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Medicinal-liquid injection apparatus

US7172576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 2005
Grant dateFeb 6, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/0096
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

It is a purpose to provide a medicinal-liquid injection apparatus in which a needle-like tubular member is smoothly movable in a lumen without damaging an inner circumferential surface of the lumen. It includes that the needle-like tubular member having an acuminate needle portion as a free end portion thereof, in which a medicinal liquid can flow, is inserted in the lumen of a tubular main body insertable in a body of a living being, and a protection member having a flexible portion provided in a state such that the protection member is movable together with the needle-like tubular member and such that the flexible portion is interposed between an inner circumferential surface of the lumen and a tip of the needle portion of the needle-like tubular member.

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