Removable Cover Or Protector For Body Inserted Conduit Patents (Class 604/263)
  • Patent number: 11904150
    Abstract: A safety needle device for connection to a medical connector, including threaded connections. The safety needle comprises a collar configured to interdigitate with a conventional needle hub, the collar having attachment points for a hinged cap, the hinged cap being in a two-piece configuration. In further embodiments, the safety needle device comprises a removable hard needle cover configured to cover needle cannula and a distal portion of a needle hub. The hard needle enclosure further comprises a cap configured to interdigitate with the needle cover and cover a proximal portion of the needle hub. The cap and at least a portion of the needle cover are covered by a removable sleeve which holds the cap and the needle cover together. Even further embodiments comprise a needle hub, a needle cover, an adapter and a cap, the adapter configured to attach to a conventional needle cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Amit Uday Limaye, David Poganski
  • Patent number: 11878155
    Abstract: This passive safety device comprises an inner needle shield having a proximal end configured to be sealed to a tip of an injection device, a distal portion configured to be pricked by a needle in a pre-use position and pierced by the needle in an injection position, and an energy storage portion configured to accumulate energy as the passive safety device passes from the pre-use position to the injection position and release energy as the passive safety device passes from the injection position to a safety position. The passive safety device further comprises a sleeve surrounding the proximal end, an outer needle shield having a proximal end slidably attached to the sleeve so that the outer needle shield is movable relative to the sleeve, and a lock configured to lock the outer needle shield in the safety position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventor: Jamieson Crawford
  • Patent number: 11857773
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a syringe safety cap and a safety syringe including the same. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a syringe safety cap including a base portion having a mounting portion to be mounted on a cylinder of a syringe, a link portion rotatably connected to the base portion, a first elastic portion configured to provide a rotational force so that the link portion rotates with respect to the base portion, a safety cover portion rotatably connected to the link portion, detachably fixed to the base portion, and configured to, when detached from the base portion and rotating, surround an injection needle of the syringe, and a second elastic portion configured to provide a rotational force so that the safety cover portion rotates with respect to the link portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duck Soo Lim, Jun Sik Kim, Ji Young Oh, In Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11850410
    Abstract: An automatically retracting safety needle assembly configured to receive a syringe. The assembly has distal and proximal ends, and comprises: a housing, with internal housing (IH), and a base wall. A moving sleeve (MOS): at least partially within the IH; having a flange wall; axially movable. A biasing element (BE), within the IH, biasing the MOS proximally. A syringe, receiving a plunger rod; movable axially within the IH, and coupled to the MOS. An activation fork (AF), partially disposed within the IH. AF has a guiding arm coupled with the IH and the MOS; preventing motion of the MOS during non-deployment state. An automatic retraction mechanism, retracting the syringe after injection. Deployment: advance plunger rod and the AF axially (distally), until AF guiding arm allows proximal movement of the MOS, retracting the syringe. Distal advancement of plunger rod is constant without an abrupt increase in resistive force; allowing safe disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DALI MEDICAL DEVICES LTD
    Inventors: David Daily, Lior Raday, Gad Lewkonya, Ehoud Carmel, Elyasaf Laybovitch, Dmitri Sarkorov, Nir Benarous, Guy Keenan
  • Patent number: 11850408
    Abstract: A needle shield remover for a medicament delivery device is presented that has a metal tubular body, a proximal part, a distal part, and a substantially circular cross-section, where the tubular body is arranged with a slot extending from a distal end of the body, at least half the length of the body, towards a proximal end, such that at least the distal part of the body may flex radially outwards to exert a radially inwardly directed clamping force on a needle shield accommodated by the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Anders Holmqvist, Pär Leander
  • Patent number: 11786671
    Abstract: A protective device for the needle tube of a syringe, including a housing which can be pivoted on a support base which has an open housing side in the pivot plane, so that the needle tube can be pivoted into the housing after being used for injection and wherein on the housing side, a retaining device is provided for the needle tube which has been pivoted inwards. The invention proposes that in addition to the connection of a film hinge in order to form a pivot axis, the support base and the pivotable housing are additionally connected together via a predetermined breaking point and wherein after being used for injection, the housing can be pivoted back over the destroyed predetermined breaking point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CA-DIGITAL GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Fischer, Tobias Wilke, Bernd Mohr
