Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention mainly provides a kind of spring base that is used for syringe, and it can make used syringe needle be withdrawn into effectively in the injection tube of retractable syringe, and has also improved the sense of touch protection to the syringe user simultaneously.
On the one hand, the invention provides a kind of spring base that is used for syringe, described syringe comprises injection tube, plunger, spring and retractable needle, and described spring base is suitable for releasedly described spring being maintained compressive state and reduces pressure so that described retractable needle is withdrawn in the described injection tube up to the needs spring.
On the other hand, the invention provides a kind of syringe, it comprises injection tube, plunger, spring base and spring, a kind of retractable needle can be installed on this syringe and be used for described syringe needle is withdrawn in the described injection tube in conjunction with described plunger with activation, described spring base is suitable for described spring is maintained a kind of compressive state releasedly up to the described spring decompression of needs, is withdrawn in the described injection tube thereby help described retractable needle.
Correspondingly be that described syringe is fit to make above retractable needle is installed in.
In a preferred embodiment, described syringe is a kind of retractable syringe, it has a retractable needle, in the use, described spring is compressed in the described seat up to finishing or near the decline of finishing described plunger so that from described syringe injection material, and the decompression of described syringe afterwards is convenient to retractable needle and is recalled in the injection tube.
In a preferred embodiment, described spring base has a housing, and it comprises first body member and second body member, and they mesh releasedly to keep described spring in a kind of initial compressed state.
According to this embodiment, the disengagement of described first body member and second body member allows or is convenient to the decompression of described spring.
Preferably, described plunger comprises and is used to mesh described housing to trigger, to cause and impel first body member and second body member to begin the device that meshes or begin on the contrary to throw off.
These devices can be one or more shoulder, boss, flange or other outthrust, and they can mesh one or more corresponding complementary compatible portion of described housing.
Correspondingly be, one or more respective complementary compatible portion of described housing can be inclined-plane, groove, recess, groove etc., they can be by the engagement of described plunger assembly with the described housing of engagement in the use.
Preferably, the disengagement of first body member and second body member is accompanied by the rotation of second body member with respect to first body member.When described retractable needle combined with them, this rotation helped plunger to rotate to final inoperable position successively.
Unless outside entire description specialized, " comprising " " comprised " etc. that being used for expression is included rather than get rid of, thus the whole or whole group of a setting can comprise one or more other not have integral body or the whole group set.
The specific embodiment
Be appreciated that, partly comprise International Application No. WO 01/80930, Australian Patent 731159 and United States Patent (USP) 6 among the embodiment of single use retractable syringe 10 described herein, those elements of describing at first in 083,199, above-mentioned patent all is incorporated herein by reference.
With reference to Fig. 1 and 2, syringe 10 has plunger 20, injection tube 40, retractable needle 50 and spring base 60.Spring base 60 is arranged in the flared end 41 of injection tube 40, and it comprises first body member 70 and second body member 80, and their cooperations to be holding spring 90, and it is kept initial compressed state shown in Figure 1.Syringe 10 also comprises the sealing member 11 that places on the plunger 20, and it can prevent that liquid from leaking between the inwall 42 of plunger 20 and injection tube 40.
Retractable needle 50 is installed on the needle end 44 of injection tube 40, it comprises intubate 51 and the barbed arms 52A, the 52B that are installed on the body 53, their by with plunger 20 in corresponding barb engaging hole 22 engagements of syringe needle geared assembly 23 so that syringe needle 50 transmits withdrawal after finishing at the liquid of syringe 10.This withdrawal is that the decompression by spring 90 drives, and these will be described in more detail following.
Specifically with reference to Fig. 2, described a preferred embodiment among the figure, wherein retractable needle 50 can be assembled on the needle end 44 of injection tube 40 by a dish 100.Described dish has annular groove 101, and it cooperates with ring rib 46 on the inwall 42 of injection tube 40.On the ring-shaped step 48 that O sealing shape ring 47 places in the barrel wall 42.The body 53 of retractable needle 50 has elbows 54A, 54B, and they are kept by the annular shoulder 104 of dish 100, up to retractable needle 50 withdrawals.
