Safety assembly for a syringe
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis
InventorsStephane Chevallier, Jean-Michel Chevallier
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Abstract
A safety support device for a syringe comprises a support sheath (16) for the body (10) of the syringe and an inner sheath (18) suitable for sliding relative to the support sheath between a waiting, retracted position and the extended position for protecting the needle (14) of the syringe. The device has means for holding the syringe body (10) relative to the support sheath (16) and retaining means (30, 32, 22) suitable for being activated to retain g the inner sheath in the waiting, retracted position inside the support sheath and for being deactivated by the piston (12) of the syringe to allow the inner sheath (18) to extend into its protective, extended position.
Claims3
A method for assembling a safety support system comprising,
- a) providing two sheaths and a spring, where one sheath is partially contained inside the other sheath and both sheaths are configured to move relative to each other upon urging of the spring and activation of at least two resilient tongues extending proximally from a proximal end of one of the sheaths, the activation of the tongues causing the sheaths to move a start position to a final position;
- b) inserting a syringe pre-filled with medicament into an inside portion of one of the sheaths;
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- c) inserting a piston into the syringe.
A method for performing an injection using a safety support system including two sheaths configured to move relative to each other upon activation of at least two resilient tongues extending proximally from one of the sheaths to cause the sheaths to move from a start position to a final position and containing a syringe having an attached needle and pre-filled with a medicament, the method comprising:
- (a) inserting the needle into a patient's skin while holding the safety support;
- (b) applying a distal force on a piston in the syringe to inject medicament into the patient until the piston contacts the resilient tongues extending proximally from a first sheath;
- (c) depressing the piston further to deflect the tongues to disengage hooks that are engaged with a second sheath, wherein the second sheath moves towards the final position;
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- (d) releasing the distal force on the piston, thereby retracting
- the second sheath towards the final position, wherein the needle is substantially covered by the first sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.