Syringe with hanging tag

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9962491-B2
Application number	US-201214430515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2012
Priority date	Dec 17, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

An indicating member for attachment to a syringe includes: a tag for indicating at least one administration condition of a liquid medicament, the tag including a through hole, an engaging section extending from the tag and configured to be attached to an engaging hole of a syringe, and a hanger that is provided with the tag via the through hole, and is configured to extend around and thereby hang from at least one of (i) a syringe barrel of the syringe, (ii) a nozzle of the syringe, (iii) a liquid medicament delivery tube attached to the syringe, and (iv) a syringe barrel nozzle connection section attached to the syringe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
a syringe comprising:
a syringe barrel comprising a nozzle at a leading end thereof and a flange on a rim of a rear end side thereof, the nozzle having an outflow hole,
a pusher comprising a gasket at a head end thereof and a pressing portion at a base end thereof, wherein the pusher is located in the syringe barrel such that the gasket is slidable in the syringe barrel,
a liquid medicament chamber configured to accommodate a liquid medicament, the liquid medicament chamber being in the syringe barrel and extending between the gasket and the outflow hole of the nozzle, and

wherein the nozzle of the syringe is connectable to a syringe barrel nozzle connecting section of a liquid medicament delivery tube,
wherein the syringe further comprises an engaging hole located on the flange or the pusher,
wherein the assembly further comprises an indicating member that includes:
a tag for indicating at least one administration condition of the liquid medicament,
an engaging section extending from the tag and attached to the syringe via the engaging hole on the flange or the pusher, and
a hanger that is provided with the tag and configured to extend around and thereby hang from at least one of: (i) the syringe barrel, (ii) the nozzle, (iii) the liquid medicament delivery tube, and (iv) the syringe barrel nozzle connecting section,
wherein the engaging section and the hanger are configured such that, when the syringe is inserted into a syringe pump, and the indicating member is attached to the syringe, a longitudinal direction of the tag is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the syringe,
wherein the syringe barrel includes a graduation configured to indicate a volume of liquid medicament in the liquid medicament chamber, and
wherein the engaging section and the hanger are configured such that, when the indicating member is attached to the syringe, the tag does not obstruct the graduation.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the syringe is configured to be inserted into a syringe pump.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tag includes a through hole, and the hanger is attached to the tab via the through hole.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the engaging section comprises a tooth configured to latch upon insertion of the engaging section into the engaging hole such as to inhibit removal of the engaging section from the engaging hole after insertion.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tag and the engaging section are integrally constructed.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tag includes:
a column or a space for recording one or more of the following administration conditions: patient's name, patient's identification number, patient's sex, patient's age, patient's weight, date, time, medicament's name, medicament's dose, medicament's concentration, medicament's administration rate, points of concern, the integrated amount of administration, poisonous and deleterious pharmacopoeia, regulatory matters, a disease name, on record, or
a space for sticking a seal written or printed with one or more of said administration conditions.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the hanger has an annular shape.

Assignees

• Terumo Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Eiji
• Kawamoto Eiji

Classifications

• A61M2205/6063

  Optical identification systems · CPC title

• A61M2205/6009

  for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security · CPC title

• A61M5/3135 Primary

  characterised by constructional features of the proximal end · CPC title

• A61M5/1456

  with a replaceable reservoir comprising a piston rod to be moved into the reservoir, e.g. the piston rod is part of the removable reservoir · CPC title

• A61M5/2053 Primary

  Media being expelled from injector by pressurised fluid or vacuum (for infusion A61M5/145, A61M5/155) · CPC title