Disposable injection needle
A disposable injection needle is provided. The disposable injection needle includes a needle holder, a housing, a sleeve, a core, and a spring. A first end of the housing is connected to a second end of the needle holder, a second end of the housing has a housing opening. A first end of the sleeve is located in the housing, a second end of the sleeve has a sleeve opening and protrudes from the housing opening. A first end of the core is disposed in the housing and sleeved outside the needle holder, and a second end of the core includes a core hole through which the first end of the tube needle extends. The spring provides an elastic force to axially move the sleeve toward outside of the housing. The sleeve retracts into the housing under an external force, to expose the tube needle through the sleeve opening.
1 . A disposable injection needle, comprising:
a needle holder having a first end and a second end, a tube needle being provided to the needle holder and passing through the needle holder;
a housing having a first end and a second end, the first end of the housing being connected to the second end of the needle holder, and the second end of the housing having a housing opening;
a sleeve having a first end and a second end, the first end of the sleeve being located in the housing, the second end of the sleeve having a sleeve opening and protruding from the housing opening, and a part of the sleeve being axially slidable inside the housing;
a core having a first end and a second end, the first end of the core being disposed in the housing and being sleeved outside the needle holder, and the second end of the core comprising a core hole through which an end of the tube needle extends; and
a spring configured to provide an elastic force to axially move the sleeve toward outside of the housing, wherein a first end of the spring is sleeved outside the core and seated against the core, and a second end of the spring is in contact with the sleeve and seated against the sleeve;
wherein the first end of the sleeve is sleeved outside the core, and the sleeve is configured to retract into the housing under an external force, to expose the tube needle through the sleeve opening;
wherein the first end of the core is provided with at least one core guiding portion extending radially outward, the needle holder is provided with at least one guiding engagement portion, and the at least one core guiding portion engages with the at least one guiding engagement portion correspondingly at an assembled position of the core and the needle holder; and
wherein the at least one core guiding portion is configured to move along the at least one guiding engagement portion with movement of the sleeve toward an interior of the housing, to guide the core to rotate in a circumferential direction of the disposable injection needle, and as the spring pushes the sleeve toward outside of the housing, the core further rotates in the circumferential direction.
2 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion that are connected to each other in an axial direction of the disposable injection needle, the small-diameter portion and the large-diameter portion form a step surface at connection thereof, the small-diameter portion is configured to protrude outside the sleeve through the housing opening, and the small-diameter portion has a distal end at which the sleeve opening is formed;
the second end of the housing has a housing blocking surface configured to define the housing opening; and
the step surface is configured to abut against the housing blocking surface, and the large-diameter portion is axially slidable inside the housing.
3 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 2 , wherein an inner wall of the sleeve is provided with at least one blocking member extending in the axial direction;
an outer wall of the core is provided with at least one limit guiding groove extending in the axial direction; and
the at least one blocking member is configured to move inside the at least one limit guiding groove correspondingly with the rotation of the core in the circumferential direction.
4 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 3 , wherein one of the at least one limit guiding groove comprises a first guiding groove portion and a second guiding groove portion that are disposed in the axial direction, and a dimension of the first guiding groove portion in the circumferential direction is greater than a dimension of the second guiding groove portion in the circumferential direction; and
based on the rotation of the core in the circumferential direction, one of the at least one blocking member is configured to move axially and rotate circumferentially from the first guiding groove portion to the second guiding groove portion, and is stopped in the second guiding groove portion.
5 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 4 , wherein an end portion of the first guiding groove portion close to the second guiding groove portion has a guiding surface; and
an end portion of the one of the at least one blocking member has an engagement surface that is configured to engage with the guiding surface.
6 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one blocking member comprises a plurality of blocking members that are spaced apart from each other, the at least one limit guiding groove comprises a plurality of limit guiding grooves that are spaced apart from each other; and
each of the plurality of blocking members is configured to move in a corresponding one of the plurality of limit guiding grooves with the rotation of the core in the circumferential direction.
