channel for forming the fluid connector, the base body and the connecting body being able to be connected to one another in a detachable manner, the base body comprising:

a) a housing;

b) a cannula protruding from the housing and serving for insertion into the tissue;

c) a seal element for the cannula which is held by the housing and which has a connector face opposite the cannula on which or via which the fluid channel of the connecting body can be placed in fluid communication with the cannula; and

d) a closure element which is supported by the housing, is configured as a cover for the seal element and is linearly displaceable parallel to the seal element, the closure element, in a closure position, sealing off the connector face of the seal element and, in an open position, opening the connector face of the seal element for the fluid channel of the connecting body.