Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604112000 | Having means for desensitizing skin | 20 |
20090062737 | Ice coated hypodermic needle - An ice coating is placed on the hypodermic needle to cool the flesh during insertion. The ice coated front end is sharp, for penetration. The ice coating can be formed by cooling the needle and dipping it in water or molding ice onto the needle. A refrigeration chamber or cryogenic chamber can be used to cool the needle. The mold for forming an ice coating can be cooled by a cryogenic fluid or refrigerant being conducted into coils of the mold surrounding heat conducting mold walls that are used to form the ice coating on the needle. The water can be sterilized with disinfectant included. | 03-05-2009 |
20090312706 | TRANSDERMAL LOCAL ANESTHETIC PATCH WITH INJECTION PORT - Described herein are transdermal delivery devices composed of at least one resealable injection port and at least one local anesthetic reservoir. The device effectively delivers anesthetic to the skin of the subject prior to puncturing the skin by syringes, needle sticks, or other instruments intended to be inserted into the skin. In addition, this device can be used to deliver various therapeutic agents for either locally or systemically. | 12-17-2009 |
20100106088 | PORTABLE INFUSION PUMP WITH CANNULA INSERTER AND PAIN REDUCTION MECHANISM - An apparatus for insertion of a subcutaneously insertable element within a body of a patient is described: The apparatus is used for delivery of a therapeutic fluid into a body of a patient and/or sensing of a bodily analyte The apparatus allows alleviating of pain associated with the penetrating of the skin of the patient during needle insertion. | 04-29-2010 |
20100211010 | TOPICAL ANESTHETIC AND ANTISEPTIC DISPENSING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a topical anesthetic and antiseptic dispensing device article of manufacture. In an embodiment of the invention, the article of manufacture includes a penetrating instrument including an elongated body with first and second distal end such that at least one of the distal ends includes a penetrating edge. By way of example, the penetrating instrument can be a syringe, an IV catheter needle assembly, a pressurized tube holder configured with a needle for blood draw, or a scalpel, to name a few possibilities. The article of manufacture also includes a container coupled to the elongated body of the penetrating instrument. The container provides at least one chamber. Finally, the article of manufacture includes a nozzle connected to the container and configured to dispense pressurized content of the container responsive to activating a trigger communicating with the nozzle. | 08-19-2010 |
20110112477 | Means and method to administer injections with little or no pain - A preferred method to obtain painless or near painless needle | 05-12-2011 |
20110196299 | STRUCTURE OF NEEDLE FOR SYRINGE - There is provided a structure of a needle for a syringe and, more particularly, to a needle connected to a medical syringe variously used for an intramuscular injection, an intravenous injection, an injection of Ringer's solution, or the others, which comprises a groove or protrusion in diverse shapes formed on the surface of the needle, whereby the needle is easily inserted to reduce pain and irritation when an injection is administered and the needle is prevented from being off an injection direction to inject medicine into a desired part, without any error when injections are administered into a muscle and a vein. | 08-11-2011 |
20110245769 | TOPICAL ANESTHETIC AND ANTISEPTIC DISPENSING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a topical anesthetic and antiseptic dispensing device article of manufacture. In an embodiment of the invention, the article of manufacture includes a penetrating instrument including an elongated body with first and second distal end such that at least one of the distal ends includes a penetrating edge. By way of example, the penetrating instrument can be a syringe, an IV catheter needle assembly, a pressurized tube holder configured with a needle for blood draw, or a scalpel, to name a few possibilities. The article of manufacture also includes a container coupled to the elongated body of the penetrating instrument. The container provides at least one chamber. Finally, the article of manufacture includes a nozzle connected to the container and configured to dispense pressurized content of the container responsive to activating a trigger communicating with the nozzle. | 10-06-2011 |
20120179099 | Device and Method for the Reduction of Pain Associated With Needle Sticks - A device that is used to reduce the pain of a needle stick to a person, the device having a casing containing a vibratory device and a temperature reducing device, and a method for using the device to reduce the pain of a needle stick by applying both thermal and vibration analgesia to a subject during a needle stick. | 07-12-2012 |
