Single-use pneumatic safety syringe providing gas-driven needle retraction
US8167848B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2005/3242
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pneumatic retractable syringe has a plunger having an interior retraction lumen. The plunger and syringe barrel have cooperating locking elements so that the plunger is locked after use within the syringe barrel. After injection of medicament is completed, the needle is retracted into the lumen by compressed gas that is released from a gas cell within the syringe when the gas cell is ruptured just before the plunger reaches the end of its downstream path of travel.
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