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US 12,465,691 B2Granted
Syringe assembly
AssigneeJaber Medical, Pllc
InventorNoor Mahmoud Jaber
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Abstract
Disclosed here are syringe assemblies that include a modified syringe tip to penetrate a subject to obtain or administer a substance. The syringe system consists of a syringe body with or without a modified syringe tip with a standard or modified plunger. The modified syringe tip or modified plunger protrusion can penetrate a subject, such as the skin of a patient or a membrane on sealing a container containing medicine, or a seal of an empty vial.
Claims12
A syringe assembly comprising:
- a barrel defining a chamber, the barrel having an open proximal end, a distal end opposite the open proximal end, and a tip extending from the distal end of the barrel, the tip defining a passage that is in fluid communication with the chamber, the tip configured to engage a membrane of a subject;
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- a plunger having a protrusion that is configured to penetrate the membrane of the subject, the plunger slidably received within the chamber, the plunger slidable from a first position in which the protrusion extends through the passage and beyond the tip such that the protrusion and the tip are insertable into the membrane of the subject towards a second position in which the protrusion is withdrawn from the passage and draws a subject fluid into the chamber through the passage of the tip when the tip is engaged the membrane of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.