Note that also that according to this embodiment each barbed arms 52A, 52B comprise the first barb 55A, 55B and the second barb 56A, 56B.If second barb can not suitably mesh corresponding barb engaging hole 22, the first barb 55A, 55B a kind of release mechanism is provided, so that the withdrawal of retractable needle 50.Just, if the second barb 56A, 56B suitably do not mesh corresponding barb engaging hole 22, the then engageable barb engaging hole 22 of the first barb 55A, 55B.
Dish 100 has the hole 102 of band recess 103A, 103B, and described recess allows elbows 54A, 54B to vertically move by this and sentences 54 withdrawals of permission syringe needle, and these are described in more detail following.
In an alternate embodiment, retractable needle can be provided with as described in 199 as Australian Patent 731159 and United States Patent (USP) 6,083.
See that as best in Fig. 3 A and 3B plunger 20 also comprises plunger rod 32 and the exercisable button 35 of user with shoulder 33A, 33B.Described shoulder has surperficial 34A, the 34B of inclination respectively.
Injection tube 40 and finger grip 43A, 43B and to be equipped with the flared end 41 of spring base 60 one-body molded.
Spring base 60 can be mounted in the flared end 41 of injection tube 40, for example the mode by interference engagement.Thus, the wall 42 of first body member, 70 engagement injection tubes 40, as shown in Figure 3A.According to this embodiment,, first body member 70 is remained in the injection tube 40 by corresponding step 45A, 45B in clamping part 79A, the 79B engagement wall 42.
Understand the operation of plunger 20 below by reference Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, specifically be about the rotation of plunger 20 and have the aligning of the syringe needle geared assembly 23 of retractable needle barb 52A, 52B, so that obtain the withdrawal of syringe needle 50.
Plunger 20 comprises first groove 24, second groove 25, withdrawal groove 26 and the 4th groove 27.First groove 24 is connected with second groove 25 by first deflector 28.Second groove 25 is connected with withdrawal groove 26 by second deflector 29.Withdrawal groove 26 is connected with the 4th groove 27 by the 3rd deflector 30.The 4th groove 27 is connected with first groove 24 by quadrupole deflector portion 31.First groove 24 and withdrawal groove 26 are vertically offseting with respect to each; Second groove 25 and the 4th groove 27 are vertically offseting with respect to each; First deflector 28 and the 3rd deflector 30 are vertically offseting with respect to each; Second deflector 29 and quadrupole deflector portion 31 are vertically offseting with respect to each, shown in arrow among Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B.
Second groove 25 comprises a plurality of binding site 21A, and first groove 24 comprises the first groove binding site 21B, and withdrawal groove 26 comprises a plurality of withdrawal binding site 21C and locking binding site 21D.
In Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, also show first body member 70 of spring base 60, it comprises shell body 71, back-up ring 72 and first finger piece or outthrust 73A and second finger piece or outthrust 73B with first plunger hole 74, described first plunger hole 74 holds plunger 20, the first finger pieces slidably or outthrust 73A is directed so that vertically relative each other with second finger piece or outthrust 73B.First body member 70 also comprises corresponding boss 75A, the 75B of body 71 inside.
In the use, first finger piece or outthrust 73A and second finger piece or outthrust 73B mesh corresponding groove 24,25,26 or 27, shown in Fig. 4 A or Fig. 4 B.
Finger piece 73A, 73B mesh binding site 21A, 21B in the groove of plunger 20 respectively, and 21C is so that prevent to re-use plunger 20, and this engagement is to carry out with the similar fashion of describing in a kind of International Application No. WO 01/80930.These will be described in more detail following.
In an alternate embodiment, outthrust 73A, 73B can be globular or be approximately spherical, thereby reposefully, be meshed with the groove that can be received this knob by suitable formation slidably.
Referring now to Fig. 5,, spring base 60 comprises first body member 70 and second body member 80, and when they were assembled together, they can be cooperated so that spring 90 is maintained initial compressed state releasedly.
Second body member 80 comprises second plunger hole 81, and it holds plunger 20 slidably.Second body member 80 also comprises shaft shoulder inclined- plane 82A, 82B and shaft shoulder recess 83A, 83B.Also have circumferential ramps 85A, 85B on the outer wall 84 of second body member 80, they at one end have corresponding guide groove 86A, 86B and have corresponding scallop section 87A, 87B at opposite end.