  • Patent number: 11752276
    Abstract: A syringe capping and uncapping device which includes a body portion and a flange portion. The body portion has a receptacle and a guard wall. The receptacle has an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a cavity configured to receive and hold a cap of a syringe. The guard wall circumferentially surrounds the outer surface of the receptacle. The flange portion extends radially outward from a top end of the body portion. A portion of the guard wall may be pivotably coupled to the flange portion so that a force applied onto the portion of the guard wall in an inward direction may cause the guard wall to pivot inwardly and compress the receptacle into forcible contact with the cap of the syringe held in the cavity to facilitate removal of the cap from the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: David E. Yaeger
  • Patent number: 11738156
    Abstract: The application relates to a needle protection assembly (1) comprising: —a supporting element (18) and a needle shield (8), —one locking element (20) located within said needle protection assembly (1) and not accessible to the user, —urging means (24) for displacing said needle shield (8), —a peg (19) located on said supporting element (18) or on said needle shield (8), and a cam (9) located on said needle shield (8) or on said supporting element (18), and —said locking element (20) is not formed by said peg (19) and cam (9). The respective longitudinal axis of the needle shield (8) and of the locking element (20) are merged when said needle shield (8) is in its before use or in use positions, and they form an angle (a) when said needle shield (8) is in its after use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Frederic Perot, Laurent Barrelle, Kevin David Neale, Bruno Baney, Paul Holloway
  • Patent number: 11717617
    Abstract: In an intradermal needle including a tubular needle that can be punctured into a living body, a packaging article, and an injection device, a pivotable protector is provided to a wide diameter part. The protector has an arm that can pivot around an axle of pivoting, and a lid. The pivoting axle part is provided to the wide diameter part, and the lid is formed to give a width smaller than a diameter of the wide diameter part. The arm keeps the lid in the open position away from the pivoting axle part and closer to an axis of the needle hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakajima, Yoichiro Iwase
  • Patent number: 11701476
    Abstract: A medical injector including a cap remover or second cap is disclosed. The medical injector includes an injector housing defining a reservoir, a plunger rod, and a stopper engaged with a portion of the plunger rod and slidably disposed within the reservoir. The stopper being sized relative to an interior of the injector housing to provide sealing engagement with a sidewall of the injector housing. The medical injector further includes a needle having a sharpened first end and a second end in communication with the reservoir, a first cap covering the sharpened first end of the needle, and a second cap covering at least a part of the first cap. The second cap is engaged with the first cap such that removal of the second cap simultaneously removes the first cap from the first end of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.
    Inventor: Emilie Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11690961
    Abstract: A needle cap and a dialysis circuit priming device with increased safety and convenience in the cleaning and priming of a blood circuit are provided. According to the present invention, a needle cap is provided including two needle connecting parts, and a flow path connecting the two needle connecting parts. A dialysis circuit priming device is also provided including two needles, two needle connecting parts each arranged with the two needles respectively, and a flow path for connecting the two needle connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: ARTISAN LAB CO., LTD., NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shibata, Hiroyuki Nakagami, Tatsuya Kudo, Naoya Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11672904
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for preventing a sharp stick hazard from a needle tip of an automatic injector device. In some embodiments, a skin contact surface of the device is attached to an injection site, for example by an adhesive. Optionally a locking mechanism holds a needle extended into an injection site. A body of the device is optionally movably attached to the skin contact surface. Pulling the body away from the injection site optionally moves the body with respect to the skin contact surface. Movement of the body with respect to the skin contact surface optionally moves interlinked parts of the locking mechanism, releasing the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: West Pharma. Services IL, Ltd.
