Syringe with energy delivery component and method of use

• US 9,895,494 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Fisher, Michael Alan, Mickiewicz, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayman, Imani
• Assistant Examiner(s): Engel, Matthew A
• Application Number:
  US11/626,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20080183122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,044 Days
• Field of Search: 604 20- 22, 604113, 604114, 604181, 604187, 607116
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/22004 using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves A61B17/225 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8836 for heating, cooling or curing of bone cement or fluid fillers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/22014 the ultrasound transducer being outside patient's body; with an ultrasound transmission member; with a wave guide; with a vibrated guide wire not applied in A61B17/22012
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 5/62 Applicators, e.g. syringes or guns
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 5/64 for multi-component compositions
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/465 using heating means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/4688 having operating or control means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3125 specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3306 Optical measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/001 Apparatus specially adapted for cleaning or sterilising syringes or needles
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/007 for contrast media
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31511 Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod A61M5/5066 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/445 the media being heated in the reservoir, e.g. warming bloodbags
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/31 Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry G01N21/72 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/645 Specially adapted constructive features of fluorimeters
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/76 Chemiluminescence; Bioluminescence

Abstract

A syringe having an energy source disposed therein is disclosed. The syringe is capable of both the delivery and/or aspiration of materials as well as the delivery of an effective amount of various types of energy to a target to produce a desired result. A method utilizing the syringe to administer materials and to deliver energy to the material is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A syringe, comprising:

a barrel having a proximal end configured to accept a piston, such that the piston is entirely moveable relative to the barrel, the barrel having an outlet extending distally therefrom for discharging a material from the barrel;

at least one energy source connected to the piston extending into the barrel; and

a delivery element disposed in the barrel distal to the piston, the delivery element being in communication with the energy source and wholly disposed within the barrel, the delivery element configured to deliver energy from the energy source while the piston is stationary to at least one of the material and a treatment site,

wherein the energy source is a light energy source and the delivery element is an optical waveguide coupled to the distal end of the piston.

2. The syringe of claim 1 wherein the material is a photopolymerizing resin.

3. The syringe of claim 1 wherein the delivery element remains within the syringe adjacent to a target area that is within the barrel.

4. The syringe of claim 1, wherein the energy source and the delivery element are discrete components not in direct contact with one another.

5. The syringe of claim 1, wherein the energy source is wholly disposed within the piston.

6. A syringe, comprising:

an energy source connected to a piston and configured to provide photonic energy, the energy source being in communication with a delivery element that is configured to receive the photonic energy and transmit energy to a target, the target being at least one of a therapeutic material disposed within the syringe and an external treatment site; and

wherein the piston is disposed within a barrel of the syringe, the piston is entirely moveable relative to the barrel in a distal direction to expel the therapeutic material from the barrel, and the delivery element is disposed in the barrel distal to the terminal distal end of the piston,

wherein the delivery element comprises an optical wave guide.

7. The syringe of claim 6 further comprising a detector disposed in the syringe, the detector capable of measuring a response from the target resulting from the delivery of energy.

8. The syringe of claim 6, wherein the energy source and the delivery element are discrete components not in direct contact with one another.

9. The syringe of claim 6, wherein the delivery element is configured to transmit photonic energy to a target while the piston is stationary.

10. The syringe of claim 6, wherein the energy source is wholly contained within the piston.