A61M5/31581

Interchangeable tools for surgical instruments

A surgical tool for use with a surgical instrument including a handle assembly and an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and a drive system is disclosed. The surgical tool comprises a carrier removably couplable to the elongated body, an anvil movably supported for selective movement relative to the carrier in response to drive motions from the drive system, a tissue thickness measuring member movably supported in the carrier and configured to move toward and away from an underside of the anvil in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a sensor arrangement supported between the tissue thickness measuring member and the carrier. The sensor arrangement is configured to interface with an indicator member to provide an indication of a thickness of tissue clamped between the anvil and the tissue thickness measuring member at a location that is proximal to the anvil when in use.

Sensor Arrangement for an Injection Device
20200222636 · 2020-07-16 ·

The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.

Assisted Injection Device for Injecting a Composition Contained in a Medical Container
20200188594 · 2020-06-18 ·

The present disclosure relates to an assisted injection device for injecting a composition contained in a medical container. The injection device includes a body configured to receive the medical container in a fixed position relative to the body. The injection device includes a spring-loaded piston rod translationally movable inside the body along a spring axis. The injection device includes a lever pivotably mounted on the body about a first pivot axis orthogonal to the spring axis at a first distance form the spring axis. The injection device includes a selective blocking system coupled to the lever by a second pivot axis orthogonal to the spring axis. The lever is pivotable between a rest position. The selective blocking system engages the piston rod to prevent any translation movement of the piston rod and a second position wherein the selective blocking system releases the piston rod.

ANTI-ROTATION MECHANISM FOR TELESCOPIC SCREW ASSEMBLY

An injection assembly includes a housing with a barrel positioned within the housing. The barrel includes an axis extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof and a chamber for storing medicine. An elongate anti-rotation shaft is rotationally fixed to the housing and has a non-circular cross-section. The injection assembly includes an inner screw having an inner screw opening to complementarily receive the anti-rotation shaft to prevent rotation of the inner screw with respect to the anti-rotation shaft but allow respective linear translation along the axis. An outer screw is positioned within, and rotatable with respect to, the housing and has an outer screw opening to threadably receive the inner screw, wherein rotation of the outer screw translates the inner screw along the axis and along the anti-rotation shaft. A plunger is coupled to the distal end of the inner screw and is moveable with respect to the chamber to push the medicine out of the chamber when the outer screw is rotated.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICRODOSE INJECTION
20200147322 · 2020-05-14 · ·

In one embodiment, a system for injecting includes a syringe body having proximal and distal ends, a syringe interior, and a syringe flange at the proximal end thereof. The system also includes an injectable fluid disposed in the syringe interior. The system further includes a stopper member disposed in the syringe interior. Moreover, the system includes a plunger member coupled to the stopper member. In addition, the system includes a finger flange removably coupled to the syringe flange, the finger flange including a proximally directed screw. The system also includes a rotatable member disposed on the proximally directed screw, the rotatable member defining a rotatable member opening through which the plunger member is disposed and having an elastic latch disposed adjacent the rotatable member opening.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE SITE INJECTION

A system for injecting includes a syringe body having proximal and distal ends, a syringe interior, and a syringe flange at the proximal end thereof. The system also includes an injectable fluid disposed in the syringe interior. The system further includes a finger flange coupled to the syringe flange. Moreover, the system includes a stopper member disposed in the syringe interior. In addition, the system includes a plunger ratchet member coupled to the stopper member. The system also includes a plunger tube disposed coaxially around at least a portion of the plunger ratchet member and operatively coupled thereto.

Syringe

A syringe having a dispensing element (20) and having a mounting element (2), wherein the dispensing element (20) has a dispensing sleeve (21) and a leaf spring system (3), wherein the mounting element (2) has a syringe body (17), and an injection needle (16) is formed on one end on the syringe body (17) and a detent-engagement flange (19) is formed on the other end, wherein, in the syringe body (17), there is arranged a movable stopper (18), wherein the leaf spring system (3) comprises a piston (6) and a spiral spring (5) arranged around the piston (6), wherein the piston (6) can be slid into the dispensing sleeve (21), and the spiral spring (6) is arranged between a leaf spring base (22) and a spiral spring abutment, wherein the piston (6) abuts against the stopper (18), wherein the dispensing sleeve (21) has a guide duct and the dispensing sleeve (21) comprises a first locking means (7) and a second locking means (9), wherein the detent-engagement flange (19) is movable in the guide duct and is fixable and releasable at the first locking means (7) or the second locking means (9).

ACTUATOR AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZED INJECTION AND ASPIRATION
20200129695 · 2020-04-30 · ·

An actuator for synchronized injection and aspiration, comprising: a first rod, having a length equal to an inner length between a head of a first plunger of a first standard-size syringe and a seal of the first plunger, and having a width smaller than a gap created between the first plunger and a barrel of the first standard-size syringe; a second rod, having a length equal to an inner length between a head of a second plunger of a second standard-size syringe and a seal of the second plunger, and having a width smaller than a gap created between the second plunger and a barrel of the second standard-size syringe; a flexible connector mechanically attached to a distal end of the first rod at a first end and to a distal end of the second rod at a second end.

Syringe assemblies

An embryo transfer syringe has a roller coupled with the rear end of its plunger. The roller is displaceable along an elongate housing extending from the rear of the barrel of the syringe. The roller can be manually engaged through a slot along the housing to rotate it and roll it along the housing thereby smoothly and controllably displacing the plunger.

INJECTION DEVICE FILL VOLUME MANAGEMENT

An apparatus for a firing mechanism for use in an injection device and including: a rear cap having an elongate member extending axially forwards when installed within the injection device; a plunger releasably connected, directly or indirectly, to the elongate member and, upon release of the connection to the elongate member, axially displaceable in a forward direction; and a plunger driver to drive the plunger axially forwards upon release of the connection to the elongate member, wherein the plunger and the rear cap define an axial length of the assembly, which in turn determines a start position of a forward end of the plunger before release of the connection to the elongate member, and wherein, during construction of the assembly, the plunger is releasably connectable, directly or indirectly, to the elongate member at one of a plurality of positions for controlling the axial length of the assembly.