Device for protecting a syringe, in particular for a syringe used for injecting radioactive product (s)

• US 7,351,227 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2001
• Issued: 04/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lemer Pax
• Original Assignee: Lemer Pax
• Inventors: Lemer, Pierre-Marie
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi; Nicholas D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Koharski; Christopher
• Application Number:
  US10/363,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20040015038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,402 Days
• Field of Search: 604/187, 604/198, 604/110, 604/192, 604/195, 604/263, 604/535, 604/181, 604/188, 604/197, 604/199, 604/218, 604/264, 604/268, 604/272, 600/5, 588/1, 588/16, 588/20, 250/505.1, 250/506.1, 250/515.1
• US Class Current: 604/192
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1785 comprising radioactive shield means syringe shields or holders for storage of radioactive sources G21F5/018
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/315 Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G21F 5/018 Syringe shields or holders syringe shielding for applying radioactive material to the body A61M5/1785

Abstract

A syringe protecting device includes a casing (9) made of a material protecting against radiation, adapted to cover the syringe cylindrical body (3), which casing (9) is associated with a structure (10) likewise made of a material protecting against radiation, designed to form at least a partial protective shield on the rear end of the syringe, while allowing the syringe plunger (4) to be operated. In one particular embodiment, the protective shield is globally shaped like a cylindrical sleeve (10) provided with a base (18); the sleeve (10) is mounted sliding on the protective casing (9) by capping it through its rear end, and it comprises mechanism (20) for being removably secured to the stem (5) operating the syringe plunger (4).

Claims

1. A protection device for a syringe used for injection of radioactive product(s), comprising:

an envelope of radioprotective material, the envelope shaped to cover a cylindrical body of a syringe, the syringe further including a needle, a reception cone, a piston, the piston including a stem with a head,

an opening fitted at a front end of the envelope, the opening for letting through the needle or the reception cone, and

another opening at a rear end of the envelope for insertion and withdrawal of the syringe, as well as for operating the stem, and

a structure of radioprotective material associated with the envelope, the structure forming a protective shield at least partially facing the another opening at the rear end of the envelope, while enabling the operation of the piston, wherein,

the protective shield has the general form of a tubular jacket fitted with a bottom,

said jacket covers the another opening at the rear end of the protective envelope,

said jacket comprises interconnection means removable with respect to the stem, and

the removable interconnection means comprises a lock arranged to press the head of the operating stem against an internal face of the bottom of said jacket.

2. A protection device for a syringe used for injection of radioactive product(s), comprising:

an envelope of radioprotective material, the envelope shaped to cover a cylindrical body of the syringe, the syringe further including a needle, a reception cone, a piston, a body with an end collar, the piston including a stem with a head,

an opening fitted at a front end of the envelope, the opening for letting through the needle or the reception cone, and another opening at a rear end of the envelope for insertion and withdrawal of the syringe, as well as for operating of the stem, and

a structure of radioprotective material associated with the envelope, the structure forming a protective shield at least partially facing the another opening at the rear end of the envelope, while enabling the operation of the piston,

wherein the protective shield is fitted with a bottom and covers the another opening at the rear end of the protective envelope, and the protective shield comprises removable interconnection means with the stem which operates the piston, the removable interconnection means comprising a lock arranged to press the head of the operating stem against the internal face of the bottom of said protective shield.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield is mounted to slide over the protective envelope.

4. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield is tubular and mounted to slide over the protective envelope.

5. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield is a jacket and mounted to slide over the protective envelope.

6. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield comprises two half-parts and mounted to slide over the protective envelope.

7. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield is a tubular jacket mounted to slide over the protective envelope.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein a cylindrical body of the tubular jacket has a length which is suited to cover the rear end of the protective envelope regardless of the extraction level of the stem.

9. A device according to claim 7, further comprising knurled knobs integral with the protective envelope which co-operate with longitudinal openings arranged in the tubular jacket, wherein the openings emerge at the front end of said jacket.

10. A device according to claim 9, removable interconnection means of the syringe body with the protective envelope, which interconnection means consist of a lock suited to press the end collar of the syringe body against the rear end of said protective envelope, whereas the operating member of said lock protrudes across one of the longitudinal openings arranged in the tubular jacket, wherein the one longitudinal opening emerges at the front end of said jacket.

11. A device according to claim 7, further comprising means which enable the positioning of the tubular jacket to the protective envelope.

12. A device according to claim 2, further comprising means which enable the positioning of the protective shield to the protective envelope.

13. A device according to claim 2, further comprising means to lock the protective shield to the protective envelope comprising two knurled knobs diametrically opposed.

14. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield comprises two retractable half-parts laid out to be positioned on the another opening at the rear end of the protective envelope and whereof junction edges are formed to match a contour of the stem.

15. A device according to claim 14, characterised in that both of the two half-parts comprise extensions which form a covering skirt of the rear end of the protective envelope.

16. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield comprises two half-parts mounted to slide in a guiding cradle positioned around the two half-parts and around the rear end of the protective envelope.

17. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield comprises two half-parts fitted with reverse shoulders on their junction edges, forming partial covering means.

18. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield has the form of a pellet made of radio-protective material, and removably fixed on the head of the syringe piston.

19. A device according to claim 2, further comprising means which enable the positioning of the protective shield to the protective envelope.

20. A device according to claim 2, wherein the protective shield comprises two half-parts fitted with reverse shoulders on their junction edges, forming partial covering means.