The invention relates to a disposable safety syringe, in particular to a disposable safety syringe with a retractable needle tip.
In order to avoid cross-infection when a medium is inputted into or taken out of a human body or an animal, a hypodermic syringe must be disposable and needs to be disposed after use. At present, the disposable syringe which is most widely used includes a barrel, a needle and a fixed-stroke piston assembled in the barrel. The biggest problem of syringes of this type is that, the needle remains exposed outside after injection, thereby not only bringing inconvenience to transportation and destruction treatment of the syringe waste, but also possibility of pricking medical staff due to inadvertence, and hence causing secondary cross-infection of pathogenic bacteria and becoming a hidden medical hazard not to be ignored. Therefore, the disposable safety syringe with retractable needle emerges. For example, Chinese patent CN1803212 discloses ‘a safety self-destruction medical syringe’, the retraction of whose needle tip is realized by manually pulling a needle seat backwards with a core rod, and the positioning of the needle seat and the barrel of the syringe is realized by an annular shoulder on the outer side of the needle seat and an annular clamping groove on the barrel; in order to avoid exposure of the needle caused by pulling the core rod out of the barrel with excess of force or by pushing back the core rod and causing the needle to pierce the barrel, a clamping ring on the core rod and an elastic convex jaw arranged at an annular position-clamping ring at the bottom of the barrel are in snap-fit connection correspondingly so as to deadly lock the head part of the core rod at the bottom of the barrel. The structural design is defective in several manners. On the one hand, the connection method results in difficulty of positioning of the needle seat in the barrel, and of assembly, and in possible assembly failure caused by slipping off of the annular shoulder out of the annular clamping groove due to excess of force; while during the injection process, the injection support force of the needle seat is not strong and stable enough, so that the needle seat might rotate and great discomfort is brought to a patient; in addition, manual backward pulling of the needle seat after completion of injection needs to overcome resistance of the snap-fit connection between the annular shoulder and the annular clamping groove, which is effort-consuming and difficult. Furthermore, as the elastic convex jaw is easy to deform, the locking effect is poor, and once the pulling or pushing force of the core rod exceeds a certain limit, the core rod can still be pulled out of or be re-pushed into the barrel so as to cause the exposure of the needle tip, namely the self-destruction failure of the syringe. Self-destruction failure of syringes is not only a potential safety hazard for waste disposal, but also a loophole for lawless persons to reuse them. Therefore, a disposable safety syringe which is accurate in positioning of the barrel and the needle seat with a tight locking between the core rod and the barrel, and which can truly realize thorough self-destruction after use, needs to be designed.
The invention aims at providing a disposable safety syringe with a retractable needle tip, of which, the needle seat and barrel position precisely, the syringe seat provides strong and stable injection support force, the needle seat pulls backward easily, and the locking structure of the barrel and the core rod locks effectively, and can fundamentally overcomes difficulty in assembly of the needle seat and the barrel and prevents the core rod from being pulled out of or re-pushed into the cavity of the barrel.
The technical scheme for realizing the purpose of the invention is as follows: the safety syringe with the retractable needle tip includes a barrel, a needle seat mounted in a mounting hole at the head part of the barrel and a core rod with a snap-fit structure, wherein a stop shoulder structure is arranged at the upper part on the outer side of the needle seat and the upper side wall of the mounting hole of the barrel, and the barrel and the needle seat are positioned by means of the stop shoulder structure; a self-destruction blocking bar for positioning and stopping the needle seat is mounted at the bottom of the needle seat; and the head part of the core rod is in snap-fit connection with the top end of the self-destruction blocking bar.
A fixing recess for mounting the self-destruction blocking bar is arranged at the bottom of the needle seat.
