JP5432307B2 - Chemical injection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a chemical liquid injector that injects a chemical liquid in a syringe into a subject by pushing a piston of the syringe. In particular, the present invention relates to a chemical liquid injector capable of easily removing the syringe after the injection and preventing the chemical liquid from leaking from the tube.

Medical fluoroscopic imaging devices include CT (Computed Tomography) scanners, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) devices, and PET (Positron).
Emission Tomography) device, ultrasonic diagnostic device, CT angiography device, MR angiography device and the like. When such a device is used, for example, a contrast medium or physiological saline (hereinafter also simply referred to as “medical solution”) may be injected into the patient's body for the purpose of obtaining a clear image. .

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses, as a typical chemical liquid injector, a device including a concave portion that holds a syringe and a piston drive mechanism that is provided near the concave portion and presses the piston of the syringe. . When this device is used, a syringe is set in the recess of the device, and the syringe and the subject are connected by a predetermined tube. In this state, by operating the piston drive mechanism and gradually pushing the piston of the syringe into the cylinder member, the drug solution in the syringe is injected into the subject through the tube.

JP 2005-74065 A

  According to the conventional chemical solution injector as described above, since the chemical solution can be automatically injected into the subject, an accurate amount of the chemical solution can be injected at an appropriate injection speed. However, this conventional configuration has a problem that it is difficult to remove the syringe from the apparatus because the piston pressing member of the apparatus and the flange portion of the piston are pressed against each other after the injection is finished. Moreover, since the pressure of the chemical | medical solution in a syringe and a tube is increasing at the time of complete | finishing injection | pouring, there exists a possibility that a chemical | medical solution may leak when a needle | hook is extracted from a test subject.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to allow the syringe to be easily removed after the injection of the drug solution to the subject and to prevent the drug solution from leaking from the tube. Another object of the present invention is to provide a chemical injection device that can also be used.

In order to achieve the above object, the chemical injection device of the present invention comprises:
A drug solution injector that holds a syringe having a cylinder member and a piston slidably inserted therein and pushes the drug solution in the syringe toward a subject,
Holding means for holding the cylinder member;
A piston driving means having a pressing member for pressing the flange at the rear end of the piston and a driving source for moving the pressing member forward and backward;
With
The piston drive means is
In order to inject the liquid medicine in the syringe into the subject, the operation of pushing the flange portion with the pressing member and pushing the piston into the cylinder member;
After the injection operation is completed, the piston is pulled back by a predetermined distance shorter than the distance pushed in by the injection operation;
It is characterized by performing.

  According to such a configuration, after the piston is pushed by the piston driving means and the injection is performed, the piston is pulled back by a predetermined distance, so that the pressure between the flange portion at the rear end of the piston and the pressing member of the device is released ( In some cases, clearance occurs) and the piston (and thus the entire syringe) can be easily removed from the device.

  Moreover, since the pressure of the chemical solution in the syringe and the tube connected to the syringe is lowered by pulling back the piston, it is possible to reduce the possibility of the chemical solution leaking out when the needle is removed from the subject.

Specifically, the chemical injection device of the present invention is:
The pressing member is formed with a pressing surface that presses the back surface of the flange portion,
The piston driving means has a claw portion locked to the flange portion of the piston,
The piston may be connected to the pressing member by sandwiching the flange portion of the piston between the pressing surface and the claw portion.

  Moreover, the said nail | claw part may be formed in the right-and-left both sides of the said press member, and this pair of nail | claw part may be latched by the right-and-left both sides of the flange part of the said piston. Further, the holding means may specifically be a structure part in which a groove into which a flange part at the rear end of the cylinder member is inserted is formed.

  The “predetermined distance” at which the piston is pulled back is preferably within a range in which the inside of the syringe is maintained at a positive pressure when the piston is pulled by the predetermined distance. Thereby, it can prevent that a chemical | medical solution flows backward into a syringe.

  As described above, according to the present invention, after the injection of the chemical solution to the subject is finished, the syringe can be easily removed, and the chemical solution injection device capable of preventing the chemical solution from leaking from the tube Can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the chemical injection device of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view which shows the structure of the chemical injection device of FIG. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of the base part of a piston drive mechanism, and the flange part of a piston, (A) has shown the positional relationship at the time of pushing in a piston, (B) pulled back the piston only the predetermined distance after that. The positional relationship is shown. It is a side view which shows a mode that a syringe is removed when clearance arises between the pressing member of an apparatus, and the flange part back surface of a piston.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a chemical liquid injector of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the chemical liquid injector of FIG. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, “front” refers to the front direction in FIG. 1, and “rear” refers to the back direction in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the drug solution injector 110 of the present embodiment has an elongated shape as a whole, and a concave portion 114 to which the syringe 200 is attached is provided on the front side of the upper surface. The recess 114 corresponds to the shape of the syringe 200 and is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape. The recess 114 extends in the length direction of the device 110 and is formed over approximately half the length of the entire device 110.

