Medication administering device

• US 8,801,679 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2009
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Company Limited (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iio, Toshiaki, Takabatake, Yukihiro, Watanabe, Hidenori, Kikuchi, Seiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Schmidt, Emily
• Assistant Examiner(s): PENG, LAUREN MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US12/920,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20110004165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,953 Days
• Field of Search: 604/263, 604/232, 604/163, 604/192, 604/197
• US Class Current: 604/263
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/206 With automatic needle insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2407 from the rear
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/244 by flexible clip
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2477 comprising means to reduce play of ampoule within ampoule holder, e.g. springs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/2488 via rotation, e.g. threads or bayonet
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3142 Modular constructions, e.g. supplied in separate pieces to be assembled by end-user
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6063 Optical identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• 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: 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

Abstract

A medication administering device has mounted thereto a preparation syringe containing a preparation and comprises a substantially cylindrical syringe cover that supports the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side, a piston that presses on the rear end of the preparation syringe, and a piston case that surrounds the piston, that guides the outer peripheral face of the syringe cover in the direction of the piston on the substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and that is mounted in a state in which the syringe cover is removable. The medication administering device comprises a syringe holder that guides the outer peripheral face of the preparation syringe in the direction of the piston on the cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and whose outer peripheral face is removably fitted together with the inner peripheral face of the syringe cover. A medication administering device comprises a syringe cover for mounting a preparation syringe to a main body, and has uneven faces of different angles of inclination on the end face of the syringe cover.

Claims

1. A medication administering device for having a preparation syringe containing a preparation mounted thereto, and for administering the preparation to a living body, said device comprising:

a substantially cylindrical syringe cover having an outer peripheral face, a substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side and being configured to support the preparation syringe on the substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side of the substantially cylindrical syringe cover;

a substantially cylindrical piston configured to press on a rear end of the preparation syringe;

a piston case surrounding the substantially cylindrical piston, being configured to guide the outer peripheral face of the substantially cylindrical syringe cover in the direction of the substantially cylindrical piston on the substantially cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and being configured to be mounted in a state in which the syringe cover is removable;

a housing having an inner peripheral surface surrounding the piston case, and being configured to move the piston case forward in a puncture direction along the inner peripheral surface along with the syringe cover when the rear end of the preparation syringe is pushed by the piston; and

a syringe cover detector configured to detect if the syringe cover has been mounted to the piston case.

2. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein the syringe cover has a fastening tab that protrudes from the outer peripheral face, and

the piston case has a fastening groove on an inner peripheral face side of the piston case where the syringe cover is mounted, and is configured to mate with the fastening tab.

3. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

further comprising a syringe detector configured to detect if the preparation syringe has been installed in the piston case.

4. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein the syringe cover detector includes a syringe cover detecting lever, a syringe cover detecting lever spring configured to bias the syringe cover detecting lever in one direction, and a syringe cover detecting switch configured to be switched on and off by the syringe cover detecting lever.

5. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

further comprising a syringe identifier configured to identify an identification piece provided on the preparation syringe.

6. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein the syringe cover further includes an inclined part configured to contact a shoulder of a distal end outer peripheral part on a side where the preparation syringe is to be inserted.

7. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein the syringe cover has a substantially cylindrical shape.

8. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein all or part of the syringe cover is transparent or semitransparent.

9. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein the syringe cover has a preparation syringe mounting prong configured to support an end of the preparation syringe during mounting of the preparation syringe.

10. The medication administering device according to claim 1,

wherein the syringe cover has a syringe mounting arm configured to support an end of the preparation syringe during mounting of the preparation syringe, and configured to release the support of the end of the preparation syringe when use of the preparation syringe is finished.

11. A medication administering device for having a preparation syringe containing a preparation mounted thereto, and for administering the preparation to a living body, said device comprising:

a substantially cylindrical syringe cover having a cylindrical inner peripheral face side, an inner peripheral face, and being configured to support the preparation syringe on the inner peripheral face side of the substantially cylindrical syringe cover;

a piston configured to press on a rear end of the preparation syringe;

a syringe holder configured to surround the piston at a specific position, being configured to guide an outer peripheral face of the preparation syringe in the direction of the piston on the cylindrical inner peripheral face side, and having an outer peripheral face configured to be removably fitted together with the inner peripheral face of the syringe cover, and

a housing covering the syringe cover, the piston, and the syringe holder inside so that the preparation syringe is capable of being fixed in the inner peripheral face side of the syringe cover, and the syringe cover is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the syringe holder in a when the syringe cover is attached to the syringe holder having the preparation syringe,

wherein the syringe holder has an inner peripheral face side and an outer periphery limiting protrusion on the inner peripheral face side, the outer periphery limiting protrusion being configured to limit the position of the outer peripheral face of the preparation syringe, and the syringe holder is configured to form a space between the outer peripheral surface of the preparation syringe and the inner peripheral surface of the syringe cover, the space being formed so that the syringe holder is inserted from the rear end of the preparation syringe.

12. The medication administering device according to claim 11,

wherein the syringe holder has a tapered part on the inner peripheral face side, the tapered part widening toward an opening in which the preparation syringe is capable of being inserted.

13. The medication administering device according to claim 11,

wherein the syringe holder has an inner periphery limiting protrusion configured to limit the position of an inner peripheral face of the preparation syringe, at a portion that is capable of contacting the rear end of the preparation syringe.

14. The medication administering device according to claim 11,

where the syringe holder has a syringe detector configured to detect that the preparation syringe has been mounted.

15. The medication administering device according to claim 11,

wherein the syringe holder has a syringe identifier configured to identify an identification piece provided on the preparation syringe.

16. The medication administering device according to claim 11,

further comprising a substantially cylindrical piston case surrounding the piston and the syringe holder,

wherein the syringe cover has a fastening tab protruding from the outer peripheral face, and

the substantially cylindrical piston case has a fastening groove configured to mate with the fastening tab, on an inner peripheral face side.

17. The medication administering device according to claim 11, wherein the housing surrounds the syringe holder.