CANNULA DEVICE

Abstract

A cannula device (1) comprises a housing (11), a cannula (10) arranged on the housing (11), and a puncture device (17) which, in a use state, is arranged on the housing (11) and comprises a puncture trocar (18) received in the cannula (10). The puncture trocar (18) is displaceable with respect to the cannula (10) and comprises a trocar tip (180) which, by displacing the puncture trocar (18) with respect to the cannula (10) in a puncturing direction (P), is movable to protrude from the cannula (10) in said puncturing direction (P), wherein the puncture device (17) is removable from the housing (11) in a removal direction (A) opposite the puncturing direction (P). A protection element (15) is received in the housing (11) and comprises a connection portion (150) arranged on the puncture trocar (18) and at least one shielding leg (152, 153) pivotably connected to the connection portion (150), wherein the puncture trocar (18) is configured to carry the protection element (15) along when the puncture trocar (18) is removed from the housing (11) in said removal direction (A), the at least one shielding leg (152, 153) being configured to be pivotably moved with respect to the connection portion (150) to approach the trocar tip (180) when the protection element (15) is carried along by the puncture trocar (18).

Claims

1. A cannula device, comprising: a housing, a cannula arranged on the housing, and a puncture device which, in a use state, is arranged on the housing and comprises a puncture trocar received in the cannula, the puncture trocar being displaceable with respect to the cannula and comprising a trocar tip which, by displacing the puncture trocar with respect to the cannula in a puncturing direction, is movable to protrude from the cannula in said puncturing direction, wherein the puncture device is removable from the housing in a removal direction opposite the puncturing direction, and a protection element received in the housing and comprising a connection portion arranged on the puncture trocar and at least one shielding leg pivotably connected to the connection portion, wherein the puncture trocar is configured to carry the protection element along when the puncture trocar is removed from the housing in said removal direction, the at least one shielding leg being configured to be pivotably moved with respect to the connection portion to approach the trocar tip when the protection element is carried along by the puncture trocar.

2. The cannula device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one shielding leg, in the use state of the puncture device, assumes a first pivot position and, when the protection element is carried along by the puncture trocar, is moved from the first pivot position to a second pivot position in which the at least one shielding leg is approached towards the trocar tip.

3. The cannula device according to claim 2, wherein the at least one shielding leg comprises a half shell portion which extends along an arc about the removal direction and, in the second pivot position, receives the trocar tip within.

4. The cannula device according to claim 2, wherein the at least one shielding leg, in the second pivot position, axially extends beyond the trocar tip.

5. The cannula device according to claim 2, wherein the at least one shielding leg comprises a locking element for locking the at least one shielding leg in the second pivot position.

6. The cannula device according to claim 1, wherein the protection element comprises two shielding legs pivotably connected to the connection portion.

7. The cannula device according to claim 6, wherein each shielding leg comprises a locking element, the locking elements of the shielding legs being configured to interlock with each other when being approached towards each other.

8. The cannula device according to claim 1, wherein the connection portion is shaped as a ring forming an opening through which the puncture trocar extends.

9. The cannula device according claim 1, wherein the housing comprises at least one guide section, wherein the connection portion is received on the at least one guide section, the at least one guide section being configured to act onto the at least one shielding leg when the protection element is carried along by the puncture trocar during removal of the puncture device from the housing.

10. The cannula device according to claim 9, wherein the at least one shielding leg comprises a run-up slope to interact with the at least one guide section.

11. The cannula device according to claim 1, wherein the puncture trocar comprises a carrier element configured to act onto the connection portion for carrying the protection element along during removal of the puncture device from the housing.

12. The cannula device according to claim 1, further comprising an actuation member arranged on the housing, the actuation member being actuatable to allow displacement of the puncture trocar with respect to the cannula.

13. The cannula device according to claim 12, wherein the actuation member comprises at least one detent element which, in a locked state, engages with the puncture device for locking the puncture device with respect to the housing.

14. The cannula device according to claim 13, wherein by actuating the actuation member the at least one detent element is releasable from the puncture device.

15. The cannula device according to claim 1, wherein the connection portion and the at least one shield leg are integrally formed in one piece.