    Inventors: Oz Cabiri, Ran Hezkiahu, Tal Hammer
  • Patent number: 11648349
    Abstract: An injection device including: a body including a syringe locator for receiving a syringe; and a firing mechanism including a rear cap, a plunger configured to be axially displaced in a forward direction relative to the rear cap and a driver system for driving the plunger forwards upon activation of the injection device, the firing mechanism configured to be directly or indirectly connected to the body such that an axial spacing of the rear cap and a barrel of the syringe is fixed during operation of the injection device, wherein, the firing mechanism and/or the body include first and second connection features allowing adjustment of a relative axial position of the firing mechanism and the syringe locator during assembly of the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Hung, Abiodun Falodi, Robert Dutton, Marco Caglio, Andreas Artelsmair
  • Patent number: 11642471
    Abstract: Drug delivery safety devices having trigger activation systems activated by pressure against the skin of a patient and which automatically shield the needle after withdrawing the needle from the skin of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Edward P. Browka, Laurie Sanders, Eli B. Nichols, Philip C McNeill, Robert Henson
  • Patent number: 11638789
    Abstract: An ejection-type safety intravenous needle includes a sheath, a hub, a cannula fixed on the hub, and a base. An accommodation cavity is formed in the base. The hub is fixed in the accommodation cavity, and the cannula is exposed outside of the accommodation cavity. The sheath encloses the cannula, and a bottom of the sheath is located in the accommodation cavity and provided with a first limiting structure. A second limiting structure cooperating with the first limiting structure is provided at a top of the accommodation cavity. An elastic element is provided in the accommodation cavity, and the elastic element abuts against a bottom end of the sheath. A top and a bottom of the base are provided with a first clamping structure and a second clamping structure, respectively. A third clamping structure cooperating with the first clamping structure and the second clamping structure is provided on the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU KANGBAO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hui Liu, Wenbin Fan
  • Patent number: 11571239
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter device includes an expandable portion with a plurality of struts operable between a closed position where the expandable portion has a first diameter, and an opened position where the expandable portion has a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter. An incising element is provided on and extends from the outward facing surface of a particular one of the struts. A medication delivery tube is associated with the particular one of the struts and the incising element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: VentureMed Group, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Pigott
  • Patent number: 11564604
    Abstract: A shieldable needle device including a drive member is disclosed. The drive member is extendable between a biased position and an extended position for moving a tip guard from an first position to a second position in which the tip guard shields a distal end of the needle cannula. The shieldable needle device includes a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides of the hub that are movable between a laterally extending position and a dorsal position. With the wings in the dorsal position, the wings retain the drive member in the biased position thereby maintaining the tip guard in the first position. Movement of the wings from the dorsal position to the laterally extending position releases retainment of the drive member. A second drive member may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11541173
    Abstract: A safety needle system includes a safety mechanism for a needle assembly, such as a Huber needle. A main body has a channel having a proximal end to encompass tubing and a distal end for positioning proximate a needle. The main body further has a first hinge mechanism and a first latching mechanism. A movable cover has needle receptacle, a second hinge mechanism connected with the first hinge mechanism of the main body, and a biasing member for pivoting movable cover about the first and second hinge mechanisms relative to the main body. The movable cover has a second latching mechanism to latch with the first latching mechanism in a closed position, in which the safety mechanism can be undocked from the needle and slid away from the needle along the tubing. The movable cover has a release mechanism to allow pivoting of the movable cover about the hinge mechanisms such that the needle receptacle of the movable cover at least partially receives the needle of the needle assembly in an open, locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NOVUM VASCULAR LLC
    Inventor: Terrell L. Friedrich
  • Patent number: 11497858
    Abstract: A needle shield remover for a medicament delivery device is presented that has a metal tubular body, a proximal part, a distal part, and a substantially circular cross-section, where the tubular body is arranged with a slot extending from a distal end of the body, at least half the length of the body, towards a proximal end, such that at least the distal part of the body may flex radially outwards to exert a radially inwardly directed clamping force on a needle shield accommodated by the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Anders Holmqvist, Pär Leander
  • Patent number: 11497857
