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Disposable syringe
Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
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Filing: 1994-11-18
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Granted: 1996-03-05
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Expires: 2014-11-18
Abstract
Abstract A disposable syringe for administering liquid medicinal agents to live animal or human subjects is disclosed. The syringe comprises a hollow cylinder, filled with a medicinal agent, with which an injection needle is attached. The cylinder surrounds a piston that can be moved by means of a piston rod towards the injection needle. The piston is produced from a thermoplastically processable rubber mixture and is delimited in the direction of the medicinal agent by a peripheral sealing lip that contacts the hollow cylinder and that can be deflected in the radial direction.
Inventors
- 👤 Herbert Schumacher
- 👤 Norbert Messner
- 👤 Ernst Osen
- 👤 Dirk Ecknig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 21:09
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M5/00; A61M5/178; A61M5/31; A61M5/315; A61M5/31511; A61M5/31513; A61M2005/31516; A61M2005/31521; A61M5/31515
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A disposable syringe for administering liquid medicinal agents; comprising: a hollow cylinder having proximal and distal ends, said hollow cylinder being configured to receive a liquid; an injection needle located at the proximal end of the hollow cylinder; a piston made from a thermoplastically processable rubber mixture and being delimited in the proximal direction by a radially deflectable peripheral sealing lip, said piston being provided with a recess radially inside the sealing lip; and a piston rod, said piston being located at one end of the piston rod, said piston rod and said piston being configured to be slidable within the hollow cylinder so that the piston can be displaced by the piston rod within the hollow cylinder towards the injection needle at the proximal end of the cylinder; wherein the peripheral sealing lip on the piston contacts the hollow cylinder and is configured to be radially deformed so as to reduce the recess when driven by the piston rod towards the proximal end of the hollow cylinder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A disposable syringe for administering liquid medicinal agents; comprising: a hollow cylinder having proximal and distal ends, said hollow cylinder being configured to receive a liquid; an injection needle located at the proximal end of the hollow cylinder; a piston made from a thermoplastically processable rubber mixture and being delimited in the proximal direction by a radially deflectable peripheral sealing lip, said piston being provided with a recess radially inside the sealing lip; and a piston rod, said piston being located at one end of the piston rod, said piston rod and said piston being configured to be slidable within the hollow cylinder so that the piston can be displaced by the piston rod within the hollow cylinder towards the injection needle at the proximal end of the cylinder; wherein the peripheral sealing lip on the piston contacts the hollow cylinder and is configured to be radially deformed so as to reduce the recess when driven by the piston rod towards the proximal end of the hollow cylinder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 1, wherein the piston is fastened by means of internal threads to external threads on the piston rod, said internal threads being axially shorter than the external threads of the piston rod.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 1, wherein the piston is fastened by means of external threads to internal threads on the piston rod, said internal threads being axially shorter than the external threads of the piston.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 1, wherein the rubber mixture consists predominantly of a block polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 4, wherein the rubber mixture contains a quantity of a polyolefin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 5, wherein polypropylene is used as the polyolefin; and the quantity in which it is provided is 1 to 30 wt %.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 4, wherein the rubber mixture contains a quantity of 0.1 to 2 wt % of a silicone rubber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 1, wherein the sealing lip has at least one sealing edge that is delimited on the outside by two conical surfaces that intersect one another.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 1, wherein the recess comprises a peripheral groove penetrating into the end surface of the piston.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 9, wherein the hollow cylinder has an end wall, and wherein radially inside the groove the piston has an end surface that has a shape conforming to said end wall of the hollow cylinder.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 1, wherein the end surface of the piston delimits a projection that extends beyond the sealing lip in the direction of the end wall.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
48 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 11, wherein the piston comprises an excess length at its proximal side and this excess length is dimensioned so that the radial displacement of the sealing lip that results when the piston is pressed against the end wall substantially fills the groove.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 10, wherein the end surface is interrupted by at least one recess, running radially, that extends from the outer circumference to the center of the piston.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
A disposable syringe according to claim 8, wherein the recess comprises a peripheral groove penetrating into the end surface of the piston.
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