A longitudinally through inner hole is arranged in the body of the self-destruction blocking bar, the head part of the body reaches the equal-diameter sliding section at the lower part of an inner hole of the needle seat, a convex ring is simultaneously arranged at the top end of the head part of the body of the self-destruction blocking bar, the convex ring can be in snap-fit connection with a bulge at the bottom of the equal-diameter sliding section of the needle seat, and the convex ring of the self-destruction blocking bar remains a certain distance from the bulge of the needle seat before self-destruction occurs; and at least two support legs are arranged at the bottom of the body of the self-destruction blocking bar, each support leg extends out of the needle seat and is respectively in snap-fit connection with clamping grooves arranged on the lower side wall of the mounting hole of the barrel.
The inner hole of the self-destruction blocking bar is partitioned into a small inner-diameter slope hole section, an equal inner-diameter connecting hole section and a large inner-diameter slope hole section from top to bottom. All the support legs of the self-destruction blocking bar radiate uniformly out of the center of the body.
A bending groove is arranged at the joint of each support leg of the self-destruction blocking bar and the body of the self-destruction blocking bar respectively.
The stop shoulder structure includes an upper shoulder arranged on the mounting hole of the barrel and a lower shoulder arranged on the outer side of the needle seat.
The upper shoulder of the stop shoulder structure is used for partitioning the mounting hole of the barrel into a upper small-diameter hole section and a lower large-diameter hole section and the clamping grooves are arranged on the lower large-diameter hole section.
The lower shoulder of the stop shoulder structure is used for partitioning the outer side of the needle seat to a small-diameter upper section and a large-diameter lower section, wherein the small-diameter upper section fits with the upper small-diameter hole section of the barrel, and the large-diameter lower section fits with the lower large-diameter hole section of the barrel.
An annular groove is arranged on the large-diameter lower section of the lower shoulder and an O-shaped ring is arranged in the annular groove.
A snap-fit convex ring is arranged at the tail part of the cavity of the barrel, and the upper side surface and the lower side surface of the snap-fit convex ring are arranged being vertical to the wall of the cavity of the barrel; and an annular upper flange and a lower flange are arranged on the body of the core rod with a space therebetween, wherein the outer diameter of each of the upper flange and the lower flange is greater than the inner diameter of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel and fits the diameter of the cavity of the barrel, the lower flange can deform and climb over the snap-fit convex ring when the core rod is pulled backwards till the tail part of the cavity of the barrel, while the upper flange is stuck with the upper side surface of the snap-fit convex ring.
The body of the core rod includes an upper body and a lower body, which are in snap-fit connection, the upper flange is arranged on the upper body and the lower flange is arranged on the lower body.
The external surface of the lower flange of the core rod is in a slope structure which runs obliquely inward from top to bottom.
A snap-fit circumferential edge arranged on the outer side of the upper end surface of the lower flange of the core rod is higher than the upper end surface.
The external surface of the upper flange of the core rod is in a slope structure which runs obliquely outward from top to bottom.
A rounded structure is arranged between the upper side surface of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel and the inner side surface thereof.
The safety syringe with the retractable needle tip further includes a funnel type mounting ring; and the mounting ring includes a body part connected with the barrel and a base plate, wherein the outer diameter of the body part fits the cavity of the barrel at the lower part of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel, the upper section of the inner hole of the body part is an isodiametric section, the diameter of the upper section of the inner hole of the body part is equivalent to the inner diameter of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel and the lower section of the inner hole of the body part is a large straight surface chamfer with increasing diameters.
A pushing plate for injection is arranged at the tail part of the body of the core rod by tight fit, wherein the outer diameter of a connecting part at the tail part of the body, which is used for connecting with the pushing plate, is smaller than the isodiametric inner port upper section of the mounting ring.
