IP Library Granted Patent US 10,595,760
Granted Patent B2
US 10,595,760 · App. 15/146,919 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Compliant syringe system, a method of making, and of using the same

Inventors: Alfred J. Crosby (Amherst, MA); Shruti Rattan (Amherst, MA)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
A61B5/150152A61B5/15003A61B5/153A61B5/15016A61B5/150022A61B5/15142A61B5/150236A61B5/150244A61B5/150389A61B5/150511A61B5/150526A61B5/150732A61M5/32A61M5/329A61M5/422A61M5/3293
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,595,760
App. No.
15/146,919
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a syringe needle comprises a helical portion located in between a needle tip portion and a distal portion. In another embodiment, a compliant article comprises a casing tube comprising a tube end opening located at a needle tube end of the casing tube, a distal tube opening located at a distal tube end of the casing tube, and an inner tube space; and a syringe needle that traverses the tube end opening; wherein the compliant article comprises a compliant portion that allows for a reduced insertion pressure of the syringe needle as compared to an insertion pressure of a corresponding syringe needle in an article without the compliant portion.

Claims (36)

1. A compliant article comprising:

a casing tube comprising a tube end opening located at a needle tube end of the casing tube, a distal tube opening located at a distal tube end of the casing tube, and an inner tube space; and

a syringe needle that traverses the tube end opening;

wherein the compliant article comprises a compliant portion that allows for a reduced insertion pressure of the syringe needle as compared to an insertion pressure of a corresponding syringe needle in an article without the compliant portion; and

wherein the compliant portion comprises a filled portion comprising a gel, a foam, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the syringe needle is a straight syringe needle; and

wherein the filled portion is located in the casing tube at the casing tube end; and wherein the straight syringe needle traverses through the filled portion; or wherein the filled portion comprises a channel and the straight needle is located at a channel end located at the casing tube end; and/or

wherein the filled portion is located in a tube portion located at the distal tube end.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein the filled portion has a modulus of 1 kilopascal to 10 megapascal.

4. The article of claim 1 , further comprising a stabilizer comprising a stabilizer opening, wherein one or both of the syringe needle and a needle hub are located on a distal end of the syringe needle that traverses the stabilizer opening.

5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the casing tube comprises a ridge at the distal tube end.

6. The article of claim 1 , further comprising:

a syringe located in the inner tube space of the casing tube; and

a plunger located in an inner syringe space of the syringe;

wherein the syringe comprises a syringe hub located at a hub barrel end of the syringe and a distal barrel opening located at a distal syringe end of the syringe; wherein the syringe hub is connected to the syringe needle.

7. The article of claim 6 , wherein the syringe needle comprises a needle hub, wherein the needle hub is threadably engaged with the syringe hub or wherein the needle hub and the syringe hub are locked together via a locking mechanism.

8. The article of claim 6 , wherein the syringe needle comprises a needle hub, and wherein the syringe hub is a slip tip located in the needle hub.

9. A compliant article comprising:

a casing tube comprising a tube end opening located at a needle tube end of the casing tube, a distal tube opening located at a distal tube end of the casing tube, and an inner tube space; and

a syringe needle that traverses the tube end opening;

wherein the compliant article comprises a compliant portion that allows for a reduced insertion pressure of the syringe needle as compared to an insertion pressure of a corresponding syringe needle in an article without the compliant portion;

wherein the compliant portion comprises a helical portion of the syringe needle; and wherein the syringe needle comprises the helical portion located in between a needle tip portion and a distal portion.

10. The syringe needle of claim 9 , further comprising a needle hub located on the distal portion.

11. The syringe needle of claim 9 , wherein the helical portion comprises 1 to 200 helical loops.

12. The syringe needle of claim 9 , wherein the needle tip portion has one or both of an outer diameter of 1.7 to 0.1 mm and an inner diameter of 1.3 to 0.005 mm.

13. A compliant article comprising:

a casing tube comprising a tube end opening located at a needle tube end of the casing tube, a distal tube opening located at a distal tube end of the casing tube, an inner tube space, a plunger located in the inner tube space, and a syringe needle that traverses the tube end opening;

wherein the compliant article comprises a compliant portion that allows for a reduced insertion pressure of the syringe needle as compared to an insertion pressure of a corresponding syringe needle in an article without the compliant portion.

14. The article of claim 13 , wherein the syringe needle is a straight syringe needle, and wherein the compliant portion comprises a spring located in the casing tube, helically surrounding the straight needle.

15. The article of claim 13 , wherein the compliant portion comprises a spring located in a spring tube portion located at the distal tube end of the casing tube.

16. A method of ejecting or taking in a fluid using a compliant syringe system comprising:

inserting a syringe needle into a patient; and

applying a pressure to the fluid and ejecting the fluid located in an inner tube space through the syringe needle; or withdrawing the fluid from the patient into the inner tube space through the syringe needle;

wherein the compliant syringe system comprises a casing tube comprising a tube end opening located at a needle tube end of the casing tube, a distal tube opening located at a distal tube end of the casing tube, and the inner tube space; wherein the syringe needle traverses the tube end opening; wherein the syringe needle is located on a syringe that comprises the inner syringe space, a syringe hub located at a hub barrel end of the syringe, and wherein the syringe is located in the inner tube space of the casing tube;

wherein the compliant syringe system comprises a compliant portion that allows for a reduced insertion pressure of the syringe needle as compared to an insertion pressure of a corresponding syringe needle in a syringe system without the compliant portion.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising determining a stiffness of the patient's epidermis and selecting a stiffness of the compliant syringe system that is less than or equal to the stiffness of the patient's epidermis prior to the inserting.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded May 10, 2016
From: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 038528/0361 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2016
From: CROSBY, ALFRED J.; RATTAN, SHRUTI
To: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Reel/Frame 038465/0070 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62156951 · May 5, 2015
Related Publication 20160324455A1 · Nov 10, 2016