    Abstract: A needle assembly is disclosed, for use with an injection device. The needle assembly comprises a needle hub (20) having a needle (22) and a needle shield (40) arranged for relative axial movement with respect to the needle hub, between a retracted position in which the tip of the needle projects beyond a forward end of the shield and an extended position in which the tip of the needle does not project beyond the forward end of the shield. The needle shield (40) is axially biased towards the extended position. The needle shield (40) is further arranged to be torsionally biased for relative rotational movement with respect to the needle hub (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventors: Toby Cowe, Oliver Anderson
  • Patent number: 11484664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Huber needle assembly that may include an upper body connected to a lower body, the assembly being structured to retain a needle for insertion/extraction of the needle into/from an insertion site. The upper body can statically retain the needle while the lower body may slidably receive the needle. The lower body can further include a catch that engages a tip of the needle and/or misaligns the tip of the needle with a needle aperture of the lower body to place the assembly in a safety-lock position, preventing rebound, needle-stick injury, and/or any type of exposure of the needle tip to an environment outside of the lower body. The assembly can further bias the needle in a direction so as to prevent re-emergence of the needle tip after being withdrawn into the lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Shimer, Matthew Gunn, Raymond Bizup
  • Patent number: 11471611
    Abstract: A safety cover configured to be coupled to an injection device and to provide a protective enclosure for a needle of the injection device, the safety cover including an outer cover member; an inner cover member coupled to the outer cover member in a concentric arrangement so that the outer cover member encloses at least a portion of the inner cover member, wherein the outer cover member is configured to move relative to the inner cover member from an unlocked position, in which the needle of the injection device is accessible for use, to a locked position, in which the outer cover member and the inner cover member are fixed at one another and the needle of the injection device is inaccessible, wherein the outer cover member includes a body that includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a cavity defined within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Wilke, Bernd Mohr
  • Patent number: 11446449
    Abstract: In one aspect, a safety pen needle assembly is provided herein which includes a hub with a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a distal end, formed for insertion into a patient, and a proximal end. The assembly further includes a shield and a biasing member disposed between the hub and the shield configured to urge the shield distally. A protrusion extends from at least one of the hub and the shield with a channel being formed in at least the other of the hub and the shield. The channel is formed to accommodate the protrusion. The shield is movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the shield is spaced from the distal end of the needle such that the distal end of the needle is exposed. In the second position, the shield covers the distal end of the needle. The channel guides the protrusion as the shield moves from the first position to the second position. With this arrangement, a shield may be directed to move in a desired path with stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventors: Tieming Ruan, Robert Banik, Eliot Zaiken, Michael Vincent Quinn, Gary Searle
  • Patent number: 11439770
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an injection device. The injection device comprises a body for holding a syringe having a needle extending from one end thereof and a cap that is removably attached to the body. The cap has a needle shield to cover said needle. The injection device further comprises a biasing member and a lock. The biasing member is configured to urge at least a part of the cap away from the body. The lock is moveable between a locked state, wherein the lock holds the cap and body together, and an unlocked state, wherein the cap and body are able to move apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Wendland, Michael Harms, Uwe Dasbach, Jan Torben Eickriede
  • Patent number: 11439769
    Abstract: A needle assembly for mounting on an injection device which comprises a body configured to be attached to an injection device in use; a double ended needle and a needle shield coupled to the body. The needle shield is arranged for axial movement with respect to the body. The needle assembly has an injection configuration, in which the shield is positioned such that the forward tip of the needle projects beyond a forward end of the shield. The needle assembly also has a shroud configuration, in which the shield is positioned such that the forward end of the shield extends beyond the forward tip of the needle. The needle assembly further comprises a needle support fixed relative to the body when the needle assembly is in the injection configuration. Movement of the shield from the injection configuration to the shroud configuration axially displaces the needle support relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventor: Jack Calvert
  • Patent number: 11426532
    Abstract: A needle guard for protecting a human or animal from accidental contact with a needle connected to said needle guard is disclosed. The needle guard comprises a mounting base for the needle, a hinge structure connecting the mounting base to a needle shield, and a needle shield hinge adjacent to the hinge structure and needle shield. The hinge structure is adapted to pivot the needle shield relative to the mounting base from an open position in which the needle shield is separated from the needle, to a closed position in which the needle shield encloses the needle. The needle shield hinge is adapted to pivot the needle shield relative to the hinge structure. A method of manufacturing the needle guard is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Greiner Bio-One GmbH