Description

[0026] The idea of the invention shall subsequently be described in more detail with respect to the embodiment shown in the figures. Herein,

[0027] FIG. 1 shows an explosive view of an embodiment of a cannula device;

[0028] FIG. 2 shows a top view of the cannula device;

[0029] FIG. 3 shows a side view of the cannula device;

[0030] FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view along line A-A as illustrated in FIG. 2;

[0031] FIG. 5 shows a portion Z as indicated in FIG. 4 in an enlarged fashion;

[0032] FIG. 6 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view along line B-B as illustrated in FIG. 3;

[0033] FIG. 7 shows an enlarged view of a housing of the cannula device, including an actuation member and a protection element;

[0034] FIG. 8 shows a sectional view of the housing with a puncture device received therein;

[0035] FIG. 9 shows a cross-sectional view of the housing with the actuation member placed therein;

[0036] FIG. 10 shows another sectional view of the housing;

[0037] FIG. 11 shows a view of the protection element;

[0038] FIG. 12 shows a view of the protection element arranged on the trocar tip of a puncture trocar of the puncture device;

[0039] FIG. 13A shows a view of the protection element, prior to pivoting shielding legs to cover the trocar tip;

[0040] FIG. 13B shows a view of the protection element while pivoting the shielding legs to approach one another;

[0041] FIG. 13C shows the protection element, with the shielding legs approached towards and locked with respect to one another;

[0042] FIG. 14A shows the cannula device prior to accessing a body cavity;

[0043] FIG. 14B shows the cannula device when actuating the actuation member for activating the puncture device;

[0044] FIG. 14C shows the cannula device, with the puncture device being moved to puncture a patient's skin;

[0045] FIG. 14D shows the cannula device, during removal of the puncture device; and

[0046] FIG. 14E shows the cannula device, with the puncture device removed.

[0047] FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a cannula device 1 comprising a housing 11 and a cannula 10 received thereon. The housing 11 comprises housing parts 12, 13, which are connected to each other and receive a puncture device 17. The puncture device 17, with a puncture trocar 18, is placed in an initial use state within the cannula 10 and comprises a head 19 arranged at a proximal end of the housing 11.

[0048] The cannula 10 forms, at a distal end, a cannula tip 100 by means of which the cannula 10 may be inserted percutaneously into a patient's skin in order to provide a percutaneous access to a body cavity within the patient. As visible from the sectional view of FIG. 4, the puncture trocar 18 of the puncture device 17 is received within an inner channel 101 of the cannula 10 such that, in the initial use state, the puncture trocar 18 with a trocar tip 180 is arranged within the cannula 10 and does not axially protrude from the cannula 10.

[0049] The head 19 of the puncture device 17 is arranged on the housing part 12 of the housing 11, whereas the cannula 10 is received within a receptacle 120 formed on the housing parts 12, as this is visible from the enlarged sectional view of FIG. 5. The puncture trocar 18 is connected to a shaft 190 of the head 19, the shaft 190 being guided in between guide walls 132 formed within the housing part 13. The puncture trocar 18 extends from the shaft 190 through an opening in the housing part 12 into the cannula 10 and hence is slidably received within the cannula 10.

[0050] Within the housing 11, further an actuation member 14 is received which serves to lock the puncture device 17, in the initial use state, with respect to the housing 11 such that the puncture device 17 is held with respect to the housing 11 and may not axially be moved with respect to the housing 11. The puncture trocar 18 hence is locked with respect to the housing 11 and may not involuntarily be moved with respect to the cannula 10 such that the puncture trocar 18 cannot, with its trocar tip 180, by accident protrude from the cannula tip 100.

[0051] Referring now to FIGS. 5 to 8, the actuation member 14 is received within an opening 131 of the housing part 13 of the housing 11 and is placed within an inner space 130 of the housing 11. The actuation member 14 can be actuated in an actuation direction B to push the actuation member 14 into the housing 13 in order to unlock the puncture device 17 such that the puncture device 17 becomes axially movable with respect to the housing 11.

[0052] As visible from FIG. 7 in view of FIGS. 6 and 8, the actuation member 14 comprises detent elements 140 in the shape of arms protruding from a body portion 142, each detent element 140 carrying an engagement nose 141 at a far end with respect to the body portion 142. In the initial use state, as visible from FIG. 6, the engagement noses 141 engage with locking receptacles 191 formed on the shaft 190 of the head 19 of the puncture device 17, such that the puncture device 17 is axially locked with respect to the housing 11 by means of the actuation member 14.

