Injection needle assembly and drug injection device

• US 9,302,051 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha (Terumo Corporation)
• Inventors: Yokota, Takayuki, Iwase, Yoichiro, Sakaguchi, Naoki, Koiwai, Kazunori, Hishikawa, Yoshinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirmons, Kevin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stiles, Amber
• Application Number:
  US13/638,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20130079729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,861 Days
• Field of Search: 604/27, 604/36, 604/38, 604/93.01, 604/181, 604/18, 604/214, 604/218, 604/222, 604/225
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3129 Syringe barrels A61M5/3205 and A61M5/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3135 characterised by constructional features of the proximal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3137 Specially designed finger grip means, e.g. for easy manipulation of the syringe rod
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31511 Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod A61M5/5066 takes precedence

Abstract

A needle does not come off even if a high back pressure occurs at the skin upper section. Thus, the drug leakage from the skin can be prevented. A drug administration device 1 includes a tubular section 2 having a fluid chamber 7 capable of accommodating a drug and a discharge section 22, a pusher member 3 moving within the tubular section 2, a grip section 4, and a connection section 5. The pusher member 3 includes a rod-shape plunger 31 and a gasket 32. The grip section 4 is disposed along the outer periphery of the tubular section 2 and kept away from the tubular section 2, and the connection section 5 is formed between the tubular section 2 and the grip section 4.

Claims

1. A drug administration device comprising:

a tubular section having a fluid chamber capable of accommodating a drug therein and a tubular discharge section formed at a tip end thereof;

a pusher section having a gasket slidably movable within said fluid chamber and a plunger which is connected to said gasket and part of which is exposed outside from a base end of said tubular section;

a tubular grip section disposed outside of said tubular section and kept away from said tubular section; and

a connection section connecting said tubular section and said grip section; and

said tubular section includes a first tubular portion wherein said fluid chamber is formed and a second tubular portion disposed contiguously from a base end of said first tubular portion, said grip section is disposed not to cover said first tubular portion but to cover at least part of said second tubular portion,

said tubular section, said grip section and said connection section are integrally molded, and

said first tubular portion has on the inner surface thereof a stopping portion for stopping said gasket, and said stopping portion is disposed in the vicinity of said connection section,

said stopping portion for stopping the gasket is disposed in the vicinity of a boundary between a covered section of said first tubular portion where said grip section does not cover and an exposed section of said second tubular portion where said grip covers, and is disposed at a side of the exposed section, so that when said drug is filled in said fluid chamber, it is inhibited to withdraw said pusher section from said first tubular portion.

2. The drug administration device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that an inner diameter of said first tubular portion is formed smaller than an inner diameter of said second tubular portion.

3. The drug administration device as defined in claim 2, characterized in that said plunger is so formed that the diameter on the tip end side is smaller than the diameter on the base end side.

4. The drug administration device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that a base end of said second tubular portion is formed not to be exposed from a base end of said grip section.

5. The drug administration device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that said grip section has at least one notch on an outer peripheral portion at a tip end side thereof.

6. The drug administration device as defined in claim 1, characterized in that said discharge section has a screw thread at a base end side of the peripheral surface thereof.

7. A drug injection device comprising:

a tubular section having a fluid chamber capable of accommodating a drug therein and a cylindrical discharge section formed at a tip end thereof;

an injection needle including a needle tube having a needle tip and a needle hub for retaining said needle tube and attached to said discharge section;

a pusher section having a gasket slidably moving within said fluid chamber and a plunger which is connected to said gasket and part of which is exposed outside from a base end of said tubular section;

a tubular grip section disposed outside of said tubular section and kept away from said tubular section; and

a connection section connecting between said tubular section and said grip section; and

said tubular section includes a first tubular portion wherein said fluid chamber is formed and a second tubular portion disposed contiguously from a base end of said first tubular portion, said grip section is disposed not to cover said first tubular portion but to cover at least part of said second tubular portion,

said tubular section, said grip section and said connection section are integrally molded, and

said first tubular portion has on the inner surface thereof a stopping portion for stopping said gasket, and said stopping portion is disposed in the vicinity of said connection section

said stopping portion for stopping the gasket is disposed in the vicinity of a boundary between a covered section of said first tubular portion where said grip covers, and is disposed at a side of the exposed section, so that when said drug is filled in said fluid chamber, it is inhibited to withdraw said pusher section from said first tubular portion.

8. The drug injection device as defined in claim 7, characterized in that a base end of said second tubular portion is formed not to be exposed from a base end of said grip section.

9. The drug injection device as defined in claim 7, characterized in that said first tubular portion has on the inner surface thereof a stopping portion for stopping said gasket, and said stopping portion is disposed in the vicinity of said connection section.

10. The drug injection device as defined in claim 7, characterized in that said grip section has at least one notch on an outer peripheral portion at a tip end side thereof.

11. The drug injection device as defined in claim 7, characterized in that said discharge section has a screw thread at a base end side of the peripheral surface thereof.