    Inventor: Anders Nordqvist
  • Patent number: 11406795
    Abstract: A delivery device for delivering an instrument into a catheter assembly may include a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a slot. The delivery device may include a guide feature, which may be disposed within the housing. The guide feature may extend through the slot. The delivery device may include an instrument disposed within the housing and extending through the guide feature. In response to movement of the guide feature along the slot in the distal direction a first distance, a first end of the instrument may be advanced in the distal direction a second distance, which may be greater than the first distance. A second end of the instrument may be stationary with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Joseph Spataro
  • Patent number: 11383046
    Abstract: An after-use safety system for a syringe, including a barrel which defines a central axis along which it can move in translation and which includes a radial opening forming a guidance path for a pin, an immobiliser, which is arranged inside the barrel and which includes the pin interacting with the barrel, and a return spring configured to elastically load the barrel forwards with respect to the immobiliser, the immobiliser including a radial stopping means for immobilising the barrel along one axis radial to the central axis when the barrel is forced towards the rear after use of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BIOCORP PRODUCTION
    Inventor: Daniel Aneas
  • Patent number: 11369749
    Abstract: A safety catheter includes a catheter hub, a needle cannula having a tip, and a tip protector. The tip protector includes an outer member and an inner member therein. The outer member has a projection releasably engaging the catheter hub. The inner member has a pair of arms extending to free ends from a base. The inner member is axially shiftable relative to the outer member between a first position wherein the needle tip is distal of the tip protector and the free ends of the arms are spread apart such that the distal tip is not shielded, and a second position wherein the tip is within the inner and outer members and the free ends of the arms are brought into close proximity such that the distal tip is shielded. The inner member is entirely received within the outer member in both the fort and the second positions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas T Koehler, Kathryn L Felicito, Harsh Chheda, Oscar R Abriles
  • Patent number: 11318286
    Abstract: Methods and devices to facilitate positioning of a catheter into a vessel. Devices include axially concentric assemblies of a piercing cannula, a shield and tubing such as a catheter where the shield can be passively or actively locked into position over the cannula tip to prevent inadvertent needle sticks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: I-V Access Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Sutton, Jacob Hentzler, James Hale, Vincent Leskowich
  • Patent number: 11305127
    Abstract: A method includes locating the triangle of Koch region in the right atrium of a patient's heart; securing at least one electrode of an implantable lead or device to cardiac tissue from the triangle of Koch region to deliver ventricle-from-atrium (VfA) cardiac therapy; and testing the location or depth of the at least one electrode to configure VfA cardiac therapy. Locating the target implant region in the triangle of Koch region may include detecting an atrial slow pathway potential (ASP) or atrial pacing output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth N. Klepfer, Zhongping Yang, Andrea J. Asleson, Nathan A. Grenz, Kaileigh E. Rock
  • Patent number: 11083841
    Abstract: Needle protector assemblies including needle assemblies and needle protectors for housing used blood collection needles are disclosed. The needle protectors are single-piece protectors that include an open distal end for receiving a needle hub (with a needle mounted thereon). A retaining member locks the needle hub when the needle hub is substantially retracted. A stop engages the needle hub in a fully retracted position such that a needle post is completely contained within an interior chamber of the needle protectors. A viewing slot in the needle protectors is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Mathias, Daniel Lynn, Rich West, Tat Mui, Mark Jones
  • Patent number: 11020569
    Abstract: A needle puncture device comprises: a needle base; a needle; a first structural member disposed outside of the needle base, slidably engaged with the needle base in an extending direction of the needle, and provided with a first restriction mechanism configured to restrict the first structural member from separating from the needle base along the extending direction of the needle; and a second structural member disposed outside of the first structural member, slidably engaged with the first structural member along the extending direction of the needle, and provided with a second restriction mechanism configured to restrict the second structural member from separating from the first structural member along the extending direction of the needle. The present invention has the advantages of both operational convenience for an operator and skin comfort for a patient, and the structural members above the needle base can quickly cover the needle after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Gemtier Medical (Shanghai) Inc.