[0053] By actuating the actuation member 14 the detent elements 140 are moved transversely to the shaft 190 of the head 19 of the puncture device 17, such that the engagement noses 141 are disengaged from the locking receptacles 191 formed on the shaft 190. The puncture device 17 hence becomes free to move with respect to the housing 11 along a puncture direction P, such that a user may push on the head 19 in order to move the puncture trocar 18 with respect to the cannula 10 to cause the trocar tip 180 of the puncture trocar 18 to axially protrude from the cannula tip 100 of the cannula 10 for puncturing a patient's skin.

[0054] Referring now to FIG. 9, the actuation member 14 is guided on the housing part 13 of the housing 11 along the actuation direction B—which is arranged at a perpendicular angle with respect to the puncturing P—in that guide elements 143 are formed on the body portion 142 of the actuation member 14, the guide elements 143 being guided along a longitudinal guide 135 formed on a rear wall 134 of the housing part 13. Due to the longitudinal guiding a tilting of the actuation member 14 during actuation is prevented, such that the actuation member 14 may reliably be actuated to disengage the detent elements 140 from the shaft 190 and to hence unlock the puncture device 17.

[0055] Referring now again to FIG. 7, in addition a protection element 15 and an anti-air-ventilation valve 16 (for preventing air to exit from a body cavity during operation) are received within the housing 11.

[0056] As visible from FIG. 7 in view of FIG. 5, the puncture trocar 18 of the puncture device 17 extends through the anti-air-ventilation valve 16 to seal a transition in between the housing part 12 and the puncture trocar 18 in a fluid-tight manner such that air may not exit through the housing 11 and the cannula 10.

[0057] The protection element 15 serves to provide a protection when removing the puncture device 17 from the housing 11.

[0058] Referring now to FIGS. 10 to 12, the protection element 15 comprises a connection portion 150 in the shape of a ring in which an opening 151 is formed. The connection portion 150 is arranged on the puncture trocar 18 such that the puncture trocar 18 extends through the opening 151 formed within the connection portion 150.

[0059] Herein, as visible from FIG. 10, the connection portion 150 is received in between the guide walls 132 formed within the housing part 13 of the housing 11, such that the protection element 15 is movable with respect to the housing 11 along a defined guide channel 133 formed within the housing 11.

[0060] The puncture trocar 18 may slidably be moved with respect to the protection element 15. The connection portion 150 in turn may slidably move within the guide channel 133 formed in between the guide walls 132, stop portions 136 formed at the ends of the guide walls 132 however preventing that the connection portion 150 in the puncturing direction P may be moved out of the guide channel 133 formed in between the guide walls 132.

[0061] As visible from FIGS. 11 and 12, the protection element 15, in the shown embodiment, comprises two shielding legs 152, 153. The shielding legs 152, 153 herein are connected to the connection portion 150 such that they elastically may be deformed with respect to the connection portion 150 for pivoting the shielding legs 152, 153 with respect to the connection portion 150.

[0062] The protection element 15 in the shown embodiment is integrally formed in one piece for example from a plastics material.

[0063] In a relaxed state, the shielding legs 152, 153 assume a position in which they are arranged at an angle with respect to each other and hence divert from the connection portion 150 such that the shielding legs 152, 153 assume a V-shape, as visible from FIG. 11. The shielding legs 152, 153 however may be pivoted with respect to the connection portion 150 in order to approach each other such that the shielding legs 152, 153 may engage with each other to receive the trocar tip 180 of the puncture trocar 18 within, as visible from FIG. 12.

[0064] Each shielding leg 152, 153 comprises a half shell portion 158, 159 having an arc shape—when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the puncturing direction P—such that the shielding legs 152, 153 together form a receptacle for the trocar tip 180.

[0065] At a far end with respect to the connection portion 150 each shielding leg 152, 153 comprises a locking element 154, 155, one locking element 154 being formed as a hook, whereas the other locking element 155 is formed as a locking web, the locking elements 154, 155 being configured to interact with each other to establish a positive locking connection for interlocking the shielding legs 152, 153 with respect to each other.

[0066] On the outside of each half shell portion 158, 159 a run-up slope 156 is formed, which serves to interact with an associated guide wall 132 formed within the housing 13. In addition, another run-up slope in the shape of wedge is formed at the outside edge at a far end of each shielding leg 152, 153.

[0067] Referring now to FIGS. 13A to 13C, the run-up slopes 156 at the outside of the half shell portions 158, 159 of the shielding legs 152, 153 come into contact with front edges of the guide walls 132 formed within the housing part 13 of the housing 11 when the puncture device 17 is removed from the housing 11 in a removal direction A opposite the puncturing direction P, causing the shielding legs 152, 153 to be pivoted inwards to approach each other.

