USRE37252E1 - Safety needle cartridge system - Google Patents
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- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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- the present invention relates to needle protection devices and more particularly to a convenient to use safety needle package.
- a particular needle protection device having a needle integrated to a base, which in turn has connected thereto a pivotable housing, is disclosed in Landis U.S. Pat. No. 4,664,259.
- a frangible strip is provided to seal the housing to the base so that, in order to use the device, the frangible strip has to be peeled away and the housing pivoted away from the needle.
- This embodiment does not provide a sterile luer to which the syringe is mated.
- a second embodiment of the Landis invention shows the wrapping of the needle protection device in a sealed plastic pouch. Thus, a user has to tear the pouch to get to the device.
- the present invention safety package (cartridge) has a base having a first end adapted to mate with a syringe and a second end adapted to mate with a needle.
- the sterile end to be mated to the syringe is enclosed by a cap, which is non-permanently fixed, as for example by stick-welding or a frangible adhesive tape, to the base such that it becomes part of the package but nonetheless can be easily twisted off.
- the end adapted to mate with a needle is non-permanently enclosed by a cap or sheath to the base, as for example also by stick-welding or a frangible adhesive tape, so as to be easily twisted off.
- a needle has already been mated or molded to the second end, to maintain the needle sterile before use, the needle and the end to which it is mated or molded are enclosed by a sheath, which likewise may be non-permanently fixed to the base.
- a sheath which likewise may be non-permanently fixed to the base.
- the package is further configured such that the housing coupled thereto is pivotable to a position along the longitudinal axis of the needle to envelop the same, once the sheath has been removed.
- the housing had previously been configured to extend away from the sheath so that no additional actions are needed to pivot it out of the way to remove the sheath and use the needle. Since both ends of the safety needle package are sealingly enclosed, both the end which mates with the needle (and of course the needle if it has already been connected thereto) and the end which mates with the syringe remain sterile. Further, since no additional containment pouches or wrappings are required, the package of the present invention takes up less space and therefore more than a few of them may be carried by a user at any one time. And without having to tear a containment pouch before usage, the safety needle device of the present invention is convenient to use.
- safety package relates to the design at the end of the base adapted to mate with a needle which provides for automatic loosening of the sheath enclosing the needle.
- a needle which provides for automatic loosening of the sheath enclosing the needle.
- a third aspect of the invention relates to the permanent retention of the housing at a position in alignment along the longitudinal axis of the needle (or the base of the cartridge) such that a used or contaminated needle is not exposed.
- a first embodiment uses locking means in the form of at least one hook, integral of the housing, which permanently locks onto the needle once the housing is pivoted to its alignment position, to thereby prevent relative movement between the needle and the housing.
- a second embodiment of this aspect of the present invention involves the cooperative mating of an opening at the lower part of the housing to a corresponding anchor at the base of the cartridge such that once the housing is pivoted to its alignment position and the anchor lockably projected into the opening, the housing is fixedly maintained at the alignment position. No hook is used in this embodiment.
- a variant of the third aspect embodiment of the present invention provides at least two opposed openings at the bottom portion of the housing which cooperate with corresponding locking tabs extending from appropriate portions of the base such that once the housing is pivoted to the alignment position and the respective tabs snapped into the corresponding openings, the housing is locked into place at the alignment position.
- FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view of the device of the present invention
- FIG. 2A is a side view of the base and housing of the present invention, sans the needle and the enclosure cap and sheath;
- FIG. 2B is a top view of the FIG. 2A needle protection device
- FIG. 2C is a cross sectional view of FIG. 2B along view A—A;
- FIG. 3A is a side view of the sheath for enclosing the needle and the end of the base member to which the needle is mated;
- FIG. 3B is a cutaway cross sectional view of the FIG. 3A sheath
- FIG. 3C is an end view of the FIG. 3A sheath
- FIG. 4A is an end view of the cap for enclosing the end of the base member to which a syringe is mated;
- FIG. 4B is a cutaway cross sectional view, along line B—B of the FIG. 4A end view, of the present invention cap;
- FIG. 4C is an end view looking into the opening of the FIG. 4B cap
- FIG. 5 is a semi-cutaway side view of the present invention illustrating in particular a design that advantageously provides automatic loosening of the needle sheath of the hub of the needle so that the former is easily removed from the latter;
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial perspective view of the base and housing of the present invention package in which the locking mechanism for maintaining the housing at a position in alignment with the needle for enveloping the same comprises an opening at the lower portion of the housing cooperating with an anchor extending from an appropriate portion of the base; and
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial perspective view of a variant of the locking mechanism of the instant invention in which the needle housing is maintained at the alignment position by two cooperative openings/tabs.
- the safety needle protection package (cartridge) 2 of the present invention is shown.
- package 2 has a base 4 to which a housing 6 is hingedly attached via a living hinge 8 .
- Base 4 has an end portion 10 for receiving hub 12 of a needle 14 of a needle assembly.
- needle 14 may actually be integrated to end portion 10 or added to end portion 10 later.
- end portion 10 comprises a protrusion 11 extending from a support 13 of base 4 . Extending from support 13 and surrounding protrusion 11 is a portion 26 , the lower half of which is internally threaded for receiving extension arm 15 of hub 12 .
- Base 4 further has another end portion 16 which is adapted to mate with a syringe (not shown).
- a secure means 18 which, for example, may be configured into the shape of a hook, as that shown in FIG. 2 C.
- Housing 6 can be pivoted from the direction as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A to a direction substantially aligned along the longitudinal axis of needle 14 or base 4 , designated 20 , per the direction indicated by directional arrow 22 .
- Slot 19 (see FIG. 2B) provides the opening through which needle 14 passes when housing 6 is pivoted per direction 22 .
- housing 6 is pivotable, as shown in FIG. 2A, per bi-directional arrows 24 .
- base 4 and housing 6 are discussed in detail in Hollister U.S. Pat. No. 4,982,842, assigned to the same assignee as the instant invention and whose disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.
- base 4 has fitted thereto at its end portion 16 a cap 28 whose different views are more clearly shown in FIGS. 4A-4C.
- opening 30 of cap 28 fittingly mates with end portion 16 , particularly at its extension 16 e so that cap 28 completely encloses end portion 16 .
- cap 28 is non-permanently fixed to base 4 , as for example by a stick-weld made at a point 34 between lip 32 of base 4 and cap 28 , or a frangible adhesive tape wrapped about the junction of lip 32 and cap 28 . See FIG. 1 .
- Cap 28 may be configured with ridges 36 along its side walls to enable a user to easily twist and remove the same from member 4 . Instead of ridges, longitudinal extensions such as 38 may also be used.
- a sheath 40 encloses both needle 14 and end portion 10 of base 4 .
- member 42 of sheath 40 which extends from lip 44 fittingly mates with portion 26 of base 4 such that both needle 14 and a portion of protrusion 11 are enveloped by sheath 40 .
- only protrusion 11 is covered by sheath 40 as the latter fittingly mates with portion 26 .
- sheath 40 is non-permanently fixed to portion 26 of member 4 by, for example, a stick-weld at 46 or a frangible adhesive tape wrapped thereabout.
- a user can twist sheath 40 off base 4 for removal. See FIG. 3 B. Needle 14 could then be mated to end portion 10 at that time if it had not been mated thereto previously.
- cap 28 and sheath 40 could be produced by a host of manufacturers, as for example the Sherwood Medical Company of Deland, Fla.
- safety needle package 2 can be sterilized by conventional methods, as for example by conventional radiation or chemical treatments. Once having been sterilized, safety needle device 2 can be carried or transported without any need for a protective containment pouch or wrapper, as the sterility of needle 14 and end 16 are ensured by sheath 40 and cap 28 , respectively.
- needle 14 had previously been mated to end portion 10
- a user only needs to twist and remove cap 28 from base 4 , couple a syringe to end 16 , and remove sheath 40 .
- needle 14 had not previously been mated to end portion 10 , it can be added to base 4 at end portion 10 after sheath 40 has been removed from base 4 .
- housing 6 is pivoted along direction 22 to a position substantially in alignment along longitudinal axis 20 so that needle 14 is secured by hook 18 and relative movement is prevented between needle 14 and housing 6 .
- FIG. 5 A second aspect of the safety package of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 5 where needle 14 is presumed to have been mated to end portion 10 .
- the FIG. 5 embodiment is necessitated by the fact that if sheath 40 were to be separated from needle 14 by pulling, the force required tends to cause a jerking motion, inasmuch as needle hub 12 is tightly fitted to member 42 of sheath 40 . Such jerking motion oftentimes causes the tip of needle 14 to touch the inside of sheath 40 which results in a burr to the tip of needle 14 .
- needle hub 12 tightly fitted to member 42 of stealth 40 , as it is inserted to end portion 10 and mate with protrusion 11 during assembly, threadedly mates with an internal thread 17 surrounding protrusion 11 via extender arm 15 .