After adopting the above technical scheme, the invention has the following beneficial effects: (1) during assembling, the self-destruction blocking bar is firstly mounted at the bottom of the needle seat, then the integrated self-destruction blocking bar and the needle seat are placed in from the rear part of the barrel till the lower shoulder on the outer side of the needle seat is engaged with the upper shoulder in the mounting hole of the barrel and thus stopped, then the needle seat is rotated so as to enable all the support legs of the self-destruction blocking bar to be aligned with the clamping grooves on the barrel, and all the support legs enter into corresponding clamping grooves through forced pushing for realizing mounting positioning of the needle seat. The stop shoulder structure has dual functions of stopping and acting as a reference during the mounting process herein, thereby effectively avoiding the occurrence of mounting dislocation phenomenon caused by excess of force during the mounting of the needle seat, simplifying the assembly process, and improving assembling efficiency. The head part of the core rod with the snap-fit structure runs through the inner hole of the self-destruction blocking bar from bottom to top so as to realize snap-fit connection with the top end of the head part of the body of the self-destruction blocking bar, thus achieving good locking effect.
(2) After the mounting of the needle seat is completed, the positioning is realized through cooperation of the stop shoulder structure and the self-destruction blocking bar. The connection between the whole barrel and the needle seat is compact, with no clearance, and the positioning is very stable. During the injection process, the needle seat acts with even force on all the support legs of the self-destruction blocking bar, but not on the body of the self-destruction blocking bar directly, therefore, with no displacement or deformation during the process, the self-destruction blocking bar provides strong and stable support force to the needle seat; simultaneously, the needle seat is rotated, the plurality of the support legs of the self-destruction blocking bar and the clamping grooves of the barrel are in snap-fit connection respectively, and the structure fundamentally avoids rotation of the needle seat during the injection process and mitigates suffering of a patient.
(3) Special fixing recesses are arranged on the needle seat of the invention, for better mounting effect of the self-destruction blocking bar. The syringe has five specifications, namely 0.5 ml, 1 ml, 3 ml, 5 ml and 10 ml during actual production. As the needle seats of 0.5 ml syringe and 1 ml syringe are relatively small and the needle is generally fixed on the needle seat and does not need to be replaced, the support legs of the self-destruction blocking bar do not need to be in snap-fit connection with the clamping grooves of the barrel for preventing the needle seat from rotating during actual usage, and the self-destruction blocking bar can be directly inserted into the needle seat for simpler processing of the needle seat and more convenient assembly of the needle seat and the barrel; and uniform fixing recess can be arranged of course. Meanwhile, the structure is not only limited to the needle seat of 0.5 ml syringe or 1 ml syringe, and the needle seat structure can also be adopted by the large-specification barrel if the structure of the head part is small.
(4) In order to ensure that the head part of the core rod can smoothly go through the inner hole of the self-destruction blocking bar, the inner hole of the self-destruction blocking bar is partitioned into the small inner-diameter slope hole section, the equal inner-diameter connecting hole section and the large inner-diameter slope hole section from top to bottom. When the core rod is pulled backwards, the body of the self-destruction blocking bar is directly stressed, but no support leg is directly stressed, hence the body of the self-destruction blocking bar will move down synchronously along with the core rod and all the support legs can be folded up relative to the body and be separated from the respective clamping grooves on the barrel so as to release positioning constraint on the bottom of the needle seat. As the flange of the self-destruction blocking bar is separated from the bulge of the needle seat by the certain distance before self-destruction occurs, at the beginning of synchronous downward movement of the body of the self-destruction blocking bar under the drive of the core rod, only the body of the self-destruction blocking bar slides down relative to the isodiametric sliding section of the cavity of the needle seat, and all the support legs are folded up relative to the body and separated from the respective clamping grooves of the barrel, with the needle seat unmoved. The process continues till the flange of the self-destruction blocking bar is in snap-fit connection with the bulge at the bottom of the isodiametric sliding section of the needle seat, at which time, the snap-fit connection between all the support legs of the self-destruction blocking bar and the clamping grooves of the barrel is completely released, namely the constraint on backward movement of the needle seat does not exist any more, and the needle seat can move backwards together with the self-destruction blocking bar and the core rod in a very easy and convenient manner so as to drive the needle to completely enter into the barrel for realizing self-destruction.
