Puncture needle device and method of using the same

• US 9,033,952 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Chen, Pin-Tarng
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenberg, Rebecca E
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, ANH T
• Application Number:
  US14/034,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20150011972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 604/116, 604/156, 604/157, 604/158, 604/130, 604/164.01, 604/164.12, 604/249
• US Class Current: 604/506
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3403 Needle locating or guiding means guides for suture needles A61B17/0482; guiding or tracking by nuclear magnetic resonance G01R33/285
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/24 with a catheter A61B18/26, A61B18/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/306 using optical fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/13 guided by light, e.g. laser pointers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0472 Devices for performing a tracheostomy
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/206 With automatic needle insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/587 Lighting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/1032 Trachea
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0606 "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0631 having means for fully covering the needle after its withdrawal, e.g. needle being withdrawn inside the handle or a cover being advanced over the needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/2033 Spring-loaded one-shot injectors with or without automatic needle insertion multishot dosing syringes A61M5/31525, needle insertion only A61M5/3287
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/427 Locating point where body is to be pierced, e.g. vein location means using ultrasonic waves, injection site templates

Abstract

A puncture needle device, comprising a light source assembly, an optic fiber assembly, an ejection assembly, and a puncture needle assembly, wherein the light source assembly comprises a light source sleeve configured with a light source, the optic fiber assembly comprises an optic fiber sleeve configured with an optic fiber, the ejection assembly comprises an ejection sleeve configured with an ejection spring, and the puncture needle assembly comprises a puncture needle with a catheter.

Claims

1. A puncture needle device comprising a light source assembly, an optic fiber assembly, an ejection assembly, and a puncture needle assembly, wherein the light source assembly comprises a light source sleeve configured with a light source;

the optic fiber assembly comprises an optic fiber sleeve configured with an optic fiber;

the ejection assembly comprises an ejection sleeve configured with an ejection spring and being slidably positioned within the optic fiber sleeve;

the puncture needle assembly comprises a puncture needle with a catheter and is coupled to the ejection sleeve; and

the ejection spring is positioned within the ejection sleeve and is adapted to eject the ejection sleeve out of the optic fiber sleeve upon release.

8. A method of using the puncture needle device of claim 1, comprising the following steps:

(A) determining an intending puncture area on an organ with a lumen or cavity;

(B) activating the light source of the light source assembly;

(C) observing at least one projection of the light on the organ and adjusting the orientation of the puncture needle device to aiming at a proper puncture site according to the shape of the at least one projection;

(D) launching the ejection sleeve the ejection assembly to allow the puncture needle assembly to puncture into the lumen or cavity of the organ; and

(E) leaving the catheter and removing the puncture needle and the optic fiber along with the rest of the puncture needle device.

9. The puncture needle device of claim 1, wherein the ejection assembly further comprises at least one ejection button, and at least one positioning hole configured at the surrounding of the ejection sleeve.

10. The puncture needle device of claim 9, wherein the light source sleeve is configured with at least one positioning groove in the shape of “

L” and

have a longitudinal guiding section and a horizontal positioning section; and

the at least one ejection button passes through the at least one positioning groove and fixed to the at least one positioning hole.

2. A puncture needle device comprising:

a light source assembly comprising a switch unit, a light source sleeve, and an adaptor unit;

an optic fiber assembly comprising an optic fiber sleeve, a stopper positioned within the optic fiber sleeve, and an optic fiber positioned axially within the optic fiber sleeve;

an ejection assembly comprising an ejection sleeve, an ejection spring, and ejection button module, wherein a rear end of the ejection sleeve is configured with a puncture needle adaptor unit, the ejection sleeve is slidable within the optic fiber sleeve, and the ejection spring is positioned within the ejection sleeve and is adapted to eject the ejection sleeve out of the optic fiber sleeve upon release; and

a puncture needle assembly comprising an over-the-needle catheter, a puncture needle, and a connector, the puncture needle assembly being coupled to the puncture needle adaptor unit of the ejection sleeve through the connector.

3. The puncture needle device of claim 2, wherein the ejection button module comprises at least one ejection button, and at least one positioning hole configured at the surrounding of the ejection sleeve.

4. The puncture needle device of claim 3, wherein the light source sleeve is configured with at least one positioning groove in the shape of “

L” and

have a longitudinal guiding section and a horizontal positioning section; and

the at least one ejection button passes through the at least one positioning groove and fixed to the at least one positioning hole.

5. The puncture needle device of claim 2, wherein a rear end of the switch unit is coupled to a front end of the light source sleeve, and the adaptor unit is coupled to a rear end of the light source sleeve.

6. The puncture needle device of claim 2, wherein a front end of the switch unit is configured with a switch;

a battery is positioned within the light source sleeve;

the adaptor unit is configured with a LED module and a battery contact spring.

7. The puncture needle device of claim 2, wherein the stopper is positioned within the optic fiber sleeve at an front end of the optic fiber sleeve;

and the optic fiber is positioned axially within the optic fiber sleeve, with an front end thereof fixed to the stopper and an rear end thereof extending into and protruding slightly out of the puncture needle assembly.