    Inventor: Yaling Mao
  • Patent number: 11013862
    Abstract: A cartridge retainer comprises a sleeve having a distal end a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end. One or more tabs extend radially from the sleeve toward the longitudinal axis and are configured to radially deflect away from the longitudinal axis. One or more deformable members extend axially from the distal end of the sleeve toward the one or more tabs and are configured to deform in a longitudinal direction toward the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Newton, Steven Andreas Anderson
  • Patent number: 10973986
    Abstract: A protection device for a syringe needle, having an elastomeric cap. The cap defining a housing receiving the distal portion of the body of a needle syringe. An end wall of the cap perforatable over a fraction of its thickness by the free end of the needle. The housing having a first segment of frustoconical or cylindrical shape; a cylindrical second segment for housing the distal portion of the syringe body that carries the needle, and a third segment that tapers from the second segment towards the end wall of the housing, the lateral wall provided with an annular bead arranged in the housing, at least one slot extending in a longitudinal direction across the annular bead. The second segment includes at least one axial groove that extends longitudinally over a fraction of the height of the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: APTAR STELMI SAS
    Inventors: Ghislain Fournier, Mickael Swal
  • Patent number: 10919230
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including an additively manufactured node. The apparatus includes an additively manufactured interconnect co-printed with the node. The interconnect is configured to connect the node to a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Robert Czinger, Broc William TenHouten, John Russell Bucknell, Eahab Nagi El Naga, Antonio Bernerd Martinez
  • Patent number: 10918807
    Abstract: A medicament delivery system is disclosed including disposable pen needles (10, 60, 120) each having a stainless steel needle or cannula (12, 62, 122) with a concealed or a very short non-injection end (28, 78, 128) that is not intended to pierce the septum (8) of the drug storage compartment (6) of a medication pen (2), thus reducing the risk of needle stick injuries. Several types of non-metallic interfaces (30, 80, 100) serve as intermediaries between the pen needles (10, 60, 120) and a medication pen (2) and perform the septum-piercing function. These improve the flow of medicament to the needle or cannula (12, 62, 122) due to the larger lumen of the plastic interface (30, 80, 100) that directly feeds medicament to the needle or cannula (12, 62, 122), allowing for even smaller gauge needles for improved patient comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Keith Knapp, Sudarsan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10864320
    Abstract: A safety needle system includes a safety mechanism for a needle assembly, such as a Huber needle. A main body has a channel having a proximal end to encompass tubing and a distal end for positioning proximate a needle. The main body further has a first hinge mechanism and a first latching mechanism. A movable cover has needle receptacle, a second hinge mechanism connected with the first hinge mechanism of the main body, and a biasing member for pivoting movable cover about the first and second hinge mechanisms relative to the main body. The movable cover has a second latching mechanism to latch with the first latching mechanism in a closed position, in which the safety mechanism can be undocked from the needle and slid away from the needle along the tubing. The movable cover has a release mechanism to allow pivoting of the movable cover about the hinge mechanisms such that the needle receptacle of the movable cover at least partially receives the needle of the needle assembly in an open, locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NOVUM VASCULAR LLC
    Inventor: Terrell L. Friedrich
  • Patent number: 10814072
    Abstract: A rigid needle guard (10) comprising an inner part (11) made of elastomeric material, and a rigid outer body (12) that is fastened to said inner part (11) made of elastomeric material via a folded-in portion (121) of the bottom axial end of said rigid outer body (12), said folded-in portion (121) extending radially inwards from the outer peripheral surface (125) of said rigid outer body (12), the outer surface of said folded-in portion (121) forming, at its axially-bottom and radially-outer edge, a sharp and acute angle relative to the outer peripheral surface (125) of said rigid outer body (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: APTAR STELMI SAS
    Inventors: Ghislain Fournier, Mickaël Swal
  • Patent number: 10758681
