# US 7,611,489 B2 · Safety syringe

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- Number: US 7,611,489 B2
- Document ID: US7611489B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/004,978
- Filed: 2007-12-26
- Published: 2009-07-02
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 2007-12-26
- Inventors: Feng-Hui Lu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611489B2

## CPC

- A61M 5/3234: {Fully automatic needle retraction, i.e. in which triggering of the needle does not require a deliberate action by the user}
- A61M 5/322: {Retractable needles, i.e. disconnected from and withdrawn into the syringe barrel by the piston (devices for protecting guide needles in combination with catheters A61M25/0612)}
- A61M 5/508: {Means for preventing re-use by disrupting the piston seal, e.g. by puncturing}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

A safety syringe includes a barrel which has a hollow passage inside and is coupled with a barrel cover. A push rod has a distal end coupled with a rubber ring to form a close contact with the hollow passage in a slidable manner. A driving module has an inner detent member, a piston seat and a piston rubber ring held in the barrel cover. The push rod is movable forwards to push the inner detent member and the piston rubber ring of the driving module forwards to make a cut surface at one end of the push rod to hit one end of a first stem of the needle mount to be broken and separated so that continuous moving forward of the push rod causes instant release of air pressure inside to retract the needle mount in a holding chamber of the push rod to safely hold a needle after injection.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A safety syringe, comprising:
a barrel which has a hollow passage inside and one end formed with annular grooves on an inner wall and an outer wall thereof opposing each other and coupled with a barrel cover which has a protruding end with a housing chamber formed therein;
a push rod which is held in the hollow passage in a close contact and slidable manner and has a holding chamber with a bucking surface formed thereon and a distal end with an annular trough formed on the periphery and an indented rim and a cut surface formed at two end surfaces thereof;
a driving module which is held in the barrel cover and includes an inner detent member, a piston seat and a piston rubber ring, the inner detent member having an aperture, an annular bulged element and an annular ring at one end, the piston seat being protrusive and having one end wedged in one end of the inner detent member, the piston rubber ring being adjacent to the inner detent member; and
a needle mount which is coupled with the inner detent member and held in the piston rubber ring and has a first stem, a second stem and a third stem of different diameters at one end, the first stem being coupled with the annular bulged element of the inner detent member, the second stem having one end inserted in the piston rubber ring, the third stem being coupled with the protruding end of the barrel cover, whereby the push rod is movable forwards to push the inner detent member and the piston rubber ring of the driving module forwards to make a cut surface at one end of the push rod to hit one end of a first stem of the needle mount to be broken and separated so that continuous moving forward of the push rod causes instant release of air pressure inside to retract the needle mount in a holding chamber of the push rod to safely hold a needle after injection.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the protruding end of the barrel cover has a through hole inside, the through hole having a first pressing surface and a second pressing surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The safety syringe of claim 2, wherein the second pressing surface is formed at a diameter greater than that of the first pressing surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the inner detent member has a wedge groove and an extensible first groove at one end close to the annular ring, and a flange at another end wedged in the annular groove of the barrel and an second extensible groove formed on the surface of the another end.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the piston rubber ring is coupled with a piston seat without deforming.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the piston rubber ring has a through hole formed therein and the periphery coupled with at least one jutting rings.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the first stem, the second stem and the third stem have a through hole formed inside and a holding port at one end of the through hole to hold a needle.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The safety syringe of claim 1, wherein the third stem has an annular groove on the periphery to hold an O-ring.