Safety blood-collection needle

• US 9,943,258 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Jinta Medical Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Jinta Medical Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Mao, Chunyuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Stout, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US15/025,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20170014062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,394 Days
• Field of Search: 600577
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15003 for venous or arterial blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150259 Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150389 Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150519 Details of construction of hub, i.e. element used to attach the single-ended needle to a piercing device or sampling device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150633 Protective sleeves which are axially extensible, e.g. sleeves connected to, or integrated in, the piercing or driving device; pivotable protective sleeves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150664 Pivotable protective sleeves, i.e. sleeves connected to, or integrated in, the piercing or driving device, and which are pivoted for covering or uncovering the piercing element
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150717 manually removed
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150732 Needle holders, for instance for holding the needle by the hub, used for example with double-ended needle and pre-evacuated tube,
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15074 Needle sets comprising wings, e.g. butterfly type, for ease of handling
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/153 Devices specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes

Abstract

A safety blood-collection needle, comprising a needle base, a needle hub, a flexible tube, a straight needle, a straight needle shaft, and a needle head; the safety blood-collection needle further comprises a protective cover, a slider, a handle, and a position limiting mechanism; one end of the needle base is fixed and is in communication with the needle head; the slider movably sleeved on the needle base; the position limiting mechanism is arranged on the slider and needle base. The slider is arranged on the needle base and slides in order to cover the needle head, so that safety is greatly increased when handling the needle head following blood collection; the use of a spring-type needle head is avoided, thus reducing the suffering of the patient.

Claims

1. A safety blood-collection needle, comprising:

a needle seat having a plurality of slots, a needle guard, a hose, a straight needle, a straight needle handle and a needle head, the needle guard covering the needle head, two ends of the hose communicating with the straight needle and the needle seat, respectively, the straight needle handle being disposed on a joint between the straight needle and the hose, and the straight needle being configured to be inserted into a vacuum tube, wherein the needle seat is cylindrical and communicates with the needle head at a first end of the needle seat, and communicates with the hose at a second end of the needle seat;

a protective shield, a slider, a protective cover, a handle, and a retaining mechanism, wherein the slider is a cylinder having two opened ends and is configured to movably cover the needle seat, wherein the length of the slider in a movable direction is larger than the length of the needle head, wherein the axial length of the needle seat is larger than the length of the needle head, wherein the retaining mechanism is positioned between the protective cover and the needle seat such that the slider is secured to the needle seat when the slider is in a first position in which the slider completely shelters the needle head and wherein the slider is secured to the needle seat when the slider is in a second position in which the needle head is completely exposed, each by engagement between the retaining mechanism and the plurality of slots;

wherein the handle is fixed to the needle seat and the handle abuts against the slider, wherein the inner diameter of the protective shield is larger than the outer diameter of the vacuum tube, wherein the protective shield covers the straight needle, and wherein the protective shield is fixed to the straight needle handle.

2. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 1, wherein the retaining mechanism includes a first elastic washer and two second elastic washers, wherein the first elastic washer is adhered to the inner periphery of the inner wall of the slider, and wherein the two second elastic washers are adhered to and are located on the outer periphery of the needle seat, wherein the slider is slidable between the first position and the second position, and wherein one of the two second elastic washers engage with the first elastic washer to limit the movement of the slider when the slider is in the second position.

3. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 2, wherein the first elastic washer and the two second elastic washers are disposed within the plurality of slots.

4. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 1, wherein the protective cover covers and is secured to the needle seat, wherein the protective cover, together with the needle seat, surround and form a cavity to accommodate the slider, and wherein the handle is integrally formed on the protective cover.

5. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 4, wherein the protective cover is removably secured to the outer periphery of the second end of the needle seat that communicates with the hose.

6. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 1, wherein the slider is provided with at least one anti-slip area.

7. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 1, wherein the slider is made by elastic material and the slider includes an elastic fastener, wherein the elastic fastener removably engages with the plurality of slots in the needle seat to limit the movement of the slider past the first position relative to the second position and past the second position relative to the first position.

8. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 5, wherein the protective cover is removably secured to the needle seat via threads.

9. A safety blood-collection needle, comprising:

a needle seat, a needle guard, a hose, a straight needle, a straight needle handle and a needle head, the needle guard covering the needle head, two ends of the hose communicating with the straight needle and the needle seat, respectively, the straight needle handle being disposed on a joint of the straight needle and the hose, the straight needle used to be inserted into a vacuum tube, characterized in that, the safety blood-collection needle further comprises a protective shield, a slider, a handle and a retaining mechanism, the needle seat being cylindrical, the needle seat being fixed to and communicating with the needle head at a first end of the needle seat and to the hose at a second end of the needle seat;

wherein the slider is a cylinder having two opened ends and is configured to movably cover the needle seat, wherein the length of the slider in a movable direction is larger than the length of the needle head, and wherein the axial length of the needle seat is larger than the length of the needle head;

wherein the retaining mechanism is disposed on the slider and the needle seat, for securing the slider on the needle seat after the slider is in a first position where the slider completely shelters the needle head, wherein the retaining mechanism includes a first elastic washer and two second elastic washers, wherein the first elastic washer is adhered to the inner periphery of one end of the slider near the hose, and wherein an edge of the first elastic washer is adhered to the inner wall of the slider;

wherein the handle is fixed to the needle seat and the handle abuts against the slider, wherein the inner diameter of the protective shield is larger than the outer diameter of the vacuum tube, the protective shield is configured to cover the straight needle and is fixed to the straight needle handle by threads; and

wherein the two second elastic washers are adhered to and engaged with the needle seat so as to encircle the needle seat when the slider is in the first position where the slider completely shelters the needle head, and where the two second elastic washers engage with the first elastic washer to limit the movement of the slider when the slider is in the second position where the needle head is completely exposed.

10. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 9, further comprising a protective cover that covers, is engaged with, and is secured to the needle seat, wherein the protective cover, together with the needle seat, surround and form a cavity to accommodate the slider, and wherein the handle is integrally formed on the protective cover.

11. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 10, wherein the protective cover is removably secured to the outer periphery of the second end of the needle seat connected to the hose.

12. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 9, wherein the slider is provided with at least one anti-slip area.

13. The safety blood-collection needle according to claim 9, wherein the protective cover is removably secured to the needle seat via threads.