WO2015127909A1 - Cartridge with piercing means for hygienic introduction of substances into skin - Google Patents
Cartridge with piercing means for hygienic introduction of substances into skin Download PDFInfo
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- WO2015127909A1 WO2015127909A1 PCT/DE2014/000083 DE2014000083W WO2015127909A1 WO 2015127909 A1 WO2015127909 A1 WO 2015127909A1 DE 2014000083 W DE2014000083 W DE 2014000083W WO 2015127909 A1 WO2015127909 A1 WO 2015127909A1
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- cartridge
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- lancing
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- 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
- A61M37/00—Other apparatus for introducing media into the body; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin
- A61M37/0076—Tattooing apparatus
- A61M37/0084—Tattooing apparatus with incorporated liquid feeding device
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- 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
- A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
- A61M5/178—Syringes
- A61M5/28—Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- 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
- A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
- A61M5/178—Syringes
- A61M5/31—Details
- A61M5/32—Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles
- A61M5/3295—Multiple needle devices, e.g. a plurality of needles arranged coaxially or in parallel
Definitions
- the substance which is preferably but not exclusively liquid, is punctually introduced into the skin by puncturing in the skin during puncturing and then retraction of the lancing agent.
- any surfaces and lines can be produced or treated with the substance.
- the maintenance of the hygienic chain of the lancing and the application materials, from the sterile production, their transport, their provision at the user and their hygienic handling to the actual application have long been subject to constant improvement.
- the supply of the application material for wetting the lancing agent has not yet been solved hygienically safe, so the hygienic chain still has gaps. According to the prior art, there are various devices and methods for wetting the lancing agent with the application material, which are listed below.
- a commonly used prior art method is the immersion of the tip or tips of the piercing agent into an external container (potty) filled with the appliqué to receive a small amount of the substance by wetting the piercing agent.
- a disadvantage of this method is the application material provided for an extended period of time in an open container, which can be contaminated in a variety of ways during this time.
- Another disadvantage is the very small amount of material that can be absorbed per wetting process of the lancing agent, so that the user has to interrupt his work very often. This method is now considered hygienically unsafe, although it is still used very often.
- the opened device has the advantage that the lancing means is surrounded by a storage housing for receiving the application substance and thereby eliminating the frequent immersion of the lancing agent into an external storage vessel, because the stock of application material is carried during the application .
- the application material for example, from an external container (storage bottle) in a during use
- the prior art for improving at least one of the disadvantages of [0004] is disclosed, for example, in document US2002 / 0069726.
- the opened device has over [0004] the advantage that the application material is available for a single application in a hygienic disposable container and this disposable container is also used only for a single application (mono-dose).
- the hygienically prepared monodose is introduced after unpacking and manual opening in an opening of the storage housing of the lancing agent and pressed out manually if necessary.
- the object of the invention is to provide a device which provides over the prior art, an improvement in the entire hygiene chain of the hygienic (sterile) production of the lancing and the application materials until immediately ready for use, the end user and the users Equally, greater hygiene safety and ergonomics are provided and the overall cost of disposable components per application is reduced.
- the piercing means 2 and the application material 8 in the housing 7, which is a component of the cartridge according to the invention, spent, sterilized and only immediately for use when connecting to a drive (handset), for example, one of this Drive in repetitive axial movements offset cartridge receiving tube with a stop for the lancing protective sleeve 3 contains, and a spring 4, which is fixed with its ends on the lancing protective sleeve 3 and on the housing 7, wherein a stop in the handpiece, the lancing means Protective sleeve 3 against the spring force of the spring 4 so far shifts that the tip of the lancing device 2 is released for an application and the lancet protection sleeve 3 after the end of the application, while removing the cartridge from the cartridge receiving tube of the handset, by Relieving the spring 4 again automatically mechanically protects against contact and the kart noise is then disposed of in a known manner.
- the cartridge does not contain any movable components which would be required for a hygienic introduction (piercing) of the application material into a skin, ie the lancing agent is immovably connected to the cartridge during use, and there are no any in the cartridge Driving components which according to the prior art carry out movements which would be required for introduction (piercing) of the application material into a skin, consequently, there are also no seals in the cartridge, which according to the prior art are movable components in relation to one or more immovable components
- the lancing agent and the application material are completely hygienically encapsulated, as long as the cartridge is not inserted and unsealed for use in the designated hand-held device for sealing the application material into a skin
- the cartridge is not, as in the prior art, axially coupled on one side to a hand-held device, but for example as a whole is inserted axially into the interior of a hand-held device.
- the cartridge of the invention oscillates as a whole unit, so it vibrates the piercing medium simultaneously with the application material without springs for resetting or for propulsion of the piercing means or the cartridge would be required because all driving forces generated by appropriately designed handset are, the cartridge is free of any drive tasks and it is ensured that the cartridge hygienically safe and easy to handle for less experienced, connected to the handset and can be solved by this and the application material 8 always undergoes optimum mixing during use because he resonates with the repetitive moving cartouche.