(5) In order to enhance the effect of folding up all the support legs when the self-destruction blocking bar moves backwards under the action of the core rod and ensure smooth release of the constraint on all the support legs and the barrel, a bending groove is arranged at the joint of each support leg of the self-destruction blocking bar with the body respectively and the structural design can effectively increase the deformation amount of each support leg relative to the body.
(6) The upper side surface and the lower side surface of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel are both arranged being vertical to the cavity wall of the barrel, the outer diameter of either the upper flange or the lower flange of the core rod is larger than the inner diameter of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel; the external surface of the upper flange of the core rod is in the slope structure which is obliquely outward from top to bottom, the external surface of the lower flange is in the slope structure which is obliquely inward from top to bottom; thus, when the core rod is pulled backwards, an inverted conical surface structure formed by the external surface of the lower flange can enable the lower flange to deform and climb over the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel, to be reset smoothly and stuck with the lower side surface of the snap-fit convex ring; simultaneously, a positive conical surface structure formed by the external surface of the upper flange can not deform and is stuck with the upper side surface of the snap-fit convex ring, namely the snap-fit convex ring is completely stuck by the upper flange and the lower flange, and the core rod can neither be pulled backwards nor pushed upwards without damaging the structures of the upper flange, the lower flange or the snap-fit convex ring; thus the structural design effectively overcomes the defect of incomplete snap-fit self-destruction of the core rod and the barrel of prior art, and fundamentally avoids exposure of the needle tip caused by improper treatment, ensures self-destruction effect, brings convenience to waste disposal treatment, and simultaneously prevents the syringe from being re-used by lawless persons.
(7) In order to ensure that the lower flange can smoothly climb over the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel when the core rod is pulled backwards, a small rounded structure is arranged between the upper side surface and the inner side surface of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel. At the same time, in order to enhance deformation capability of the lower flange, a snap-fit circumferential edge which is higher than the upper end surface is arranged on the outer side of the upper end surface of the lower flange of the core rod, so as to effectively enhance the contraction ability of the lower flange. However, the protruding snap-fit circumferential edge structure brings difficulty to demoulding of the upper flange and the lower flange from each other during manufacture; in view of this, the body of the core rod in the invention is arranged into two parts, namely the upper body and the lower body, which are in snap-fit connection, the upper flange being arranged on the upper body and the lower flange being arranged on the lower body, thus solving the demoulding problem during processing.
(8) The locking mechanism of the core rod and the barrel can realize self-destruction locking of the core rod and the barrel, but at the same time brings difficulty to assembly of the core rod and the barrel; if the two are directly mounted, the upper flange of the core rod can deform and climb over the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel while inserting the core rod into the barrel, but the lower flange of the core rod can not deform and is stuck with the lower side surface of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel; in view of the above, the invention designs the funnel type mounting ring; during assembling, the body part of the mounting ring is firstly inserted into the tail part of the barrel, and then the core rod is extruded into the large chamfer with straight surface from the lower section of the inner hole of the body part of the mounting ring so as to enable the upper flange and the lower flange of the core rod to deform simultaneously, to enter into the isodiametric upper section of the cavity of the body part of the mounting ring, further to enter into the cavity of the snap-fit convex ring of the barrel and finally to smoothly enter into the barrel for realizing mounting; at this time, the pushing plate arranged at the tail part of the body of the core rod is detached, then the mounting ring can be taken out for repeated utilization, and the pushing plate is further placed back to complete the whole assembly process.
In order to make the invention to be understood more easily and clearly, the invention is further described in detail with combination of embodiments and figures.
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The above-mentioned embodiments further describe the purpose, the technical scheme and the beneficial effects of the invention in detail. It should be understood that they are only the specific embodiments of the invention and are not used for limiting the invention, and all the modification, equivalent replacements, improvements and the like within the spirit and principle of the invention should be considered within the protection range of the invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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CN200920310057.6 | Sep 2009 | CN | national |
CN200920311017.3 | Sep 2009 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/CN10/00520 | 4/16/2010 | WO | 00 | 3/9/2012 |