Injector for medical use

• US 6,245,043 B1
• Filed: 07/27/1999
• Issued: 06/12/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Villette, Alain
• Original Assignee: Villette, Alain
• Inventors: Villette, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): MENDEZ, MANUEL A
• Application Number:
  US09/355,356
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 604/154, 604/187, 604/155, 604/65-67, 604/188, 128/DIG.1, 128/12, 128/13, 81/92.2, 303/62, 303/66, 606/184, 606/185, 606/167, 606/170
• US Class Current: 604/154
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3112 Incorporating self-aspirating means, e.g. to provide flashback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/31588 electrically driven
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3289 with rotation of the needle, e.g. to ease penetration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54

Abstract

An injector for medical use, in particular with semisolid substances, the injector comprising a case and at least one injection electric motor pressing against a piston acting on the moving end of a cartridge, the motor being movable in translation inside the body in order to exert force on the axis.

Claims

1. An injector, comprising:

an elongated body;

a piston movable longitudinally in the body;

a first motor for driving said piston in a longitudinal direction in the body, wherein the first motor has a drive shaft and is mounted between the body and the piston by at least one threaded part engaged in at least one threaded opening such that operation of the first motor threadably moves the piston longitudinally;

a second motor mounted between the body and said piston, the second motor rotating said piston about a longitudinal axis;

a cartridge defining a space for holding liquid, the cartridge being mounted in the body and closed in part by a movable end wall, the piston being engaged to move said end wall longitudinally relative to the body by operation of the first motor and to rotate the cartridge relative to the body by operation of the second motor, wherein said cartridge is fixed to the body in a longitudinal direction and is rotatable relative to the body;

a controller comprising an electronic control card with a control stage, a monitoring stage, a selection button, a switch and at least one pedal controlling said first motor and said second motor wherein said electronic control card is coupled to a control and returns the piston after two successive operations of the control;

wherein said first motor, said second motor, said cartridge, and said piston are located along a same longitudinal axis.

2. An injector according to claim 1, wherein the threaded part of the first motor comprises an externally threaded screw fixed on the drive shaft and engaged in a threaded opening of the body.

3. An injector according to claim 1, wherein said first motor is held against rotation relative to the body by a screw matingly engaged in a slot extending longitudinally along the body.

4. An injector according to claim 1, wherein the movable end wall of the cartridge comprises a plastic material.