  The syringe 200 is a conventional one, and includes a cylindrical cylinder member 210 and a piston 220 that is slidably inserted therein. A conduit portion 215 to which a tube (not shown) is connected is formed at the tip (upper side in the drawing) of the cylinder member 210. A flange portion 211 is formed at the rear end of the cylinder member 210.

  A gasket 223 (see FIG. 2) is provided at the front end of the piston 220, and the rear end is a disc-shaped flange portion 221. The back surface of the flange portion 221 is a flat surface.

  Holding members 122 and 122 for holding a flange portion 211 (detailed below) of the syringe 200 are provided at approximately the center of the concave portion 114 in the length direction. The holding members 122 and 122 are a pair of members that hold the flange portion 211 from both sides, and have arc-shaped grooves into which the flange portion 211 of the cylinder member 210 is inserted.

  A piston drive mechanism 130 that slides the piston 220 is disposed near the rear end of the recess 114.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the piston drive mechanism 130 is attached to a screw shaft 137 that rotates using a motor (not shown) as a drive source, and the front side (left side in the drawing) of the screw shaft 137, and according to the rotation of the screw shaft 137. A substantially cylindrical holder member 135 that reciprocates in a direction along the shaft.

  The holder member 135 has a base portion 132 that contacts the back surface of the flange portion 221 of the piston 220. The base portion 132 is shaped like a cylinder oriented sideways, and has a flat pressing surface 132a for pressing the back surface of the flange portion 221 of the piston. Claw portions 133 and 133 extend from the left and right sides of the outer periphery of the base portion 132 toward the flange portion 221 side (forward). The claw portion 133 is locked to the left and right ends of the flange portion 221 of the piston.

  In the example of FIG. 1, by moving the entire syringe 200 downward, the syringe 200 is set in the recess 114, and the flange 211 of the cylinder member 210 is fitted in the groove of the holding member 122. As a result, the axial and radial positions of the cylinder member 210 are fixed.

  Refer to FIG. 2 again. From the back side of the base portion 132 of the piston drive mechanism 130, an elongated cylindrical portion 131 extends rearward (right side in the figure). Inside the cylindrical portion 131, a ball screw nut (not shown) to which the screw shaft 137 is screwed is attached. The screw shaft 137 receives power from a drive source (not shown) such as a motor and rotates forward and backward on the spot. When the screw shaft 137 is rotated a predetermined number of times, the holder member 135 moves in the front-rear direction (the left-right direction in the drawing) by a distance corresponding to the rotation.

  Although illustration is omitted, the chemical injection device 110 has a built-in control means for controlling the operation of the piston drive mechanism 130. When this control means operates a drive source (motor or the like) according to a predetermined control program, the screw shaft 137 and consequently the piston 220 connected thereto are moved by a predetermined distance at a predetermined speed.

  Next, the operation of the chemical liquid injector 110 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. In the following description, an example in which injection is started from a state where the gasket 223 is in the vicinity of the rear end of the cylinder member 210 will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  In the initial state shown in FIG. 2A, the gasket 223 is pulled to the vicinity of the rear end of the cylinder member 210, and the syringe 200 is filled with a chemical solution. A tube T is connected to the conduit portion 215 at the tip of the syringe. For example, an indwelling needle (not shown) is connected to the distal end of the tube T, so that the drug solution in the syringe 200 is injected into the subject through the tube T.

  Next, the chemical liquid injector 110 drives the piston drive mechanism 130 according to a predetermined control program, and thereby the screw shaft 137 is rotated. By rotating the screw shaft 137, as shown in FIG. 2B, the holder member 135 screwed into the screw shaft 137 is pushed forward (left side in the figure), and the piston 220 is gradually pushed into the cylinder member 210. Thereby, the space inside the syringe is compressed, the pressure of the chemical solution is increased, and the chemical solution is gradually pushed out toward the subject via the tube T.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2C, the piston drive mechanism 130 is further driven to rotate the screw shaft 137, and the holder member 135 is moved to a predetermined position (in this example, the position where the gasket 223 hits the front end of the cylinder member 210). Move forward. Thereby, the chemical | medical solution in a syringe is extruded almost completely.

  Through the above steps, the drug solution in the syringe is automatically injected into the subject.

  In addition, in the state of FIG. 2 (A)-FIG. 2 (C), with the conventionally well-known structure, the pressure of the chemical | medical solution in injecting execution is detected, for example using a load cell etc., and an appropriate pressure is performed by performing appropriate feedback control The medicinal solution may be injected. Further, for example, when the chemical liquid cannot be pushed out normally because the tube T is broken, the injection operation may be temporarily stopped and an alarm may be issued.