7 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 3 , wherein two sidewalls of one of the at least one limit guiding groove are spaced apart circumferentially and extend to a position close to the core hole, and each form a sleeve blocking surface.
8 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 1 , wherein the needle holder is provided with a partition plate, and the first end and the second end of the needle holder are located respectively on two opposite sides of the partition plate;
the partition plate has a limit plane, the at least one guiding engagement portion extends from the limit plane toward the housing opening in an axial direction of the disposable injection needle, and the at least one guiding engagement portion is located at an edge of the limit plane;
after the rotation of the core in the circumferential direction is accomplished, the first end of the core abuts against the limit plane to prevent further axial movement of the core; and
the needle holder is further provided with a core limit portion, the core limit portion is disposed adjacent to one of the at least one guiding engagement portion, and the core limit portion is configured to prevent the core from further moving in the circumferential direction after the circumferential rotation.
9 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 8 , wherein the first end of the core is provided with a boss portion extending radially from the core, the at least one core guiding portion extends radially from an edge of the boss portion toward the needle holder, and the at least one guiding engagement portion is disposed on a radially outer side of the boss portion;
the boss portion has a boss top surface and a boss bottom surface, and the first end of the spring abuts against the boss top surface; and
the boss bottom surface of the come guiding portion abuts against the limit plane after finishing the rotation of the core in the circumferential direction.
10 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 9 , wherein one of the at least one guiding engagement portion comprises a guiding flat surface and a guiding slope, and the guiding slope obliquely extends from the guiding flat surface to the limit plane;
on the assembled position of the core and the needle holder, one of the at least one core guiding portion engages with the guiding flat surface; and
the one of the at least one core guiding portion is configured to rotate from the guiding flat surface to the guiding slope in the circumferential direction with the movement of the sleeve toward the interior of the housing, to guide the core to rotate in the circumferential direction, and the one of the at least one core guiding portion is configured to move to disengage from the guiding slope.
11 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one guiding engagement portion comprises a plurality of guiding engagement portions, and the core limit portion is a core limit groove between two adjacent ones of the plurality of guiding engagement portions.
12 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 8 , wherein the needle holder further comprises:
a sleeve blocking portion disposed adjacent to the at least one guiding engagement portion, a height of the sleeve blocking portion in the axial direction being greater than a height of the at least one guiding engagement portion in the axial direction, and the sleeve blocking portion being configured to prevent the sleeve from moving toward the interior of the housing.
13 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 8 , wherein the needle holder has a needle holder through-hole at a center thereof, and the tube needle passes through the needle holder through-hole.
14 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the housing comprises a base, and an inner wall of the base is provided with a transverse groove that is formed circumferentially around the inner wall;
the second end of the needle holder is provided with a transverse rib, and the transverse rib is disposed radially around an outer wall of the needle holder; and
the transverse rib is configured to be fitted in the transverse groove.
15 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 14 , wherein the second end of the needle holder is further provided with a needle holder clamping groove extending in an axial direction of the disposable injection needle, and the needle holder clamping groove is located on the outer wall of the needle holder; and
the inner wall of the base is further provided with a convex rib extending in the axial direction, and the convex rib is configured to be fitted in the needle holder clamping groove.
16 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the sleeve is provided with a sleeve limit groove, and the sleeve limit groove is formed on an outer wall of the sleeve; and
the housing is provided with a limit rib extending in an axial direction of the disposable injection needle on an inner wall thereof, and the limit rib is configured to be fitted in the sleeve limit groove.
17 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 16 , wherein the sleeve limit groove comprises a first limit groove portion and a second limit groove portion that are arranged in the axial direction, the first limit groove portion has a triangular section, and the second limit groove portion has a rectangular section.
18 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an outer cap, the outer cap being sleeved outside the needle holder, the core, the housing, and the sleeve.
19 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 18 , further comprising:
a first anti-rotation structure provided at a connection between the housing and the needle holder; and
a second anti-rotation structure provided at a connection between the outer cap and the housing.
20 . The disposable injection needle according to claim 18 , further comprising:
a sealing sticker covering an opening of the outer cap.