First body member 70 and second body member 80 leader 86A, 86B on the sidewall 84 that is assembled together so that relies on second body member 80 on the plunger 20 receive first body member, 70 corresponding boss 75A, 75B and compress spring 90, and make first body member 70 with respect to 80 rotations of second body member, so that boss 75A, 75B are assembled to respectively in scallop section 87A, the 87B.
When assembling spring base 60, under the situation that boss 75A, 75B do not throw off from scallop section 87A, 87B, can limit second body member 80 and move against the vertical or withdrawal of compression spring 90 effects, and second body member is thrown off from first body member with respect to first body member 70.
Usually, this move is limited in 0.1 to 1.0mm, and preferably about 0.2 to 08mm, that more excellent is 0.5mm, but it can be according to syringe, the length of plunger and/or spring and/or capacity and change easily.
Engagement between boss 75A, 75B and scallop section 87A, the 87B is limited in the rotation of second body member 80 with respect to first body member 70 in the scope that is no more than 5 °.
Rotation for plunger 20 in the withdrawal process of syringe filling, injection and syringe needle 50 can be understood better with reference to Fig. 4 A and 4B, also can be with reference to International Application No. WO 01/80930.
In the use, begin the first outthrust 73A and place in first groove 24, and the second outthrust 73B places in the withdrawal groove 26.
Along with the withdrawal of plunger 20, the first outthrust 73A from first groove 24 move into second groove 25 slidably through first deflector 28 and the second outthrust 73B from the withdrawal groove 26 move into the 4th groove 27 slidably through the 3rd deflector 30.Can cause plunger 20 that one 90 ° rotation is arranged with respect to injection tube 40 like this.
In the withdrawal process of plunger 20, shoulder 33A, 33B are freely to slide through shoulder recess 83A, the 83B in second body member 80.
In the first outthrust 73A places second groove 25 slidably and the second outthrust 73B when placing the 4th groove 27 slidably, plunger 20 descends so that from injection tube 40 injection or emptying materials.
Thus, at this moment the barb engaging hole 22 of plunger 20 be aligned so that with barb arm 52A, the 52B of retractable needle 50 engagement.
In the decline process, spring 90 is keeping the state of compression by spring base 60 and only can occur the decompression phenomenon of spring 90 towards the decline end of plunger 20.
The original state that second body member 80 is thrown off from first body member 70 is shown in Figure 6.Inclined surface 34A, the 34B of shoulder 33A, the 33B of plunger 20 mesh corresponding shoulder slope 82A, 82B to vertically move second body member 80 so that further to compress spring 90 among the figure.It is accompanied by barb engaging hole 22 and meshes barb 52A, the 52B of retractable needle 50 respectively so that plunger 20 is attached on the retractable needle 50.
The inclined surface 34A, the 34B that it is noted that each shoulder 33A, 33B of plunger 20 guarantee when plunger 20 drops to terminal, only mesh shoulder slope 82A, the 82B of second body member 80 at the eleventh hour.
Because the first outthrust 73A meshes the 4th groove 27 of second groove 25 and second outthrust 73B engagement plunger 20, plunger 20 self can not rotate.Linearity by plunger 20 moves driving second body member 80 vertically moving with respect to first body member 70.The power that user affacts on the plunger 20 in plunger decline process is delivered to second body member 80 by inclined surface 34A, the 34B of each shoulder 33A, 33B and the engagement between shoulder slope 82A, the 82B in second body member 80.This power makes second body member 80 with respect to first body member 70 (it can not rotate) rotation, enough to discharge the engagement of corresponding boss 75A, 75B and scallop section 87A, 87B.This release causes the disengagement of second body member 80 from first body member 70, allows spring 90 decompressions thus, and its boss 75A, 75B that impels circumferential slope 85A, the 85B of second body member 80 supporting first body member 70 (it can not rotate) successively slides.Thus, impel when second body member 80 is thrown off first body member 70 it with respect to 70 rotations of first body member.By second body member 80 that shoulder 33A, 33B to plunger 20 support, this power is passed on the plunger 20, impels the rotation and the withdrawal of plunger 20 and retractable needle 50 thus.
Rotate to last 90 when spending at plunger 20, the first outthrust 73A moves into withdrawal grooves 26 through second deflector 29, and the second outthrust 73B moves into second groove 24 from the 4th groove 27 through quadrupole deflector portion 31.
