Cannula assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12446919-B2
Application number	US-202318455809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2023
Priority date	Sep 13, 2022
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

Certain embodiments herein disclose a cannula assembly. The cannula assembly comprises a cannula, having a proximal end and a distal end. The cannula comprises a head at the proximal end, the head having one or more wings. The cannula also comprises a hollow rod extending from the head to the distal end. The cannula assembly also comprises a hub couplable to the head and having a housing with an inner wall. The inner wall comprises an undercut, and one or more distal ends of the corresponding one or more wings are configured to fit into the undercut and couple the hub to the head upon insertion of the head into the hub.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cannula assembly, comprising:
a cannula having a proximal end and a distal end, the cannula comprising:
a head at the proximal end, the head having one or more wings, and
a hollow rod extending from the head to the distal end; and

a hub couplable to the head and having a housing with an inner wall comprising a windowless, cylindrical sidewall of the hub, wherein:
the inner wall comprises an undercut formed as an annular internal groove in the cylindrical sidewall extending substantially 360 degrees around the cylindrical sidewall, and
one or more distal ends of the corresponding one or more wings are configured to fit into the undercut for coupling the hub to the head upon insertion of the head into the hub;
wherein the one or more distal ends of the corresponding one or more wings are configured to fit into the undercut upon the head being inserted into the hub without the one or more wings having to be clocked relative to the undercut due to the substantially 360 degrees of the undercut; and
wherein once the one or more wings are received by the undercut, any force exerted to separate the head from the hub would result in an opposite force being exerted on the one or more wings by the undercut to inhibit decoupling of the cannula from the hub.

2. The cannula assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing of the hub comprises one or more relief cutouts configured to inhibit cracking of the hub when the hub is subjected to pressure.

3. The cannula assembly of claim 2 , wherein the one or more relief cutouts comprise two to four cutouts disposed on a bottom portion of the housing.

4. The cannula assembly of claim 3 , wherein the two to four cutouts are evenly spaced on the bottom portion of the housing.

5. The cannula assembly of claim 1 , wherein the hub comprises a concave septum in relation to a top portion of the hub.

6. The cannula assembly of claim 1 , wherein a wall of the cannula has a first thickness at the distal end and a second thickness at one or more other portions of the cannula, the first thickness being different than the second thickness.

7. The cannula assembly of claim 1 , wherein the hub comprises:
a housing with a first color; and
a valve disposed in the housing, the valve having a second color different from the first color.

8. The cannula assembly of claim 1 , wherein the hub comprises a planar portion connected to the cylindrical sidewall.

9. The cannula assembly of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the undercut is configured to conform to a shape of the one or more distal ends of the corresponding one or more wings.

Assignees

• Alcon Inc

Inventors

• Chon James Y
• Gonzales Jr Jesus R
• Liao Grace Chuang
• Naef Hanspeter
• Sinha Ashish
• Vojtasek Mark

Classifications

• A61F9/00736

  Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments (A61F9/008 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2017/00477

  Coupling (A61B2017/0046 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B17/3462

  with means for changing the diameter or the orientation of the entrance port of the cannula, e.g. for use with different-sized instruments, reduction ports, adapter seals (expandable cannulas A61B17/3417) · CPC title

• A61B90/92

  coded with colour · CPC title

• A61F9/00781

  Apparatus for modifying intraocular pressure, e.g. for glaucoma treatment (drainage implants in general A61M27/002) · CPC title