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US 12,420,061 B2Granted
Medical instrument with injection needles
AssigneeDoc-Invent SA
InventorAlain Mariller
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Abstract
The invention concerns an instrument, for a medical application, said instrument comprising a body (1), at least one needle, channel means (15) to bring a fluid to said at least one needle, and actuating means (6) for moving said at least one needle from a retracted position to an extended position by rotation of actuating means (6) with respect to the body.
Claims12
An instrument for a medical application, the instrument comprising:
- a body with a longitudinal axis;
- at least one needle;
- a channel fluidically connected to the at least one needle to bring a fluid to said at least one needle, the channel comprising a first part and a second part;
- and
- an actuator configured to move said at least one needle between a retracted position inside the body and an extended position protruding from the body, the actuator comprising a shaft, the first part of the channel extending within the shaft, the second part of the channel extending outside the shaft, a movement of the at least one needle between the retracted position and the extended position being performed by a rotation of the actuator and the shaft relative to the body,
- wherein the movement of the at least one needle between the retracted position and the extended position is rectilinear and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the shaft includes a first set of teeth, and
- wherein said at least one needle includes a support having a second set of teeth cooperating with the first set of teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.