INJECTION DEVICE
A needle assembly for an injection device is provided to facilitate delivery of a dermal filler. The assembly includes a cannula and a hub. The hub can be coupled to a syringe. The hub includes an inner bore that has a proximal retention section, a stepped section, and a cannula retention section. The stepped section, the proximal retention section, and the cannula retention section are configured to reduce the dead space within the inner bore for preventing detachment of the hub from the syringe during an injection procedure.
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21 . An injection device for delivering a dermal filler, the injection device comprising:
a syringe having a body with a piston disposed therein and an open distal end;
a needle assembly comprising a cannula and a luer connector engageable with the syringe distal end, the luer connector comprising a hub with a distal end supporting the cannula and a proximal end mateable with the syringe distal end;
a hyaluronic acid-based dermal filler having a viscosity between about 50,000 cps and about 500,000 centipoise, measured at about 25° C. with a controlled stress rheometer (RS600) and a cone plate geometry (40 mm, 2°), disposed in the body and injectable by the piston into a peripheral location of a human or animal body through the cannula;
a hub retention cavity, disposed in the hub, for preventing detachment of the hub from the syringe distal end during injection of the dermal filler, the hub retention cavity being defined by an inside surface of the hub and a step; and
internal threads disposed in the syringe distal end and external threads disposed on the hub enabling mating engagement and ejection of the viscous fluid through the cannula upon operation of the piston.
22 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein the syringe includes a tapered syringe cone and the inside surface of the hub is correspondingly tapered to the tapered syringe cone, to thereby provide a seal therebetween.
23 . The device according to claim 22 , wherein, when the hub is torqued to the syringe and maximally seated, the tapered syringe cone stops short of the step and creates a dead space which is reduced by the step.
24 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein the hub is formed from polycarbonate.
25 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein the internal threads comprise double lead screw threads.
26 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein the external threads comprise double lead screw threads.
27 . The device according to claim 26 , wherein the external threads comprise single circumference double lead screw threads.
28 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein the hyaluronic acid-based dermal filler has a viscosity of at least about 130,000 cps.