    Abstract: A safety needle and hub module for selective connection with a medical device that includes a base and a head. The module includes a needle shield for selectively covering a distal end of a needle. A needle hub is movably received within a proximal opening of the needle shield, and extends through a passageway of the needle shield. An actuation button is movably received in opposing lateral apertures of the needle shield to engage the needle shield, the needle hub and the medical device. In a first position an upper leg of the actuation button is received in a recess of the needle hub, and a lower leg of the actuation button is received in an undercut between the base and head of the medical device. In a second position, after the actuation button is actuated, the module is removable from the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Charles Hwang, Ralph Sonderegger
  • Patent number: 10709532
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a high-volume evacuation tip perforated with round shape apertures covered by vent shells with upgraded capability of capturing escaping saliva and surgical debris during dental operation, as well as its total mass flow capability with soft silicone rubber nozzle. The high-volume suction tip for dental procedures has a cylinder or tubular-shaped, having two open ends. Forward-facing end has a soft silicone rubber nozzle is round in shape reducing patient pain and discomfort due to contact of hard plastic suction with soft tissue of patient with several vertical milling cutters to improve maximum effectiveness of fluid absorption, preventing clogging a surgical aspirator and prevent traumatic absorption of the patient tongue. Posterior end has vertical cutting shape. The suction tip has increase impact force compare to similar suction tips without the plurality of apertures or with few of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Igor Roshkovan
  • Patent number: 10709836
    Abstract: A needle assembly includes a needle and a needle shield device. The needle shield device includes an inner shield connectable to at least one a base and a fluid connector connectable to the base, and an outer shield fixedly connected to the opposing end the needle and displaceable relative to the inner shield between a first position, in which the sharpened end of the needle is exposed outside the inner shield, and a second position, in which the sharpened end of the needle is shielded by the inner shield. Interaction between portions of the inner and outer shields during or after proximal displacement of the outer shield from the first position to the second position automatically releases or permits release of the inner shield from connection to the at least one of the base and the fluid connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Ralph Sonderegger, Victor Politis, Stephen Richards, Gary Searle, Eric Bené
  • Patent number: 10661058
    Abstract: Safety intravenous catheters (IVCs) are disclosed herein having a catheter hub with a catheter tube, a needle with a needle hub, and a needle guard. The needle guard is configured to be positioned at least partially within an interior space of the catheter hub and is retained thereto by mechanical engagement between the two. Following removal of the needle from the catheter hub, the needle guard is configured to disengage from the catheter hub and attach over a tip of the needle to shield the needle tip from inadvertent needlesticks. The needle guard having an angled end section configured with a length and a width to retain the needle tip within a tip holding space behind the angled end section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventor: Kevin Woehr
  • Patent number: 10661026
    Abstract: A safety needle device is disclosed having a housing configured to couple to a syringe, the housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a housing body. A needle hub is disposed on the proximal end of the housing and a needle cannula is attached to the needle hub. The device having a retractable sheath configured to move between an initial position, a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the housing, wherein the initial position partially exposes a distal tip of the needle cannula, the retracted position fully exposes the needle cannula, and the extended position fully covers the distal tip of the needle cannula. The safety needle device may include an activation latch, a lockout latch, a tether and a spring element to bias the retractable sheath to an extended state to cover the distal end of the needle cannula upon completion of an injection. The safety needle device may include a slider element disposed above an activation latch. A method of drug delivery is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Peter Smith, Laurie Sanders, Edward P. Browka, Paul Marici, Eli B. Nichols
  • Patent number: 10639431
    Abstract: Needle shielding systems are disclosed. The needle shielding system comprises a needle, a cover sleeve, and a needle shield. The needle has a needle tip and a needle bulge spaced apart from the needle tip. The cover sleeve is slidably mounted over the needle and comprises an end portion having an internal diameter smaller than the width of the needle bulge, and a cover sleeve shaft extending from the end portion towards the needle tip and having an internal diameter larger than the width of the needle bulge. The needle shield comprises a base plate slidably mounted over the needle adjacent to the end portion, and at least one resilient arm extending from the base plate towards the needle tip. In use the needle shield and cover sleeve move along the needle until the end portion contacts the needle bulge and the cover sleeve shaft and the arm cover the needle tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Vigmed AB
