Injection needle assembly and drug injection device

• US 9,913,948 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2015
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Iwase, Yoichiro, Yokota, Takayuki, Yabe, Hisao
• Primary Examiner(s): Mendez, Manuel
• Application Number:
  US14/874,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20160022924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 604403, 604411-413, 604905, 137799, 137798
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3287 Accessories for bringing the needle into the body; Automatic needle insertion A61M5/20, A61M5/31525 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3293 characterised by features of the needle hub
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/347 rotatable, e.g. bayonet or screw A61M5/344 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/46 having means for controlling depth of insertion

Abstract

An injection needle assembly includes an injection needle, a fitting portion, and a hub. The fitting portion is formed into a cylindrical shape and has one end serving as a fitting opening. The fitting portion includes a female taper shape in which an inner diameter of a cylindrical hole of the fitting portion becomes smaller toward an inner side. The hub includes the fitting portion for holding the injection needle. The injection needle assembly is used such that the female taper shape of the fitting portion is fitted to a drug discharge tube, which has a male taper shape in which an outer diameter of a cylinder becomes smaller toward a tip. When the male taper shape of the drug discharge tube has a taper ratio of N/100, the female taper shape of the fitting portion 12 is formed to have a taper ratio of M/100, where M>N.

Claims

1. An injection needle assembly comprising:

an injection needle; and

a hub configured to hold the injection needle,

wherein the hub comprises a fitting portion comprising a fitting opening at one end, and an inner fitted wall having a female taper shape with an inner diameter that decreases in a direction from the fitting opening toward an inner side of the fitting portion;

wherein the fitting portion is configured to be fitted to a drug discharge tube comprising an outer wall having a male taper shape with an outer diameter that decreases in a direction toward a tip of the drug discharge tube; and

wherein, at least at a portion of the fitted wall at which an outer edge of the tip of the drug discharge tube contacts the fitted wall when the fitting portion is fitted to the drug discharge tube, a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is greater than a taper ratio of the male taper shape of the drug discharge tube.

2. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein the taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is greater than 6/100.

3. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein the taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is 1.5 to 10 times the taper ratio of the male taper shape of the outer wall of the drug discharge tube.

4. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fitting portion further comprises a guide wall located on a fitting opening side of the fitted wall, the guide wall having a diameter greater than a maximum diameter of the female taper shape of the fitted wall.

5. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fitting portion comprises a screw portion at an outer surface of the fitting portion, the screw portion of the fitting portion being configured to threadedly engage with a screw portion of a lock mechanism of the drug discharge tube.

6. A drug injection device comprising:

a syringe comprising the drug discharge tube recited in claim 1; and

the injection needle assembly according to claim 1.

14. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is greater than 9/100.

15. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is in a range of 9/100 to 60/100.

16. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is in a range of 12/100 to 30/100.

17. The injection needle assembly according to claim 1, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is in a range of 12/100 to 18/100.

7. An injection needle assembly comprising:

an injection needle; and

a hub configured to hold the injection needle, wherein the hub comprises a fitting portion comprising a fitting opening at one end, and an inner fitted wall having a female taper shape with an inner diameter that decreases in a direction from the fitting opening toward an inner side of the fitting portion;

wherein the fitting portion is configured to be fitted to a drug discharge tube comprising an outer wall having a male taper shape with an outer diameter that decreases in a direction toward a tip of the drug discharge tube; and

wherein, at least at a portion of the fitted wall at which an outer edge of the tip of the drug discharge tube contacts the fitted wall when the fitting portion is fitted to the drug discharge tube, a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is greater than 9/100.

8. The injection needle assembly according to claim 7, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is in a range of 9/100 to 60/100.

9. The injection needle assembly according to claim 7, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is in a range of 12/100 to 30/100.

10. The injection needle assembly according to claim 7, wherein a taper ratio of the female taper shape of the fitted wall is in a range of 12/100 to 18/100.

11. The injection needle assembly according to claim 7, wherein the fitting portion further comprises a guide wall located on a fitting opening side of the fitted wall, the guide wall having a diameter greater than a maximum diameter of the female taper shape of the fitted wall.

12. The injection needle assembly according to claim 7, wherein the fitting portion comprises a screw portion at an outer surface of the fitting portion.

13. A drug injection device comprising:

a syringe comprising the drug discharge tube recited in claim 7; and

the injection needle assembly according to claim 7.