# US 7,611,492 B2 · Puncture device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,611,492 B2 - Document ID: US7611492B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/594,925 - Filed: 2006-11-09 - Published: 2007-07-19 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2005-11-10 - Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yutaro Sonoda; Tetsuro Kawanishi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611492B2 ## CPC - A61B 17/3403: {Needle locating or guiding means} - A61M 5/158: Needles {for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body} - A61M 5/329: {characterised by features of the needle shaft} - A61B 17/34: Trocars; Puncturing needles - A61B 2017/3407: {including a base for support on the body} - A61M 5/3287: {Accessories for bringing the needle into the body; Automatic needle insertion (A61M5/20, A61M5/31525 take precedence)} - A61M 5/46: having means for controlling depth of insertion - A61M 2005/1585: {Needle inserters} - A61M 2005/3289: {with rotation of the needle, e.g. to ease penetration} - A61M 2005/341: {angularly adjustable or angled away from the axis of the injector} - A61M 2005/342: {Off-center needles, i.e. needle connections not being coaxial with the longitudinal symmetry axis of syringe barrel} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - 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 puncture device which can stick a puncture needle certainly to a predetermined region of a skin includes a puncture needle having a curvature portion, a retaining member retaining the puncture needle, an indwelling device adapted to be indwelled in a living body by way of the puncture needle, and a guide member mounted at a predetermined position of a body surface. The puncture needle is adapted to be stuck into the skin along the guide member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A puncture device for puncturing a skin by a puncture needle, the puncture device comprising: a device main body having a contact surface which contacts said skin; a puncture needle having a needlepoint and a curvature portion curved along the lengthwise direction of the puncture needle and possessing a predetermined curvature radius; an indwelling device configured to be indwelled in a living body by said puncture needle; and a puncture needle moving means provided in said device main body for moving said puncture needle along a circular trajectory which said curvature radius draws so that the puncture needle punctures said skin, wherein the puncture device is configured to prevent the needlepoint from protruding out of a surface of the skin while the puncture needle punctures the skin. ### Claim 2 A puncture device for puncturing a skin by a puncture needle, the puncture device comprising: a puncture needle having a needlepoint and a curvature portion curved along the lengthwise direction of the puncture needle; a retaining member for retaining the puncture needle; an indwelling device configured to be indwelled in a living body by said puncture needle; and a guide member mounted at a predetermined position of a body surface, wherein said puncture needle is configured to move along said guide member to puncture said skin, and wherein the puncture device is configured to prevent the needlepoint from protruding out of a surface of the skin while the puncture needle punctures the skin. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The puncture device according to claim 2, wherein a curved surface of such a shape along the curvature of said puncture needle is formed on said guide member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The puncture device according to claim 3, wherein there is formed on said retaining member a curved surface of such a shape along a curved surface which is formed on said guide member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The puncture device according to claim 1, wherein said puncture needle moves on a turning trajectory having a predetermined turning radius, and the needlepoint of said puncture needle moves at least until the lowest point of said turning trajectory. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The puncture device according to claim 2, wherein said puncture needle moves on a turning trajectory having a predetermined turning radius, and the needlepoint of said puncture needle moves at least until the lowest point of said turning trajectory. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The puncture device according to claim 2, wherein a dermis layer is positioned on the lower side of said guide member such that said puncture needle is stuck in a state in which a tip portion including the needlepoint of said puncture needle becomes approximately parallel with respect to the body surface. ### Claim 8 A puncture device for puncturing a skin by a puncture needle, the puncture device comprising: curved along the lengthwise direction of the puncture needle; a retaining member for retaining this puncture needle; an indwelling device configured to be indwelled in a living body by said puncture needle; a fixing member for fixing said indwelling device; and a guide member mounted at a predetermined position of the body surface, wherein said puncture needle is configured to move along said guide member to puncture said skin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The puncture device according to claim 8, wherein a curved surface of such a shape along the curvature of said puncture needle is formed on said guide member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The puncture device according to claim 9, wherein there is formed on said retaining member a curved surface of such a shape along a curved surface which is formed on said guide member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The puncture device according to claim 8, wherein said puncture needle moves on a turning trajectory having a predetermined turning radius, and a needlepoint of said puncture needle moves at least until the lowest point of said turning trajectory. ### Claim 12 A puncture method for puncturing a skin by a puncture needle, the puncture method using: a device main body having a contact surface which contacts said skin; a puncture needle having a needlepoint and a curvature portion curved along the lengthwise direction of the puncture needle and possessing a predetermined curvature radius; an indwelling device configured to be indwelled in a living body by said puncture needle; and a puncture needle moving means provided in said device main body, the method comprising moving said puncture needle by said puncture needle moving means to move along a circular trajectory which said curvature radius draws so that the puncture needle punctures said skin while the needlepoint is prevented from protruding out of a surface of the skin. ### Claim 13 A method of puncturing skin comprising: positioning a puncture device relative to skin such that a contact surface of a device main body of the puncture device contacts skin, the puncture device also comprising a puncture needle having a needlepoint and a curvature portion curved along the lengthwise direction of the puncture needle and possessing a curvature radius the puncture device also comprising an indwelling device configured to be indwelled in a living body by said puncture needle; moving the puncture needle along a circular trajectory which the curvature radius draws to puncture the skin at a first point with the needlepoint; moving the puncture needle along the circular trajectory to withdraw the puncture needle from the skin; and wherein, between a time when the needlepoint punctures the skin at the first point and a time when the puncture needle is withdrawn from the skin, the needlepoint does not protrude out of the skin.