- external arm 15 of hub 12 is threaded approximately 1 turn into internal thread 17 to secure needle 14 to base 4 .
- needle hub 12 remains tightly fitted to member 42 of sheath 40 while needle sheath 40 is non-permanently fixed to base 4 by, for example a stick-weld at point 46 .
- sheath 40 is such that lip 44 has a bottom face 45 that coacts with tip 19 of base 4 at the area proximate to point 46 . Thus, sheath 40 is prevented by lip 44 from being inserted any further into base 4 .
- Extending internally below lip 46 of sheath 40 is a plurality of extenders 50 . See FIG. 3 B. These extenders 50 come into contact with a plurality of partitions 21 extending from the top portion of needle hub 12 . Thus, a torque force applied to sheath 40 causes hub 12 to rotate in tandem.
- sheath 40 when shipped, sheath 40 , with needle 14 tightly fitted thereto and securely mated to base 4 via thread 17 , is non-permanently fixed to base 4 at point 46 .
- a user only needs to twist sheath 40 (clockwise assuming conventional threads) so that extender arm 15 , and therefore hub 12 , is threaded toward support 13 via internal thread 17 .
- protrusion 11 is extended further into cavity 23 of hub 12 , as hub 12 is pulled closer toward support 13 .
- sheath 40 remains in the same relative position, insofar as lip 44 remains biased against tip 19 of base 4 .
- hub 12 is automatically loosened and separated from sheath 40 .
- hub 12 Once hub 12 is firmly or fully seated, sheath 40 can be easily removed from hub 12 by a gentle straight pull, which does not cause the interior of sheath 40 to come into contact with the tip of needle 14 .
- FIG. 5 embodiment shows that the internal surface of member 42 is contiguous with the external circumferential surface of hub 12 , as for example at junction 25 , it should be appreciated that hub 12 and member 42 can be designed so that hub 12 is tightly fitted to member 42 at only one common point, as for example by a corresponding ring and groove configuration.
- the FIG. 5 embodiment shows that sheath 40 is non-permanently fixed to base 4 with hub 12 not fully seated toward support 13 .
- sheath 40 can be non-permanently fixed to base 4 after hub 12 is fully threaded. At which case a counterclockwise rotation would break the seal at 46 .
- FIG. 6 Yet a third aspect of the safety package of the present invention is illustrated with respect to FIG. 6 .
- the FIG. 6 variant has an anchor 62 protruding from base 4 which works cooperatively with an opening 60 at the lower portion of housing 6 .
- anchor 62 When housing 6 is pivoted to the position substantially in alignment with needle 14 , anchor 62 would be projected through opening 60 to thereby fixedly retain housing 6 at the alignment position.
- anchor 62 has a graduated tip portion 64 whose base 66 is larger than the diameter of opening 60 .
- housing 6 of the FIG. 6 embodiment does not have any hooks such as 18 shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 integrated thereto.
- spraying of potentially contaminated droplets of fluid which may have adhered to the tip of needle 14 is prevented.
- a thinner needle which if used in the FIG. 1 embodiment would have buckled, could be manufactured instead, to thereby lower the manufacturing cost.
- FIG. 7 A variant of the FIG. 6 embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 7 in which housing 6 is shown to have been pivoted to its alignment position to enclose needle 14 .
- housing 6 has two opposed openings 68 , one fully shown and the other partially shown. With reference to the fully shown opening 68 , it can be seen that the opening is made at the lower portion of housing 6 and extends from the back of housing 6 to proximately the medial portion of its side pane.
- a pair of corresponding locking tabs 70 are formed at corresponding portions of base 4 .
- Each tab 70 has a slanting surface 70 s which gradually increases, in terms of its extension along base 4 , from top to bottom.
- tab 70 has a base portion 70 b that extends beyond the face of the side pane of housing 6 such that housing 6 is fixedly retained at its alignment position, once it is pivoted thereto, by the coaction between edge 72 of housing 6 and base 70 b of tab 70 .
- needle 14 likewise may be manufactured to have a thinner gauge and any splattering of contaminated fluid droplets at the tip of needle 14 is prevented.
- safety needle package 2 does not require any additional packaging and therefore is not bulky, the user can conveniently carry a number of them with him for use. And since there is no need to tear any pouch or other containment wrapping, precious time can be saved in emergency situations in which time is of the essence, as all a user needs to do is remove cap 20 and sheath 40 , and connect a syringe to end portion 16 . In addition, without having to individually package each needle protection device, potential savings could be achieved during manufacturing.
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