Indwelling needle

• US 7,682,341 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2005
• Issued: 03/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medikit Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Medikit Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakajima, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi; Nicholas D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stigell; Theodore J
• Application Number:
  US11/269,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• Field of Search: 604/19, 604/48, 604/93.01, 604/164.01, 604/164.08, 604/263, 604/264, 604/189, 604/164.06, 604/198, 604/168.01, 604/900
• US Class Current: 604/168.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0606 "Over-the-needle" catheter assemblies, e.g. I.V. catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0693 Flashback chambers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3232 Semi-automatic needle retraction, i.e. in which triggering of the needle retraction requires a deliberate action by the user, e.g. manual release of spring-biased retraction means

Abstract

An indwelling needle is provided with an inner needle hub; an inner needle fixedly supported by the inner needle hub; a cover configured to cover the inner needle after use; and a flexible blood monitor being absorptive to blood, an end of which is linked with the inner needle hub.

Claims

1. An indwelling needle comprising:

an inner needle hub;

an inner needle fixedly supported by the inner needle hub;

a cover configured to cover the inner needle after use; and

a flexible blood monitor being absorptive to blood and including one selected from the group consisting of a string, a line and a fiber, the blood monitor having an end linked with the inner needle hub and extending from the inner needle hub,

wherein the cover comprises an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, the inner cylinder being axially movably housed in the outer cylinder and detachably supporting the inner needle hub so that the inner cylinder is capable of projecting out of the outer cylinder and the inner needle is capable of receding into the outer cylinder.

2. The indwelling needle of claim 1, further comprising:

an elastic member configured to keep repulsive force to separate the inner cylinder and the inner needle hub.

3. The indwelling needle of claim 2, further comprising:

a latch piece configured to lock the inner cylinder and the inner needle hub in an immovable state relative to the outer cylinder.

4. The indwelling needle of claim 1, wherein the blood monitor takes a first position at which the blood monitor extends through the inner cylinder and beyond one end of the inner cylinder and a second position at which the blood monitor is disposed adjacent to one end of the outer cylinder in a reduced length from an original size.

5. An indwelling needle comprising:

an inner needle hub;

an inner needle fixedly supported by the inner needle hub;

a cover configured to cover the inner needle after use;

a flexible blood monitor being absorptive to blood and including one selected from the group consisting of a string, a line and a fiber, the blood monitor having an end linked with the inner needle hub and extending from the inner needle hub; and

a plug configured to fix the blood monitor with the inner needle hub, the plug fixedly located inside of and at a proximal end of the inner needle hub, the plug being capable of regulating the tightness of fixation of the blood monitor with the inner needle hub so as to regulate the quickness of the spread of the blood,

wherein the cover comprises an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder and wherein the blood monitor takes a first position at which the blood monitor extends through the inner cylinder and beyond one end of the inner cylinder and a second position at which the blood monitor is disposed adjacent to one end of the outer cylinder in a reduced length from an original size.

6. The indwelling needle of claim 5, wherein the cover is capable of expanding.

7. An indwelling needle comprising:

an inner needle hub;

an inner needle fixedly supported by the inner needle hub;

a cover configured to cover the inner needle after use; and

a flexible blood monitor being absorptive to blood and including one selected from the group consisting of a string, a line and a fiber, the blood monitor having an end linked with the inner needle hub and extending from the inner needle hub, line and a fiber, the blood monitor having an end linked with the inner needle hub and extending from the inner needle hub,

wherein the cover comprises an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, the inner cylinder being axially movably housed in the outer cylinder and detachably supporting the inner needle hub so that the inner cylinder is capable of projecting out of the outer cylinder and the inner needle is capable of receding into the outer cylinder, and

wherein the flexible blood monitor extends through the inner cylinder and beyond a proximal end of the inner cylinder.

8. The indwelling needle of claim 7, further comprising:

an elastic member configured to keep repulsive force to separate the inner cylinder and the inner needle hub.

9. The indwelling needle of claim 7, further comprising:

a latch piece configured to lock the inner cylinder and the inner needle hub in an immovable state relative to the outer cylinder.

10. The indwelling needle of claim 7, wherein the blood monitor takes a first position at which the blood monitor extends through the inner cylinder and beyond one end of the inner cylinder and a second position at which the blood monitor is disposed adjacent to one end of the outer cylinder in a reduced length from an original size.