Abstract:
A portal access device that is adapted to provide long term access to a port implanted in a patient has two major components, an infuser assembly and a safety needle insertion device The infuser assembly has an infuser housing that can be con-figured into a specific shape, for example a dome A blunt cannula is attached to and extends downwardly from the underside of the infuser housing Also connected to the infuser housing, preferably at a side thereof, is a tubing or catheter The safety needle inserter assembly has a base having a proximal portion that is configured to form fit over the infuser housing At the distal portion of the base uprights are provided so that a second end of an arm, to which first end a needle or a sharp cannula is connected, may be movably and hingedly connected to the base
Abstract:
A right angle safety needle has a base to which an arm is hingedly mounted at a proximal portion. The base has an opening at its distal portion wherethrough the vertical portion of the right angle needle extends. A well is formed adjacent the opening and a dam is provided on the side of the well away from the opening. To retract the needle from the opening, the horizontal portion of the needle, which may be encased in an arm, is rotated about the upright to which it is hingedly connected so that the needle is pivoted upwards and withdrawn from the opening. Once the tip of the needle clears the opening, due to the tip of the needle being offset from the body of the needle and the fact that the needle tends to flex forward, the tip of the needle is entrapped in the well adjacent to the opening. The dam forward of the well provides a backstop for any further forward movement of the tip of the needle, thereby fixedly retaining the needle within the well. Stops are provided in the device, at its arm and base, to prevent the needle from being further moved relative to the base once the tip of the needle is entrapped in the well of the base.
Abstract:
Un aparato que comprende: un infusor (60) que tiene un cuerpo (62) de una determinada forma, una cánula roma (64) que se extiende hacia abajo desde una superficie inferior del cuerpo (62) y un tubo (66) conectado al cuerpo (64) para establecer una vía de comunicación de fluido entre dicho tubo (66) y dicha cánula roma (64); una base (4) que tiene una porción distal (6) y una porción proximal (8), que tiene una configuración que se adapta sobre la forma determinada del cuerpo (62) de dicho infusor (60), un brazo (12) que tiene un segundo extremo (16) conectado de forma abatible y de manera que pueda moverse a la porción distal de dicha base, una cánula con filo (24) sujeta a un primer extremo (14) de dicho brazo, un orificio (42) definido entre una abertura (44a) en una superficie superior y otra abertura (44) en una superficie inferior en la porción proximal de dicha base (4), adaptándose la porción proximal de dicha base sobre la forma del cuerpo (62) de dicho infusor (60) cuando dicha cánula con filo (24) se acopla de manera que pueda retirarse a dicha cánula roma (64) a través de dicho orificio en la porción proximal de dicha base y la punta (26) de dicha cánula con filo (24) quedando expuesta más allá de la punta (64a) de dicha cánula roma (64) con dicho brazo (12) extendiéndose longitudinalmente de manera considerable a lo largo de dicha base (4); en el cual dicha cánula con filo se retira de dicha cánula roma cuando dicho primer extremo de dicho brazo se mueve en pivote en una dirección opuesta a dicha base hasta llegar a una segunda posición.
Abstract:
A portal access device that is adapted to provide longterm access to a port implanted in a patient comprises, a safety needle insertion device. The safety needle inserter assembly has a base having a proximal portion. An arm, to which a needle or a sharp cannula is connected, may be hingedly connected to the base. The sharp cannula extends from the underside of the proximal end of the arm and passes through the base via a bore in the proximal portion of the base. Locking mechanisms are provided at the base and the distal end of the arm so that when the arm is moved away from the base, and as the distal end of the arm pivots about the uprights, the locking mechanisms at the arm and the base coact to lock the arm in place, to maintain the tip of the needle within the bore in the base.