GB1192986A - Intravenous Valve Assembly - Google Patents

Intravenous Valve Assembly

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Publication number
GB1192986A
GB1192986A GB39891/67A GB3989167A GB1192986A GB 1192986 A GB1192986 A GB 1192986A GB 39891/67 A GB39891/67 A GB 39891/67A GB 3989167 A GB3989167 A GB 3989167A GB 1192986 A GB1192986 A GB 1192986A
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valve body
valve
plunger
syringe
patient
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GB39891/67A
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Peter Leslie Steer
Paul Hex Venn
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Bros and Walsh Ltd
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Bros and Walsh Ltd
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Priority to GB39891/67A priority Critical patent/GB1192986A/en
Priority to US754064A priority patent/US3570484A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150015—Source of blood
    • A61B5/15003—Source of blood for venous or arterial blood
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150206—Construction or design features not otherwise provided for; manufacturing or production; packages; sterilisation of piercing element, piercing device or sampling device
    • A61B5/150221—Valves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150206—Construction or design features not otherwise provided for; manufacturing or production; packages; sterilisation of piercing element, piercing device or sampling device
    • A61B5/150259—Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150374—Details of piercing elements or protective means for preventing accidental injuries by such piercing elements
    • A61B5/150381—Design of piercing elements
    • A61B5/150389—Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150374—Details of piercing elements or protective means for preventing accidental injuries by such piercing elements
    • A61B5/150381—Design of piercing elements
    • A61B5/150503—Single-ended needles
    • A61B5/150519—Details of construction of hub, i.e. element used to attach the single-ended needle to a piercing device or sampling device
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/153—Devices specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/155—Devices specially adapted for continuous or multiple sampling, e.g. at predetermined intervals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/22—Valves or arrangement of valves
    • A61M39/26—Valves closing automatically on disconnecting the line and opening on reconnection thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M2005/3128—Incorporating one-way valves, e.g. pressure-relief or non-return valves
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S604/00—Surgery
    • Y10S604/90—Telltale showing entry of blood into body inserted conduit

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Abstract

1,192,986. Intravenous injection. ESCHMANN BROS. & WALSH Ltd. 31 Aug., 1967, No. 39891/67. Heading A5R. A device for use in administering intravenous injections to a patient comprises a needle holder 3 on a valve body 1, there being a valve element 9 and a valve plunger 5 in the valve body, the plunger having an inlet passage 6 and being adapted to contact the outlet end of a hypodermic syringe thereby to open the valve so that injection liquid may pass from the syringe, through the inlet passage 6 and the valve, and through the needle holder and needle into the patient. As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the device comprises a cylindrical valve body I having integral wings 2 on the surface of which is a coating of contact adhesive by means of which the device may be secured to the patient; alternatively, the wings may be secured to the patient by strapping. Located within the valve body at one end thereof for engagement with a syringe (not shown) is the plunger 5 having an inlet passage 6 which terminates within the valve body as a conical recess 8 adjacent which is the valve element 9; received within the valve body at the other end thereof for attachment to a patient-contacting hypodermic needle (not shown) is a needle holder 3 having an outlet passage 4. Bearing against the needle holder is one end of a coil spring 10 the other end of which bears against the valve element to cause the valve element to bear against a valve seating 11 formed in the valve body and against the periphery of the conical recess in the plunger, a shoulder on the plunger in turn being caused to bear against an abutment 7 formed in the valve body thereby to position the plunger. Adjacent the plunger the valve body is formed with a flared portion 12 for locating the syringe. At least the valve body and the plunger preferably are made of plastics material; the valve element may be made of rubber. To make an injection the syringe is engaged with the flared portion of the valve body to displace the plunger against 'the action of the coil spring whereby, on actuation of the syringe, fluid will flow from the syringe, through the inlet passage, along the valve body around the valve member, and through the outlet passage into the patient via the needle.
GB39891/67A 1967-08-31 1967-08-31 Intravenous Valve Assembly Expired GB1192986A (en)

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GB39891/67A GB1192986A (en) 1967-08-31 1967-08-31 Intravenous Valve Assembly
US754064A US3570484A (en) 1967-08-31 1968-08-20 Intravenous valve assembly

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