Medical device container

• US 7,780,637 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Jerde
• Original Assignee: Steven Jerde
• Inventors: Huebl, Steven, Jerde, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirmons; Kevin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE
• Application Number:
  US11/836,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20080108951A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 604/68, 604/110, 604/192, 604/193, 604/198, 604/232, 604/263, 128/DIG.1, 206363-370, 606/181, 606/182, 606/583
• US Class Current: 604/192
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/003 Kits for diabetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3202 Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps A61M5/50 takes precedence; for infusion spikes A61M5/1626; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/083 by means of additional elements, e.g. modular

Abstract

A storage system for a needleless pen delivery device syringe and a hypodermic needle adapted for attachment to and use with the pen delivery device syringe. A tubular sleeve has a first hollow chamber for receiving therein the needleless pen delivery device syringe, and a hollow cap has a second hollow chamber for receiving therein the hypodermic needle. The cap is adapted to affix to the sleeve to form a continuous tubular housing, and the sleeve is adapted to receive the pen delivery device syringe only when the needle is not attached to the syringe. Alternative exemplary embodiments provide for storing other related accessories or additional spare needles.

Claims

1. A pen needle storage system for attachment to and use with a pen delivery device syringe, said system comprising:

a pen needle attachable to a syringe distal end;

a tubular dust sleeve comprising a first hollow cavity for slidable placement over the syringe distal end;

a needle assembly for enclosing the pen needle; and

a hollow cap comprising a second hollow cavity for receiving therein the needle assembly;

wherein said hollow cap is adapted to affix to a sleeve distal end of said tubular dust sleeve to retain the needle assembly, and said tubular dust sleeve is attachable to the pen delivery device syringe only when the pen needle is detached from the pen delivery device syringe, wherein said retention of the needle assembly and fixation of the hollow cap to the tubular dust sleeve and the tubular dust sleeve to the pen delivery device syringe defines a continuous tubular housing.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said tubular dust sleeve is cylindrical and longitudinally aligned with said pen delivery device syringe upon receipt thereof.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said hollow cap is tapered inwardly from said affixation to said sleeve toward a blunt terminal tip.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said blunt terminal tip is bullet-shaped.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said hollow cap further comprises a hinge and wherein said first and second hollow cavities are relatively rotatable about said hinge.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said hinge is molded of a flexible polymer material.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said tubular dust sleeve is cylindrical and longitudinally aligned with said pen delivery device syringe upon receipt thereof.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said hollow cap is tapered inwardly from said affixation to said sleeve toward a blunt terminal tip.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said terminal tip is bullet-shaped.

10. A method of storing a needleless pen delivery device syringe and a pen needle adapted for attachment to and use with the pen delivery device syringe, said method comprising:

providing a tubular dust sleeve and a hollow cap, the tubular dust sleeve comprising a first hollow cavity for receiving therein a distal syringe end, the hollow cap comprising a second hollow cavity for receiving therein a needle assembly enclosing the pen needle;

positioning said hollow cap for attachment to said tubular dust sleeve; and

inserting the distal syringe end into the first hollow cavity to form a continuous tubular housing, wherein formation of the continuous tubular housing is prevented when the pen needle is attached to the syringe distal end.

11. A pen shaped containment system for a needleless pen delivery device syringe, comprising:

a cap having a cap open end, a cap closed end, and a cap cavity;

a dust sleeve having a sleeve open end, a sleeve distal end, and a sleeve cavity;

a needle assembly enclosing a pen needle; and

a pen delivery device syringe having a syringe distal end adapted for connection to the pen needle,

wherein said cap open end is adapted for attachment to said sleeve distal end such that said needle assembly is retained within the cap cavity; and

wherein said pen delivery device syringe is insertable into the sleeve open end for retention within the sleeve cavity to define a unitary tubular structure, wherein said unitary tubular structure is formable only when said pen needle is detached from said syringe distal end.

12. The pen shaped containment system of claim 11, further comprising:

at least one accessory-storing module; and

a second needle assembly enclosing a second pen needle,

wherein the at least one accessory-storing module is adapted for attachment between said cap and said dust sleeve such that said second needle assembly is retained within the accessory-storing module.

13. The pen shaped containment system of claim 11, wherein the cap is attached to the dust sleeve with a living hinge proximate the cap open end and the sleeve distal end.