The present invention provides a needle assembly (1) for a drug delivery device, comprising a needle hub (25) in which a needle (15) is fixedly mounted, the needle (15) extending along a reference axis and comprising a needle body with a lumen and a distal needle end portion adapted for insertion through a skin layer, a needle shield (12) axially displaceable relative to the needle hub (25) between an extended position in which the distal needle end portion is covered and a retracted position in which the distal needle end portion is exposed, the nee-dle shield (12) being biased towards the extended position, and an elastomeric plug member (10) fitted tightly around a portion of the needle (15), the plug member (10) comprising a self-sealing front section (10.4) and being axially displaceable along the needle body be-tween a proximal plug position in which the distal needle end portion is exposed and a distal plug position in which the distal needle end portion is covered and the lumen is sealed by the self-sealing front section (10.4), wherein the needle shield (12) and the plug member (10) comprise mutually interactable engagement members (12.1, 12.4, 10.5) configured to ensure displacement of the plug member (10) from the proximal plug position to the distal plug position in response to a displacement of the needle shield (12) from the retracted posi-tion to the extended position.

A multiple pen needle or syringe needle storage and dispensing system where a plurality of needle devices such as pen needles including a cover can be disposed on strip, where the strip serves a seal for multiple needle devices. Each needle device can be peeled off the strip unsealed for immediate use for example in an injections device, or separated from the strip sealed for later use.

An intraosseous needle includes a cylindrical shaft. The cylindrical shaft includes a first portion comprising a plurality of threads protruding from the cylindrical shaft. The cylindrical shaft includes a second portion comprising a plurality of fenestrations, disposed between the first portion and a distal end of the cylindrical shaft, wherein the cylindrical shaft is continuous and smooth within the second portion, and where the continuous, smooth second portion is longer than the first portion. The intraosseous needle also includes a needle head extending from a proximal end of the cylindrical shaft.

Provided is a microsyringe unit capable of improving the accuracy of the injection position of liquid in a brain. The microsyringe unit of the present invention is composed of a microsyringe (100) and a needle guide (200). The microsyringe (100) includes a cylindrical needle (110), a plunger (120) that is passed through the needle (110), and a needle base portion (130) that supports the needle (110). The needle base portion (130) abuts on a guide base portion (230) of the needle guide (200), thereby causing a part of the needle (110) to protrude from the tip of the needle guide (200) in a reference state in which forward movement of the needle (110) passed through the needle guide (200) is stopped.

Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses and methods for using a tip member to deposit or collect a supply of material from within a body. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a tip body defining an annular chamber. A tip receptacle is configured to be joinable with a lumen and to receive a fluid flow therethrough and to convey the fluid flow into the annular chamber. A material distribution element is fluidly coupled with the annular chamber, wherein when the fluid flow is introduced into the annular chamber. The material distribution element diffusively passes the fluid flow out of multiple egress points in at least one of a distal end and a lateral surface of the tip body.

A sealed and cryoresistant device for injecting a solution, the device being designed to be associated with a needle for subsequent injection of the solution and including an injection body, a plug and a plunger head. The injection body includes a first, proximal end closed in a sealed manner by the plunger head and a second, distal end closed in a sealed manner by the plug. The plug is held on the injection body by a fastening and includes a breakable portion allowing a needle to be mounted, the plug being a divisible plug, the separation of a divisible portion releasing an element for fastening an injector including a needle. The materials forming the device are cryoresistant.

A delivery system for delivering a drug depot to a site within a patient, the system comprising: a cannula; a delivery stylet configured and dimensioned to be receivable by and slidable forwardly and backwardly within the cannula including to a position wherein a distal portion of the stylet protrudes beyond the distal end of the cannula; a drug depot retainable by the stylet at the distal end of the stylet, the drug depot being visualizable by a diagnostic imaging beam or modality; and an actuator for ejecting the drug depot from the stylet to a site within the body using fluid pressure. Also disclosed are methods using, and uses of, the delivery system, including for treating scoliosis.

A syringe assembly includes a barrel having a barrel tip portion, a puncture needle projecting from the barrel tip portion, and a cap that is detachably mountable to the barrel so as to seal a distal end of a needle hole. The cap has a receiving hole that receives the puncture needle, a bottom wall portion into which the puncture needle is inserted, and a stopper portion that defines an insertion length of the puncture needle relative to the bottom wall portion. In a state in which the cap is mounted to the barrel, the length from the most proximal position of a contact region between the cap and the puncture needle to the most proximal position of an edge surface is 1 to 3 mm.

An intraosseous needle assembly includes a needle having a first cylindrical shaft. The shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a wall defining an inner channel. The first cylindrical shaft includes threading protruding from the wall along a proximal portion of the first cylindrical shaft. The needle further includes a needle head extending from the proximal end of the first cylindrical shaft. The needle assembly may further include a stylet, the stylet having a second cylindrical shaft having a first end and a second end and a stylet head extending from the second end. The stylet head includes a proximal surface and a distal surface, a pair substantially parallel second side walls, a pair of rounded end sections joining the second side walls, a protrusion extending from the distal surface, and a tapered section extending from the distal surface to the second cylindrical shaft.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sterilization method for a medical rubber product in which non-eluting characteristics are maintained even after sterilization with gamma ray and with which less troubles occur in a medical product manufacturing process. The medical rubber product according to the present invention is a medical rubber product formed from an elastic material and sterilized by being irradiated with gamma ray or electron ray (beta ray), wherein, when measurement is performed on a surface portion of the elastic material through ATR by using an FT-IR, if an area of an infrared absorption peak at around a wave number of 1650 cm.sup.?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum obtained through the measurement is defined as As and an area of an infrared absorption peak at around a wave number of 1470 cm.sup.?1 in the infrared absorption spectrum is defined as Bs, Ss=(As/Bs)?100?6 is satisfied.