US5242402A
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Safety syringe with retractible self-biased needle adapted for intravenous injection
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-02-11
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Granted: 1993-09-07
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Expires: 2013-02-11
Abstract
Abstract A safety syringe includes: an annular groove annularly recessed in a front surface of a plunger slidably held in the syringe to be engageable with a needle head portion formed on a rear portion of a hollow needle eccentrically mounted in a front portion of the syringe, with the annular groove having a longitudinal section formed as a biasing socket engageable with the needle head portion for biasing the needle obliquely within the syringe when retracting the plunger and the needle into the syringe, thereby preventing an outward protruding of the retracted needle for safety and hygienic purpose.
Inventors
- 👤 Long-Hsiung Chen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 14:29
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M5/00; A61M5/178; A61M5/31; A61M5/32; A61M5/3205; A61M5/321; A61M5/322; A61M5/3221; A61M2005/3223; A61M2005/3224; A61M2005/3231; A61M5/34; A61M2005/342; A61M5/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
326 words
A safety syringe comprising: a syringe means having a sleeve portion eccentrically formed in a front portion of a syringe cylinder of said syringe means, and a front plug embedded in the front portion of said syringe cylinder, with said syringe cylinder defining a syringe axis in a longitudinal center line of said syringe cylinder; a hollow needle device having a needle portion formed in a front portion of said needle device normally inserted in a tunnel eccentrically formed in said front plug of said syringe means defining a needle axis in a longitudinal center of said needle device with the needle axis being parallel to said syringe axis and being longitudinally aligned with a center line of the tunnel and of said sleeve portion of said syringe means and protruding outwardly through said sleeve portion of said cylinder for injection use, and a needle head portion elliptically shaped formed on a rear portion of said needle device; and a plunger means having a plunger reciprocatively held in the syringe cylinder for boosting a liquid medicine in the syringe means to be injected into a patient through the hollow needle device, and an annular groove annularly recessed in a front surface of said plunger having a longitudinal section of said annular groove formed as an elliptically shaped biasing socket to be engageable with said needle head portion elliptically shaped of said needle device for operatively biasing said needle device in an acute angle deviated from the tunnel, whereby upon a frontward pushing of said plunger for boosting the liquid medicine in the cylinder for injection use, the needle head portion will be engaged with the biasing socket of said annular groove of the plunger; and upon a retraction of the plunger, the needle device will be retracted into the syringe cylinder and obliquely biased by said biasing socket of said plunger for preventing an outward protruding of the retracted needle device for safety and hygienic purpose.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
326 words
A safety syringe comprising: a syringe means having a sleeve portion eccentrically formed in a front portion of a syringe cylinder of said syringe means, and a front plug embedded in the front portion of said syringe cylinder, with said syringe cylinder defining a syringe axis in a longitudinal center line of said syringe cylinder; a hollow needle device having a needle portion formed in a front portion of said needle device normally inserted in a tunnel eccentrically formed in said front plug of said syringe means defining a needle axis in a longitudinal center of said needle device with the needle axis being parallel to said syringe axis and being longitudinally aligned with a center line of the tunnel and of said sleeve portion of said syringe means and protruding outwardly through said sleeve portion of said cylinder for injection use, and a needle head portion elliptically shaped formed on a rear portion of said needle device; and a plunger means having a plunger reciprocatively held in the syringe cylinder for boosting a liquid medicine in the syringe means to be injected into a patient through the hollow needle device, and an annular groove annularly recessed in a front surface of said plunger having a longitudinal section of said annular groove formed as an elliptically shaped biasing socket to be engageable with said needle head portion elliptically shaped of said needle device for operatively biasing said needle device in an acute angle deviated from the tunnel, whereby upon a frontward pushing of said plunger for boosting the liquid medicine in the cylinder for injection use, the needle head portion will be engaged with the biasing socket of said annular groove of the plunger; and upon a retraction of the plunger, the needle device will be retracted into the syringe cylinder and obliquely biased by said biasing socket of said plunger for preventing an outward protruding of the retracted needle device for safety and hygienic purpose.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
129 words
A safety syringe according to claim 1, wherein said front plug in said syringe cylinder includes a liquid-repelling extension concentrically formed in a rear surface of the front plug inserted in the front portion of the syringe cylinder having a flat surface portion recessed in the liquid-repelling extension and coplanar to the rear surface of the front plug for receiving the needle head portion of the needle device within the flat surface portion, with the liquid-repelling extension having a longitudinal section of arcuate shape and engageable with the annular groove recessed in the plunger for operatively squeezing the liquid medicine outwardly as filled into the annular groove when pumping the plunger towards the front plug for finishing the injecton operation for saving any medicine filled in the annular groove.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1996-09-06 | 1997-03-08 | 1997-09-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2000-09-06 | 2001-03-08 | 2001-09-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2004-09-06 | 2005-03-08 | 2005-09-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |