Safety syringe for taking blood

• US 7,396,342 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2005
• Issued: 07/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Biotop Holding Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Biotop Holding Company Limited
• Inventors: Chang, Jia-Ming, Wang, Shih-Chun, Yuan, Kiwi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi; Nicholas D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Campbell; Victoria P
• Application Number:
  US11/286,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20070123821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: 604/110, 604/192, 604/195, 604/198, 604/403, 600576-578
• US Class Current: 604/110
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15003 for venous or arterial blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150389 Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150496 Details of construction of hub, i.e. element used to attach the double-ended needle to a piercing device or sampling device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150526 Curved or bent needles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150633 Protective sleeves which are axially extensible, e.g. sleeves connected to, or integrated in, the piercing or driving device; pivotable protective sleeves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150717 manually removed
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150732 Needle holders, for instance for holding the needle by the hub, used for example with double-ended needle and pre-evacuated tube,
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/154 Devices using pre-evacuated means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3206 Needle or needle hub disconnecting devices forming part of or being attached to the hub or syringe body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/342 Off-center needles, i.e. needle connections not being coaxial with the longitudinal symmetry axis of syringe barrel
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3205 Apparatus for removing or disposing of used needles or syringes, e.g. containers; Means for protection against accidental injuries from used needles for sharps A61B50/362; disintegrating apparatus in general B02C, e.g. B02C19/0075, B23H9/001; disposal of medical waste in general B09B3/00; receptacles for refuse disposal in general B65F1/00

Abstract

A safety syringe for taking blood has a hollow barrel having a bottom open end, a top end, a rectangular hole defined in the top end to have two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides, a needle hub detachably connected between the two opposite short sides of the rectangular hole and having a first needle extending from an elliptical body into an interior of the hollow barrel and a second needle extending away from the hollow barrel, a cap rotatably connected to the top end of the hollow barrel and having a notch defined through a periphery of the cap to receive therein the elliptical body so that the second needle extends out of the cap after in combination with the cap and an enclosure detachably enclosing the second needle for protection.

Claims

1. A safety syringe for taking blood comprising:

a hollow barrel having a bottom open end, a top end, a rectangular hole defined in the top end to have two opposite long sides, two opposite short sides, and a stop formed on a side face of the top end;

a needle hub detachably connected to at least one of the long sides of the rectangular hole and having a first needle extending from an elliptical body into an interior of the hollow barrel and a second needle extending away from the hollow barrel;

a cap rotatably connected to the top end of the hollow barrel and having a notch defined through a periphery of the cap to receive therein the elliptical body so that the second needle extends out of the cap after in combination with the cap and the cap further having a guiding recess defined in an inner periphery thereof to correspond to and receive therein the stop to ensure smooth rotation of the cap relative to the hollow barrel; and

an enclosure detachably enclosing the second needle for protection,

whereby rotation of the cap as well as the needle hub aligns long sides of the elliptical body with the long sides of the rectangular hole such that the elliptical body together with the first needle and the second needle is able to extend into the interior of the hollow barrel for storage.

2. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elliptical body has an annular recess defined in an outer periphery thereof so that the at least one long side of the rectangular hole is able to be received in the annular recess defined in the short sides of the elliptical body.

3. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 2, wherein the top end of the hollow barrel has a first rib formed on an outer periphery and the cap has a second rib formed on an inner periphery thereof such that after the cap is mounted to the top end, mutual abutment between the first rib and the second rib ensures that the cap is able to rotate freely relative to the hollow barrel.

4. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top end of the hollow barrel has a first rib formed on an outer periphery and the cap has a second rib formed on an inner periphery thereof such that after the cap is mounted to the top end, mutual abutment between the first rib and the second rib ensures that the cap is able to rotate freely relative to the hollow barrel.

5. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow barrel has a bottom cap foldably connected to a periphery defining the bottom open end so as to selectively close the bottom open end of the hollow barrel.

6. The safety syringe as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bottom cap is composed of two halves each having a first boss to correspond to two second bosses respectively formed on two opposite points of the periphery defining the bottom open end such that folding the bottom cap allows the first bosses to abut the second bosses and the bottom open end is closed.