[0068] Herein, when removing the puncture device 17 from the housing 11, a carrier element 181 in the shape of a protrusion formed on the puncture trocar 18 in the vicinity of the trocar tip 18 interacts with the connection portion 150 of the protection element 15 extending circumferentially around the puncture trocar 18, such that the protection element 15 is carried along in the removal direction A with the puncture device 17. Because the protection element 15 is carried along, the shielding legs 152, 153 are pulled into the guide channel 133 formed in between the guide walls 132, and hence are approached towards one another and are locked with respect to each other by means of the locking elements 154, 155 to cover and shield the trocar tip 180.

[0069] FIGS. 14A to 14E illustrate a potential mode of use of the cannula device 1.

[0070] In an initial use state, illustrated in FIG. 14A and corresponding for example to a delivery state of the cannula device 1, the actuation member 14 is non-actuated and hence locks the puncture device 17 with respect to the housing 11. The puncture trocar 18 is received in the cannula 10, without however protruding from the distal end of the cannula 10.

[0071] By actuating the actuation member 14 in the actuation direction B, as shown in FIG. 14B, the puncture device 17 is unlocked and hence is free to move with respect to the housing 11. A user may hence press on the head 19 of the puncture device 17 and in this way may move the puncture device 17 in the puncturing direction P, such that the puncture trocar 18 axially slides within the cannula 10 and with its trocar tip 180 is caused to protrude from the distal end of the cannula 10, as shown in FIG. 14C. In this state the cannula device 1 may be used to percutaneously puncture a patient's skin in order to insert the cannula 10 into a body cavity of the patient.

[0072] Upon insertion into the body cavity, the puncture device 17 shall be removed from the housing 11 such that, for example, a thread may be inserted into the cannula 10 for placing a tubing in the access formed by the cannula device 1. For this, the actuation member 14 is held unlocked, and the puncture device 17 is pulled out of the housing 11 in the removal direction A opposite the puncturing direction P, as shown in FIGS. 14D and 14E. During the removal, the puncture trocar 18 with its carrier element 181 formed in the vicinity of the trocar tip 180 interacts with the protection element 15 in the housing 11 and carries the protection element 15 along, the protection element 15 coming to rest at the trocar tip 180 and hence covering and shielding the trocar tip 180 once the puncture device 17 is removed from the housing 11.

[0073] Because the protection element 15 automatically is carried along and covers the trocar 180, a reliable protection and shielding is provided, substantially reducing a risk for an injury and potential infection of a user.

[0074] The actuation member 14 may be spring-elastically biased with respect to the housing 11 using a spring element, such as a pressure spring, towards of the non-actuated position.

[0075] The idea of the invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein, but may be implemented in another fashion.

[0076] The housing as well as the cannula and the puncture trocar may have a different shape than in the embodiment shown in the figures.

[0077] A cannula device of the kind described herein may for example be used to provide an access for the long-term enteral feeding of a patient but may also be used in a different medical context to provide an access to a body cavity of a patient.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0078] 1 Puncture Cannula device [0079] 10 Cannula [0080] 100 Cannula tip (distal end) [0081] 101 Channel [0082] 11 Housing [0083] 12 Housing part [0084] 120 Receptacle [0085] 13 Housing part [0086] 130 Space [0087] 131 Opening [0088] 132 Guide wall [0089] 133 Guide channel [0090] 134 Rear wall [0091] 135 Longitudinal guide (web) [0092] 136 Stop portions [0093] 14 Actuation member [0094] 140 Detent elements (locking arms) [0095] 141 Engagement nose [0096] 142 Body portion [0097] 143 Guide elements [0098] 15 Protection element [0099] 150 Connection portion (ring element) [0100] 151 Opening [0101] 152, 153 Shielding leg [0102] 154, 155 Locking element [0103] 156, 157 Run-up slope [0104] 158, 159 Half shell portion [0105] 16 Anti-air-ventilation valve [0106] 17 Puncture device [0107] 18 Puncture trocar [0108] 180 Trocar tip [0109] 181 Carrier element (protrusion) [0110] 19 Head [0111] 190 Shaft [0112] 191 Locking receptacle [0113] A Removal direction [0114] B Actuation direction [0115] P Puncturing direction