536 results about "Needle free" patented technology

A vial adapter having a needle-free valve, a sharpened cannula used to perforate a vial's rubber stopper, and a circular array of claws of different lengths to engage vial closures of different diameters. The array of claws includes a first set of claws each having a first length extending inwardly from the periphery of the housing of the adapter and a second set of claws alternating with the first set of claws and each having a longer length. The second set of claws are mounted so that they deflect and plastically deform out of the way in the case where the adapter is engaged with a vial that exceeds a predetermined size. The housing includes a shroud that is at least as long as the sharpened cannula to protect medical personnel who use the adapter from inadvertent punctures. The needle-free valve includes a resiliently deformable piston element with a naturally open bore. The interior of the piston provides a fluid flow path through the adapter. In one embodiment, the first set of claws of the adapter may be used with a vial closure of at approximately 20 mm in diameter and the second set of claws may be used with a vial closure of approximately 13 to 17 mm in diameter.

A catheter integral with a valved needle-free connector provides a safety catheter device configured to receive a blunt cannula and sharp needle forming an insertion mechanism. The sharp needle is mounted within a needle tube and a control handle is used to slide the sharp needle out of and into the protective needle tube. When the insertion mechanism is mounted to the connector and the control handle is used to slide the sharp needle out of the tube, a blunt cannula first moves into contact with and enters the bore of the valve mechanism of the connector opening it and protecting it from damage that may be caused by the sharp needle. The sharp needle is then extended through the connector and extends out the distal end of the catheter so that a venipuncture procedure may be performed to properly locate the catheter in the patient's circulatory system. Once located, the needle may be retracted into the insertion mechanism, the insertion mechanism disconnected from the connector, and discarded.

The present invention discloses a medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith. The medicament loading system includes cap for a medicament cartridge. The cap has a post for causing movement of the cartridge stopper toward the seal when the cap engages the medicament cartridge to thereby eliminate adhesion between the medicament chamber and the stopper. The medical injector according to the present invention includes the medicament loading system, i.e., a cartridge assembly, a needle free syringe assembly, and a power pack assembly.

The invention discloses a step-by-step friction stir brazing method for a thick aluminium plate and a rigid dissimilar material. The method can be used for avoiding various problems such as needle abrasion (when a tool with a needle is used), insufficient interface heat, poor mechanical membrane rupture effect and the like existing in the direct friction stir brazing process of the thick aluminium plate and the rigid dissimilar material (such as stainless steel, copper, titanium and steel). The method comprises the following steps of: firstly brazing a thin aluminium plate on the to-be-brazed surface of a rigid dissimilar material through needle-free friction stir brazing, striping by virtue of a metallurgical factor and a mechanical factor, and extruding brazing filler metal, thus realizing a compact joint between the thin aluminium plate and the rigid dissimilar material; and welding the thin aluminium plate brazed on the rigid dissimilar material and a thick aluminium plate through friction stir brazing or friction stir welding, wherein when friction stir brazing is utilized to weld lap joint in the second step, the welding-on area can be obviously enlarged. The process can be used for completely preventing rigid parent metal from abrading a tool; and the interface welding-on of the thin aluminium plate and the dissimilar material is reliable. The method disclosed by the invention can be used for preparing aluminium/stainless steel contact rails and aluminium/copper transition joints.

A needle-free transdermal transport device includes a chamber (900) for holding the substance to be injected, a nozzle (910) in fluid communication with the chamber, and a drug reservoir (950) for storing the substance to he transferred to the chamber. The needle-free transdermal transport device also includes a controllable magnet and coil electromagnetic actuator (242) in communication with the chamber. The actuator receives an electrical input and generates in response a force. The force then causes a needle-free transfer of the substance from the chamber to the biological body. The force is variable responsive to variations in the received input during actuation. The actuator draws the substance from the drug reservoir or alternatively, the substance can be pressurized from the drug reservoir into the chamber by a pressure source.