At this moment, being withdrawn into the bonded retractable needle 50 of mode described in the International Application No. WO 01/80930 and plunger 20 finally can not operated position.Thus, outthrust 73B, 73A mesh binding site 21B in first groove 24 and the binding site 21D in the withdrawal groove 26 respectively to prevent retractable needle 50 is withdrawn into injection tube 40 in the decline of plunger 20 afterwards or further to recall.
In an embodiment shown in Fig. 7, when second main component 80 began from 70 disengagements of first main component, because the driving of relief spring 90, second main component 80 moved axially with plunger 20.Therefore, second body member 80 moves axially up to circumferential ramps 85A, 85B and is meshed by boss 75A, 75B in first body member 70 respectively, impel second body member 80 on the direction shown in the arrow, to rotate thus, successively, the engagement rotary plunger 20 between shoulder inclined-plane 82A, the 82B of shoulder 33A, the 33B of dependence plunger 20 and second body member 80.
Aim at second deflector 29 and the quadrupole deflector portion 31 respectively by outthrust 73A, 73B with first body member 70, the rotation of the plunger 20 that causes in conjunction with rotation by second body member 80, under the assistance of the rotation of second body member 80, described thus plunger 20 rotates into aforementioned final, inoperable position.
Like this plunger 20 can not fully be rotated and block probability that plunger 20 is moved further and drop to minimumly, retractable needle 50 is partly withdrawn.
Also obvious, the embodiment of second body member 80 shown in Fig. 7 has the cervical region 88 of extension, and wherein, shoulder inclined- plane 82A, 82B are than the inside of a bit recessed second main component 80 of the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 or Fig. 5.Help to prevent that by effectively it being hidden second body member, 80 inside user from damaging the engagement between the plunger 20 and second body member 80 like this.
Also have flank 89A, 89B, shoulder 33A, the 33B of its engagement plunger 20 also can prevent that user from impelling the rotation of plunger 20 with respect to second body member 80.
Also be appreciated that by have sufficient length (along plunger axis 21 vertically) plunger shoulder 33A, 33B, recall initially at plunger 20, outthrust 73A, 73B can prevent the rotation of plunger 20 when also the groove 26 and first groove 24 are withdrawn in engagement respectively.Help like this to prevent that user attempt rotary plunger 20 before beginning to recall from getting back to an exercisable position.
Thus, only find out obviously that from aforementioned part dropping to relief spring 90 when stopping fully at plunger 20 just produces the effect that plunger 20 and retractable needle 50 are recalled of being convenient to.A kind of resistance that does not have any realizable obvious spring 90 in the injection stage process is provided like this, and for the smoother sensation of the operation of syringe.
Another advantage that spring base 60 of the present invention provides is its spring 90 that can hold various sizes, operates as utilizing change needle sizes and syringe size.In the syringe that has than the higher capacity of minute hand head, be convenient to the length of the needed spring 90 of plunger 20 withdrawals may be too big so that can not be simply with plunger 20 external device (ED)s to injection tube 40.No matter its not compressed length, 90 to controlled sizes of spring base 60 compression springs.
From whole description, under the situation of the embodiment that does not limit the invention to any one special characteristic, the present invention has described the purpose of preferred embodiment.Do not breaking away under the prerequisite of the present invention and can carry out various changes and improvements description and illustrated embodiment.
For example, being used to mesh corresponding complementary fit part on the plunger assembly of second body member 80 and second body member 80 can be any suitable device and shoulder 33A, the 33B and shoulder inclined-plane 82A, the 82B that are not limited to describe.
Further be, although with boss 75A, 75B and scallop section 87A, 87B as the example that is used for assembling releasedly described first body member 70 and second body member 80, but the present invention can attempt using other device, they utilize on first body member 70 and second body member 80 complementary fit part so that releasedly in conjunction with first body member and second body member to form described housing and to keep spring 90 thus in a kind of initial compressed state.
Should be appreciated that the present invention can attempt an alternate embodiment, wherein, circumferential ramps 85A, 85B are replaced by respective channels or guide groove, they allow boss 75A, 75B to vertically move in first body member 70 and second body member, 80 disconnecting process, and do not impel second body member 80 and with the rotation of the plunger 20 of its engagement.
For binding site 21A described herein, 21B, 21C and 21D, also can attempt being used to limit the device that plunger moves as technical staff's ideal form with flange, gate, ridged thing or any other.