Patent classifications
A61M2005/3289
Stabilization Device with Injection Position Rotation for Self-Cannulation
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a stabilization device (100) configured to engage a subcutaneous medical device, or port (40). The device can include a guide cylinder (120) that aligns with a receiving cup (46) of the port when the port is engaged with a bottom surface (116) of the stabilization device. The guide cylinder can be rotatable between a first position and a second position. The guide cylinder can further include a needle channel (122) extending therethrough. An axis of the needle channel can be offset from the central axis of the guide cylinder. As such rotating the guide cylinder between the first position and the second position can align the needle channel with a different insertion site. The needle channel can align with the receiving cup of the port in both the first position and the second position. Accessing the receiving cup through different insertion sites can mitigate the formation of scar tissue.
AMPOULE-FIXING HOLDER FOR INTRAOSSEOUS ANESTHETIC SOLUTION INJECTION DEVICE AND ANESTHETIC SOLUTION INJECTION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
Disclosed are an ampoule-fixing holder for an intraosseous anesthetic solution injection device and an anesthetic solution injection device including the same. The ampoule-fixing holder includes a cylindrical holder body including an open portion formed at the rear end thereof to allow an ampoule containing an anesthetic solution to be inserted thereinto or removed therefrom, a head configured to enable mounting of an injection needle to the front end of the holder body, a rotary body disposed between the head and the holder body to withstand rotational force and an axial load, and a fixing member configured to firmly hold the ampoule inserted into the holder body to effectively transmit rotational force to the ampoule.
APPARATUS TO INJECT FLUIDS INTO BONE MARROW AND OTHER TARGET SITES
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for providing access to bone marrow and delivering a quantity of fluid to an intraosseous space. The apparatus may include a driver having a housing and a drive shaft, and a plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism for releasably retaining a portion of a cartridge assembly having a plunger assembly. A plunger operating assembly may be disposed within a longitudinal bore of the plunger operating and cartridge drive mechanism. The plunger operating assembly may include a plunger barrel having a chamber configured to receive a portion of the plunger assembly of the cartridge assembly. The apparatus may also include a drive housing for transmitting rotational forces from the drive shaft to the cartridge assembly.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATED TO TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY
A needle delivery device (10) comprises a needle assembly (4, 5), a drive mechanism (2, 3) and a contact member (6). The drive mechanism (2, 3) includes a drive member (2) which is linearly moveable upon rotation of the drive member (2). The contact member (6) is positioned between and abutting the needle assembly (4, 5) and the drive member (2). The contact member (6) is configured to provide only linear motion to the needle assembly (4, 5) upon rotation of the drive member (2) so as to drive movement of the needle assembly (4, 5) between a distal and proximal direction relative to the needle delivery device (10).
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNDERACTUATED CONTROL OF INSERTION PATH FOR ASYMMETRIC TIP NEEDLES
A needle steering system and apparatus provides active, semi-autonomous control of needle insertion paths while still enabling a clinician ultimate control over needle insertion. The present teaching describes a method and system for controlling needle path as the needle is inserted by precisely controlling the rotation of the needle as it continuously rotates during insertion. This enables underactuated 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) control of the direction and the curvature of the needle from a single rotary actuator. Control of the rotary motion is therefore decoupled from the needle insertion. The rotary motion controls steering effort and direction, while the insertion controls needle depth or insertion speed. In one implementation, the proposed method does not require constant velocity insertion, interleaved insertion and rotation, or known insertion position or speed. The insertion may be provided by a robot or other automated method, may be a manual insertion, or may be a teleoperated insertion.
ROTATIONAL NEEDLE
An apparatus for rotating a needle comprising an inner sleeve securable to a syringe barrel, the inner sleeve having an inner sleeve passage extending therethrough, an outer sleeve rotatably supported by the inner sleeve, the outer sleeve having an outer sleeve passage extending therethrough in fluidic communication with the inner sleeve passage, the outer sleeve having a needle receptacle adapted to receive and operably couple a needle thereon, and a rotational energy-storing device, operably connected to the inner and outer sleeve so as to provide a rotational torque therebetween. A method for rotating a needle comprising rotating the outer sleeve relative to the inner sleeve so as to store rotational energy within the rotational energy-storing device extending between the inner and outer sleeves and releasing the outer sleeve such that the needle rotates relative to the syringe barrel.
Puncture device and medical fluid administration device
A puncture device includes a housing unit including an attachment surface configured to be attached to a body surface of a user; a puncture needle including an outer needle and an inner catheter located in the outer needle, the puncture needle being configured to be projected from the attachment surface to be punctured into a body of the user; a puncture mechanism configured to project the puncture needle from the attachment surface to be punctured into the body of the user, and pull back only the outer needle of the puncture needle into the housing unit with the inner catheter of the puncture needle indwelled in the body; and a puncture angle adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a puncture angle of the puncture needle, which is an angle of the puncture needle with respect to the attachment surface.
Apparatus to inject fluids into bone marrow and other target sites
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for delivering a quantity of fluid to bone marrow. The apparatus may include a drive housing, a plunger operating assembly, a retractable sleeve, a first spring, a second spring, and a release mechanism. The drive housing may include a first portion configured to engage a driver assembly and a second portion configured to engage a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly may a fluid reservoir and a plunger assembly slidably disposed in the fluid reservoir. The cartridge assembly may be engaged with a bone penetrating needle and configured to rotate to insert the bone penetrating needle into the bone marrow. The first release mechanism may release the second spring to move the plunger operating assembly when the cartridge assembly is rotated to insert the bone penetrating needle into the bone marrow and the retractable sleeve is moved to a retracted position.
DART AND DART RETAINER
The invention relates to a dart (10) comprising a body, the body defining a chamber (24) having a plunger located therein to operatively deliver a substance through a hypodermic needle (32) extending through a front end of the body, and a retainer comprising a barb body locatable on the hypodermic needle (32) characterised in that the barb body is threaded. The invention further relates to a dart retainer, wherein the retainer comprises of a threaded barb body locatable on a hypodermic needle (32) of a dart (10).
System and method for underactuated control of insertion path for asymmetric tip needles
A needle steering system and apparatus provides active, semi-autonomous control of needle insertion paths while still enabling a clinician ultimate control over needle insertion. The present teaching describes a method and system for controlling needle path as the needle is inserted by precisely controlling the rotation of the needle as it continuously rotates during insertion. This enables underactuated 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) control of the direction and the curvature of the needle from a single rotary actuator. Control of the rotary motion is therefore decoupled from the needle insertion. The rotary motion controls steering effort and direction, while the insertion controls needle depth or insertion speed. In one implementation, the proposed method does not require constant velocity insertion, interleaved insertion and rotation, or known insertion position or speed. The insertion may be provided by a robot or other automated method, may be a manual insertion, or may be a teleoperated insertion.