Administration instrument for medical use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10463800-B2
Application number	US-201715612328-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2001
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

An administration instrument includes an injection button which can be pressed at an angle that is not parallel to a needle with respect to a direction in which the needle is inserted into skin. As a result, it is possible to prevent a force of pressing the injection button from being transmitted in the direction in which the needle is inserted into the skin deeper than initial insertion of the needle, thereby achieving an administration under a stable state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An administration instrument for medical use comprising:
an administration instrument body,
a drug solution cartridge for separately storing a plurality of drug solutions, or a drug and a drug solution, the drug solution cartridge being detachably housed within the administration instrument body,
a sliding piece for holding the drug solution cartridge at an end of the sliding piece,
an eject lever having an end projecting from the sliding piece and being freely movable in a direction parallel to a needle attachment direction on the sliding piece, and
an injection button-integrated driving lever configured to be disengaged from an engagement portion of the eject lever that is opposite to the end of the eject lever so that the injection button-integrated driving lever cannot be freely moved when a needle is not attached to the drug solution cartridge,
wherein the administration instrument is configured so that, when the needle is attached to the drug solution cartridge, the eject lever is configured to be moved so that the engagement portion of the eject lever is engaged with the injection button-integrated driving lever by pushing the end of the eject lever in the needle attachment direction, and thereby the injection button-integrated driving lever is able to freely move and an injection button is able to be pressed.

2. The administration instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the needle is covered by a cap so that the needle is not exposed.

3. The administration instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising a retractable lid for covering the drug solution cartridge.

4. The administration instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the administration instrument is configured so that,
when the end of the eject lever projects beyond the end of the sliding piece toward the needle, an eject knob passes through a slit on the sliding piece and a slit on the eject lever so that the drug solution cartridge cannot be moved, thereby the drug solution cartridge cannot be housed within the administration instrument body, and
when the needle is attached to the drug solution cartridge, the slit on the eject lever can be moved so that the eject knob is pushed down, thereby the drug solution cartridge can be housed within the administration instrument body.

Assignees

• Phc Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Baba Tokumi
• Ishikawa Tokumi
• Matsuda Kouichi

Classifications

• A61M5/31556

  Accuracy improving means · CPC title

• A61M5/3146

  Priming, e.g. purging, reducing backlash or clearance · CPC title

• A61M5/31511

  Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod (A61M5/5066 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61M2205/50

  with microprocessors or computers · CPC title

• A61M5/3129

  Syringe barrels (A61M5/3205 and A61M5/50 take precedence) · CPC title