  Returning to the description of the operation again. In the injection device 110 of the present embodiment, after performing the chemical solution injection operation as shown in FIGS. 2 (A) to 2 (C), the piston 220 is slightly pulled back as shown in FIG. 2 (D). Specifically, the screen shaft 137 is rotated a predetermined number of times in the opposite direction to the above, and the holder member 135 is pulled back in accordance with the rotation. Thereby, the flange portion 221 of the piston is pulled by the claw portion 133, and the entire piston 220 is pulled back by a predetermined distance.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the base portion 132 of the piston drive mechanism and the flange portion 221 of the piston. FIG. 3A shows the positional relationship when the piston is pushed in, and FIG. Shows the positional relationship when is pulled back by a predetermined distance.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, when the piston 220 is pushed into the cylinder member (see FIGS. 2A to 2C), the back surface of the syringe part 221 of the piston 220 and the base of the cylinder drive mechanism The pressing surface 132a of the portion 132 comes into contact with each other. In this state, since the pressing surface 132a is strongly pressed against the back surface of the syringe part 221 of the piston 220, it is difficult to remove the syringe. On the other hand, when the piston is pulled back by a predetermined distance after the end of the injection operation, the pressing force between the back surface of the flange portion 221 and the pressing surface 132a is released (in some cases, a predetermined clearance as shown in FIG. 3B). Since L1 occurs), the syringe can be easily removed.

  In addition, the state which looked at the state of FIG.3 (B) from the side is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when a clearance L1 occurs between the pressing surface 132a of the base portion 132 and the back surface of the flange portion 221 of the piston, the rear of the piston 220 with the vicinity of the flange portion 211 of the cylinder member as the rotation center. The end side can be easily lifted, and the syringe can be easily removed.

  Moreover, when the piston 220 is pulled back after completion of the injection operation as described above, the pressure of the chemical solution in the syringe 200 and the tube T is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the chemical liquid from leaking out when the needle is removed from the subject.

  In addition, if the piston is pulled back too much, the inside of the syringe becomes excessively negative pressure, and the chemical solution may flow back into the syringe. Therefore, in order to prevent this, the distance to pull the piston is preferably shorter than the distance pushed by the injection operation, and is within a range where the inside of the syringe is maintained at a positive pressure when the piston is pulled.

  As mentioned above, although one form of this invention was demonstrated, the chemical injection device of this invention can be variously changed besides said structure.

  For example, the chemical solution injection device of the present invention may be capable of mounting two or more syringes. Further, the chemical solution injection device may be connected to, for example, a personal computer and the operation of the piston drive mechanism may be controlled through software on the computer.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Chemical solution injection device 114 Concave part 122 Holding member 130 Piston drive mechanism 132 Base part 132a Press surface 133 Claw part 135 Holder member 137 Screw shaft 200 Syringe 210 Cylinder member 211 Flange part 215 Conduit part 220 Piston 221 Flange part 223 Gasket

Claims (10)

A drug solution injector that holds a syringe having a cylinder member and a piston slidably inserted therein and pushes the drug solution in the syringe toward a subject,
Holding means for holding the cylinder member;
A piston driving means having a pressing member for pressing the flange at the rear end of the piston and a driving source for moving the pressing member forward and backward;
With
At least two systems of the holding means and the piston driving means are provided so that at least two of the syringes can be mounted,
The piston drive means is
(A) In order to inject the medical solution in the syringe into the subject, the operation of pushing the flange portion with the pressing member and pushing the piston into the cylinder member;
(B) After the injection operation is completed, an operation of pulling back the piston by a predetermined distance shorter than the distance pushed by the injection operation;
The chemical injection device is characterized by automatically performing in this order. The pressing member is formed with a pressing surface that presses the back surface of the flange portion,
The piston driving means has a claw portion locked to the flange portion of the piston,
The chemical injection device according to claim 1, wherein the piston is connected to the pressing member by sandwiching a flange portion of the piston between the pressing surface and the claw portion.   The drug solution injection device according to claim 2, wherein the claw portions are formed on both left and right sides of the pressing member, and the pair of claw portions are engaged with both left and right sides of the flange portion of the piston.   The chemical | medical solution injection apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3 which is a structure part in which the said holding means was formed in the groove | channel in which the flange part of the rear end of the said cylinder member is inserted. The predetermined distance by which the piston is pulled back is within a range in which the inside of the syringe is maintained at a positive pressure when the piston is pulled by the predetermined distance. Chemical injection device. The chemical solution injection device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein one chemical solution of the two syringes is a contrast agent, and the other chemical solution is a physiological saline. further,
The chemical | medical solution injection apparatus of any one of Claims 1-6 which has a load cell for calculating the pressure of the chemical | medical solution during chemical | medical solution injection | pouring. further,
The piston driving means is configured to temporarily stop the injection operation when the chemical liquid cannot be pushed out normally.
The chemical | medical solution injection device as described in any one of Claims 1-7. further,
(C) The operation of retracting the pressing member of the piston drive mechanism to the initial position is performed after completion of the operation of (b), which pulls back the piston by a predetermined distance shorter than the distance pushed by the injection operation. The chemical | medical solution injection device as described in any one of 1-8. The chemical injection device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A syringe mounted on the chemical injection device,
A chemical injection system comprising:

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