- Contamination of the device according to the invention with foreign substances, in particular of the lancing agent and the application material, which may come into contact with the skin of the end user and the user during use, is thus immediately from the sterilization during manufacture until the cartridge is unsealed in the hand-held device ruled out with the utmost security, closing at least one further gap in the hygiene chain and making the application so hygienic and simplified that, for example, it can only be improved by end-user application in a clean room and using protective clothing for end users and users can be.
- the lancing agent protection sleeve 3, which protects the lancing means 2 from contact for example, consists of a sleeve of a solid material which projects through a spring 4 over the open part of the lancing means, wherein the spring 4 is fixedly mounted with its ends on the housing 7 as well as on the lancing means protection sleeve 3, so that the mechanical protective function of the lancing agent protection sleeve 3 is ensured with relieved spring 4 and the lancing agent protection sleeve 3 only when inserted into the Stop the cartridge receiving tube of the handset is pushed back, the lancing means 2 by tensioning the spring 4 releases and protects it automatically when removing the cartridge by relieving the spring 4 again mechanically against contact.
- the lancing agent protection sleeve 3 for the lancing means for example, completely from a resilient material in itself, for example, a hose or an elastic cylinder sleeve or the lancing agent protection sleeve of a single molded part made of elastic material with molded-on spring, which protrudes in the relaxed state over the open portion of the lancing means 2, wherein one end of the elastic lancing agent protection sleeve or the molded spring of the elastic lancing agent protection sleeve is fixedly mounted on the housing, so that the mechanical protective function of lancet Protective sleeve for the lancing agent in the unloaded state of the resilient component is ensured and the elastic lancing protective sleeve is pushed back only when inserted into the stop of the cartridge receiving tube of the handset, thereby releasing the lancing means by their elastic pushing un d it mechanically automatically protects when removing by relieving again.
- a resilient material in itself for example, a hose or an elastic cylinder sleeve or the
- a chamber 5 and a valve 6 is inserted, whose properties with respect to a damping of the fluid flow of the application material be set by the valve 6 is varied and decoupled in operation repetitive oscillating mass of the application material 8 from the lancing means 2 to prevent uncontrolled leakage of the application material during the repetitive movement of the lancing means 2 and the color flow, ie the per unit time applied amount of paint, to regulate.
- An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the introduced in the production after filling with the application material 8 in the filling opening 10 sterile and germ-proof, but gas-permeable filter 9, serves to prevent the leakage of the application material 8 through the filling opening 10 and the housing 7, which is tightly sealed during transport and storage by the front protective plug 1, to adapt to the respective prevailing atmospheric pressure (pressure equalization), so that no pressure differences to the outside atmosphere can occur in the housing 7.
- the piercing means may consist of one or more needles and / or hollow needles of any geometric cross-sectional shapes, bevel shapes and cutting numbers in any combination of number and mixture and their arrangements.
- Fig. 1 sectional view of a device for the hygienic introduction of substances into a skin.
- FIG. 1 shows a sectional view of an example according to the invention of a cartridge for the hygienic introduction of substances into a skin, wherein the cartridge consists of the components 1-10, with an immovably connected to the housing 7 during application lancing means 2, an application material 8, which is already introduced in the manufacture of the cartridge in the housing 7, with a lancing agent protection sleeve 3 with spring 4, which is attached to the lancing agent protection sleeve 3 and the housing 7, a front protective plug 1, located in the spring movable lancing agent protection sleeve 3 is located and pushed out during insertion of the cartridge to the stop of a drive (handset) through the housing 7, that is removed, with a rear filling and vent opening 10, which is used to fill the cartridge during manufacture with the application material 8 is used, with a filter 9, in the rear filling and ventilation opening 10, which prevents the leakage of the application material 8 and which serves to ventilate the housing 7, always to ensure a pressure equalization with the atmospheric pressure, a chamber 5 with a valve 6,
- the entire cartridge consisting of the components 1 -10, is introduced into a drive (handset) and offset by means of the drive in repetitive movements, inserted from the side facing the skin to be treated in the drive up to the stop and with a Locking lever fixed, the spring 4 provides for a secure clamping of the cartridge drive, while the lancing agent protection sleeve 3 is displaced by the stop against its spring force until the stopper 1 is pushed out of the housing 7 and the lancing means 2 no longer by the lancing device Protective sleeve 3 is mechanically protected against contact, so it is freely accessible to repetitively stab the application material 8 with the lancing 2 into a skin.
- the application material 8 is introduced, contrary to the prior art in the manufacture of the cartridge through the filling and vent opening 10 in the housing 7 and for reasons of sterility, for transport and storage with the filter 9, the in the filling and ventilation opening 10 is introduced, protected against contamination.
- the filter 9 in the filling and ventilation opening 10 serves as ventilation for the housing 7, so that the application material 8 by the capillary forces of the lancing means 2 and the repetitive movement of the entire cartridge to the outstanding in operation Lancing means 2 can be transported.
- the user releases the locking lever in the drive and removes the cartridge, supported by the spring force of the spring 4, from the cartridge pick-up tube to dispose of them.
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WO2000064514A1 (en) * | 1999-04-22 | 2000-11-02 | Gilbert Garitano | Needleless permanent makeup and tattoo device |
US20020069726A1 (en) | 1999-10-22 | 2002-06-13 | Frank Adler | Ink application device for tattooing or for making permanent make-up |
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