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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177745 | Needle safety module comprising a locking mechanism and a user identification A needle safety module for being connected to an injection device for administering a liquid product to a patient, the module including a housing, a needle connected to the housing, and a needle protective sleeve having one end which can be placed on an injection po... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167837 | Controlled retraction syringe and plunger therefor A retractable syringe (11) and plunger (20) therefore are provided, whereby the plunger comprises a controlling means (62) which facilitates control of the rate of retraction of the retractable needle. By controlling the rate of needle retractio... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162881 | Needle guard mechanism with angled strut wall A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut so as to allow the canting wall to be tilted over center in a ready ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162882 | Automatic-locking safety needle covers and methods of use and manufacture A single-use needle cover configured to obscure, protect, or hide at least a portion of a needle from view before, during, and/or after an injection and/or aspiration procedure is disclosed. In some embodiments, the cover includes a housing at least partially contai... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157768 | Disposable injection device An injection device is provided. The device includes a housing having a first end defining a first opening. A plunger is received within the first opening of the housing to move between first and second positions. A cartridge is disposed in the housing and has an in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152761 | Safety needle assembly A safety needle assembly has a collar or ring that is rotatably mounted to a needle hub, which may be connected to a medical device such as a syringe. The needle assembly may be connected to the syringe by the user grasping the needle hub in first and second embodim... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152762 | Plunger activated vacuum release mechanism for a syringe A retractable safety syringe may comprise a needle, needle holder, syringe body, and a plunger. A proximal portion of the body and a piston of the plunger may define a variable vacuum compartment. A through hole pneumatically connecting ambient air and the variable ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152763 | Disposable carpule for hypodermic syringe A standard dental syringe is made up of an outer cylinder with a plunger at one end, and a carpule which contains liquid medication to be injected into a patient is replaceably positioned within the barrel and includes a needle slidably mounted at one end of the car... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147450 | Disposable self-destruction safety syringe without fluid residua A disposable self-destruction safety syringe without fluid residua comprises a syringe tube (1), a push rod (2), a needle mount (3) and a needle (4). The push rod (2) and the needle mount (3) are mounted in the syringe tube ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142396 | Syringe with retractable needle There is described in a disposable syringe comprising: a syringe body, substantially comprising a hollow cylinder (1) with a plunger (2) -inserted therein, the plunger being hollow and closed at the end portion which is external to the cylinder, and a ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137310 | Syringe hub A syringe hub comprises a hub body which is engagable with a syringe body, a needle held by the hub body, a movable bung element within a flow passage of the hub body, and at least one fixed engagement element which extends laterally to the longitudinal extent of th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128594 | Safety syringe A safety syringe includes a barrel, an inner tube movably mounted in the barrel, and an elastic member mounted on the barrel and connected with the inner tube to pull the inner tube outward relative to the barrel. Thus, the elastic member is made of plastic or rubbe... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114051 | Retractable syringe A retractable syringe (30) comprising a hollow barrel (32) with a radially inwardly facing abutment surface (54) and a needle hub (40) having first engagement formation (42) integrally formed with the needle hub. A radially outer p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114050 | Controlled retraction syringe and plunger therefor A retractable syringe (10) and plunger (20) therefore are provided, the syringe having a barrel (20), a retractable needle mount (40) to which is mounted or is mountable a needle (11), and a plunger (80), the plunger compris... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109905 | Retractable needle assembly A fluid collection or infusion set is provided. The set includes flexible tubing with a fitting attached to a proximal end and a needle assembly attached to the distal end. The needle assembly includes a needle hub and a needle cannula secured in the hub. An actuato... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105276 | Disposable safety injection apparatus A disposable safety injection apparatus includes a liquid medication tube, a syringe needle, a push rod, and a tube ring. The syringe needle is connected to an insert tenon at a front end of the liquid medication tube. The insert tenon includes a connecting portion ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100857 | Method and apparatus for indicating or covering a percutaneous puncture site Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and deploying a protective cover about a percutaneous puncture site formed by a hypodermic needle. In the preferred embodiment, a marking agent or puncture site covering, the latter of which preferably takes the form... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100858 | Protective device for an injection needle Protective devices for injection needles or infusion needles that include a needle holder at a proximal end of the needle, on whose shaft a protective element for the needle tip can be positioned and moved, are herein disclosed. The protective element is configured ... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43141 | Fluid collection device having tilting retractable needle A medical device is provided for collecting fluid samples from a patient, such as blood samples. The device includes a needle having a forward sharpened tip that is retracted into the housing of the device after use to prevent exposure to the contaminated needle. Th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096973 | Resettable safety shield for medical needles A medical needle shield apparatus is provided that includes a needle hub (104) having an outer needle cannula (103) extending therefrom. An inner needle (106) is disposed for slidable movement with the outer needle cannula (103). At least... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096974 | Self-destroying disposable syringe and self-destroying method thereof A self-destroying disposable syringe includes a barrel which includes a hub disposed on the front end of the barrel, a flange is disposed on the inner wall of the hub; a needle base which connects to the hub of the barrel, and includes a connecting portion, a contai... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092424 | Safety syringe A safety syringe adapted consists of an outer casing that supports a conventional hypodermic needle and an inner casing which supports a blunt cannula that is disposed inside the inner lumen of the hypodermic needle. The inner casing is keyed to the outer casing by ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088104 | Syringe A retractable needle safety syringe is provided having a braking mechanism. The braking mechanism may be disposed at a proximal portion of a syringe body of the syringe. The braking mechanism may comprise a brake member which is traversable between a braking positio... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079980 | Single use syringe A single use syringe is disclosed having a leading end, a trailing end and a longitudinal axis. The syringe comprises a longitudinally extending hollow barrel, a plunger having a stem, a head and a needle tip. The head being longitudinally displaceable within the ba... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079979 | Trapping of intravenous needle associated with a long catheter, and related methods Apparatus and methodology are disclosed for entrapping a used intravenous needle in a needle trap and removing the needle and the trap from a catheter tube so as to avoid risk of injury to both the patient and the medical attendant. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075523 | Passive reuse prevention syringe that uses a tip lock Various embodiments of syringe assemblies include a syringe barrel and a substantially conical tip or outlet disposed on the distal end of the barrel. The substantially conical tip includes a locking mechanism that engages an extension of a plunger assembly extendin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075522 | Disposable double pointed injection needle, and an insulin injection system comprising a disposable double pointed injection needle A disposable double pointed injection needle has a needle hub to which a thin needle cannula is permanently fasten and which needle hub can be mounted on to a syringe comprising a dose setting and injection mechanism and a cartridge containing a liquid medicine to b... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070721 | Auto-disable device for syringes An auto-disable device for use with a sterile single use hypodermic syringe has a barrel adapter configured to attach to the outlet end of the syringe barrel, external to the barrel. A needle hub holding a hypodermic needle is affixed to the barrel adapter, the barr... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070723 | Activity guard The fluid infusion system is disclosed that includes a pump housing that has a reservoir cavity and is designed to be pocketable. The reservoir cavity has a rim and helical coupling features formed on an interior face of the reservoir cavity. The fluid infusion syst... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070722 | Insertion device An insertion device, generally used with an infusion set, including a needle being adapted for puncturing at one end and including at the opposite end a hub. The hub includes a handle part and a guard part that are capable of securing the needle through the use of l... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066668 | Passive reuse prevention syringe that uses a flange lock A syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel having an inside surface defining a chamber, an open proximal end, a distal end, and an outlet; a plunger assembly disposed at least partially within the syringe barrel, including an elongate plunger rod having a locking ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062252 | Safety shield system for a syringe A medical device includes a syringe assembly and a shield system for delivering medicament to a patient. The syringe assembly includes a barrel defining a medicament reservoir, and a needle cannula coupled to the barrel and in fluid communication with the reservoir.... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057431 | Hinged cap for needle device A hinged cap device for use with a syringe includes a base defining an interior cavity for mounting onto a tip and a cap connected to the base by a living hinge. The cap is moveable from a ready position to an open position to expose a needle, and from the open posi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052641 | Indwelling needle with wings There is provided a winged indwelling needle for reducing the possibility of damaging a blood vessel or the like by a cannula, including a movable unit 1 having the cannula and a hub, a tube 2 connected to the rear portion of the hub, a holder 3... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048029 | Injector apparatus The present invention provides an injector apparatus suitable for use with an automatic injection device. The injector apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a deflectable member and a removable guard. The deflectable member releasably holds a syringe tube ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038647 | Needle safety deflection device An apparatus to automatically secure an end of a needle after contact with a blood vessel. The apparatus may include a housing and a biasing member, where the housing includes a hollow interior region extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof. A prox... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034025 | Disposable safety syringe A disposable safety syringe in one embodiment includes a syringe barrel; a plunger comprising a push rod; hollow first, second, and third adapters for forming an airtight engagement with an inner surface at one end of the syringe barrel; and a needle threadedly secu... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034024 | Needle containing medical device with variable locking to needle holder A needle containing medical device having a retractable needle [90], the device comprising an outer body [93], an inner member [97] which can slide within the outer body, a releasable needle holder [91] in a front portion of the outer bod... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029463 | Needle protection assembly A needle protection assembly has a needle hub with a proximal portion having two sets of spaced flanges and a distal portion having a number of arms for forming at least one catch and one slot. A collar with a needle protection housing has at its inner surface a num... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021333 | Syringe spring retainer A spring retainer (60) for a syringe (10) that has a barrel (40), a plunger (20), a spring (90) and a retractable needle (50) that can couple with the plunger for spring-driven retraction of the coupled needle and plunger. T... | 09/20/2011 |