    Inventor: Per Knutsson
  • Patent number: 10603447
    Abstract: In a safety apparatus for medical needles, when leg portions are extended from a first folded position to a second extended position, a distal end of a needle is introduced into a space of a shield member connection hub, and a first blocking wall and a second blocking wall overlap so as to block the cross section of the space to form a double blocking wall and blocks the cross section of the space. The double blocking wall is capable of preventing the distal end of the needle from moving downward from the double blocking wall and preventing the distal end of the needle from being exposed to the outside of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASUMI LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Yusuke Tamai
  • Patent number: 10569029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety device (100) for preventing needlestick injury with a needle (20), comprising: a protective cap (130) and a shield (120) capable of pivoting from a storage position where it is interlocked with the protective cap (130), a retracted position where it gives access to the needle (20) and a safety position where it covers the needle (20), wherein a cam surface (127) of the shield and an engaging peg (137) of the protective cap are arranged so that, when the safety device (100) is mounted around the tip (14) of a medical device (10), removing the protective cap (130) from the tip (14) by a distal movement displaces the shield (120) from the storage position to the retracted position. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a medical device (10) comprising a tip (14) provided with a needle (20) comprising a needle point (22), wherein the medical device (10) further comprises a safety device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventor: Franck Carrel
  • Patent number: 10524710
    Abstract: A shieldable needle device including a drive member is disclosed. The drive member is extendable between a biased position and an extended position for moving a tip guard from an first position to a second position in which the tip guard shields a distal end of the needle cannula. The shieldable needle device includes a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides of the hub that are movable between a laterally extending position and a dorsal position. With the wings in the dorsal position, the wings retain the drive member in the biased position thereby maintaining the tip guard in the first position. Movement of the wings from the dorsal position to the laterally extending position releases retainment of the drive member. A second drive member may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 10335552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piercing means protective device for a syringe having a syringe body and a piercing means arranged at the distal end of the syringe body, comprising a dimensionally stable sleeve element, which extends along an axial direction and at least partially encloses an inner element extending along an axial direction, wherein the inner element consists of a resilient material and at least partially encloses the piercing means. The piercing means protective device is characterized in that a connection element connected to the sleeve element has at least one projection extending in an axial direction, which projection is received at least in portions in a recess of the inner element, so that a connection with a force fit and/or an interlocking fit exists between the sleeve element and the inner element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Gerresheimer Regensburg GMBH
    Inventor: Jörg Grosser
  • Patent number: 10307572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a needle safety device for a medical device, the needle safety device comprising: a base portion having a bore extending along a longitudinal center axis therethrough for receiving a needle; and two opposing jaws extending from the base portion generally in the axial direction and each having a head portion in the region of its free end, wherein the needle safety device includes a locking projection for securing the needle safety device to the medical device. The needle safety device according to the invention further provides at least one elastic element mounted to the jaws in a non-surrounding manner lateral to the center axis in a region between the base portion and the head portions, wherein at least one elastic element and the jaws are configured such that the jaws can be spread apart against a restoring force of at least one elastic element in order to allow the needle received in the bore to extend all the way through the needle safety device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: POLY MEDICURE LIMITED
    Inventor: Rishi Baid