Radiopharmaceutical delivery and tube management system

• US 9,393,441 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC (Bayer AG)
• Original Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC (Bayer AG)
• Inventors: Hoffman, Raymond C., Tucker, Barry L., Berry, David H., Uram, Martin J., DeScalzi, Douglas, Uber, Arthur E. III
• Primary Examiner(s): LACYK, JOHN P
• Application Number:
  US13/831,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20130331635A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 604/161, 604/177, 604/187
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/10 Tube connectors; Tube couplings A61M39/02 takes precedence; connecting needles to syringes or hubs A61M5/34; connecting catheter tubes to hubs A61M25/0014
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/20 Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/162 Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube ; Connections between reservoir and tube in jet-action syringes A61M5/30; connectors for tubes having sealed ends and a needle for piercing them A61M39/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1785 comprising radioactive shield means syringe shields or holders for storage of radioactive sources G21F5/018
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/1021 Radioactive fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/1094 Shielding, protecting against radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/1007 Arrangements or means for the introduction of sources into the body

Abstract

A device for delivery of a radiopharmaceutical and delivery of a pharmaceutical agent are described. Various other components for delivery systems including tubing management systems, primer caps, diffusion chambers, radiation shields and syringe shields, needle handles, and other devices and methods are also described. Specifically, needle handles having a needle handle body attachable to a portion of a needle, and one or more wings or fins which are grasped by a user are described. The needle handle may be separated from the needle after insertion of the needle into a subject, and/or may provide access to a portion of tubing extending from the needle.

Claims

1. A needle handle comprising:

a needle handle body configured to connect to a portion of a needle; and

a pair of separated wings attached to and extending from the needle handle body, wherein the wings are sized and shaped to be grasped by a user,

wherein the needle handle body further comprises a breakable cleft opposite an attachment of the pair of separated wings to the needle handle body, and

wherein the needle handle body is configured to be broken along the cleft and separated from the needle after insertion of the needle into a subject.

2. The needle handle of claim 1, further comprising a needle tubing section, the needle tubing section comprising a connector opposite the needle handle.

3. The needle handle of claim 1, wherein the needle handle body includes a c-shaped bore sized to accommodate a needle tubing section, wherein a portion of the needle tubing section is exposed through the needle handle.

4. The needle handle of claim 3, wherein the c-shaped bore is opposite the pair of separated wings.

5. The needle handle of claim 3, wherein the c-shaped bore is offset from the pair of separated wings.

6. The needle handle of claim 1, wherein the pair of separated wings are configured to be removed after insertion of the needle into a subject.

7. The needle handle of claim 1, wherein the pair of separated wings are attached to the needle with a breakable connector.

8. The needle handle of claim 1, wherein the pair of separated wings are configured to provide a surface area for stable attachment of the needle handle to a subject using a medical tape.

9. A needle handle comprising:

a needle handle body configured to connect to a portion of a needle, the needle handle body having a proximal end which connects to the portion of the needle and a distal end through which a needle tubing section extends, the needle handle body further comprising a c-shaped bore sized to accommodate the needle tubing section extending between the distal end and the proximal end; and

a single wing or fin attached to and extending from the needle handle body and disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the single wing or fin is sized and shaped to be grasped by a user.

10. The needle handle of claim 9, wherein a portion of the needle tubing section is exposed through the needle handle.

11. The needle handle of claim 9, wherein the c-shaped bore is opposite the wing or fin.

12. The needle handle of claim 9, wherein the c-shaped bore is offset from the wing or fin.

13. The needle handle of claim 9, wherein the wing or fin is configured to be removed after insertion of the needle into a subject.

14. The needle handle of claim 9, wherein the wing or fin is attached to the needle with a breakable connector.

15. The needle handle of claim 9, wherein the wing or fin is configured to provide a surface area for stable attachment of the needle handle to a subject using a medical tape.

16. The needle handle of claim 9, further comprising a ventral enclosure positioned at the distal end of the needle handle, wherein the ventral enclosure forms an opening through which the needle tubing section extends.