20120302956 | Means and Method to Invade Skin, Mucosa, and Underlying Tissues with Little or No Pain - A means and a method is disclosed to diminish or eliminate the pain associated with a sharp object penetrating the skin, during such procedures as an injection, biopsy, or deriving a blood sample. To this end, repeated tapping, pressing, or rubbing or vibrating is performed over the skin at or near the site of penetration of the sharp object in conjunction with applying electricity on the skin. The invention discloses a method of using a skin-puncturing means, with enhanced features, to provide local anesthesia at the site of penetration of a sharp object. | 11-29-2012 |
20130231611 | Electrosurgical Methods and Devices Employing Phase-Controlled Radiofrequency Energy - This disclosure relates generally to electrosurgical methods and devices. In some embodiments, an electrosurgical system/device is provided suitable for applying phase controlled RF energy to a treatment site. The electrosurgical device comprises a multi-electrode electrosurgical probe electrically coupled to a plurality of RF generators. Also provided are methods of use of such an electrosurgical device, as well as other electrosurgical devices. The methods and devices disclosed herein find utility, for example, in the field of medicine. | 09-05-2013 |
20130253428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INJECTIONS WHILE VIBRATING THE SKIN - An apparatus is provided for performing an injection, the apparatus including a front end, a vibrator mechanism selectively vibrating the front end during an injection and a syringe holder holding a syringe during an injection through the front end while the front end is vibrated. | 09-26-2013 |
20130338586 | INJECTION DEVICE - A injection device may be disclosed. The device may include an outer casing, a needle, and a plurality of projections surrounding the needle. The needle may be adjustable between a first position and a second position. A vibration motor may be disposed within the device to impart vibration to the device. Decorative indicia may be provided on the exterior of the device. In use, the injection device may provide sensory stimuli to distract from the pain and the anticipation thereof. | 12-19-2013 |
20140031747 | INJECTION APPARATUS WITH NEEDLE HOUSING FOR DESENSITISING SKIN - A needle housing ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140074025 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH INSERTION OF SYRINGE NEEDLE INTO THE SKIN - The device allows the pain associated with the insertion of a needle of a syringe into the skin to be reduced. To do this, this device comprises a sleeve, which has a first rear portion to at least partially receive the syringe with the needle and a second front portion fitted with an end part, through which an opening passes for passage of the needle. A front face of the end part is intended to be applied with pressure against the skin of a person before insertion of the needle into the skin. This front face of the end part is arranged to receive an active substance for desensitizing the skin. The active substance can be applied to the skin at the instant the terminal part presses on the penetration site to desensitize the skin. | 03-13-2014 |
20140142507 | Electromechanical Manipulating Device for Medical Needle and Syringe with Sensory Biofeedback and Pain Suppression Capability - In an aspect, a medication delivering injector which includes a housing having opposing proximal and distal ends and an accessible internal cavity for inserting and removing a medicament container such as a syringe. The injector is designed to hold and manipulate a medication delivery device such as a large variety of standard and non-standard medical syringes with fixed or attached needles, assembled such that centrally located is a cylinder containing a liquid medicament and attached either permanently or removably to the distal end of the cylinder, is a hypodermic needle or cannula in fluidic communication with the cylinder. The needle can be from one-half inches to one-and-one-half inches in length in the illustrated embodiment and other sizes are possible by changes in scale of the injector. At the proximal end of the cylinder is an opening with an inserted seal or bung with an attached rod thus constituting a plunger. The central medicament containing cylinder could also be a standard medicament cartridge. Hereinafter, both are referred to as a “syringe”. A lid or access cover which, in an open position permits insertion and removal of the syringe into/from the housing in a horizontal fashion thus providing ease of loading. The syringe is inserted with the needle end toward the distal end of the housing and the plunger toward the proximal end of the housing. A movable carriage is disposed in the proximal end of the housing and slides in the axial direction forwards and rearwards such that a syringe, whose proximal end is gripped by the carriage, so moves with the carriage such that the needle exits the housing at the distal end of the housing and pierces the tissue of the patient prior to dispensing of the medicament, and then is retracted after the medicament has been dispensed by retraction of the carriage. Attached to the carriage is an actuator which pushes on the syringe plunger causing the medicament contained within the syringe cylinder to be dispensed through the needle into the patient's tissue. In one embodiment suitable for both removable needle and fixed needle syringes, the proximal end of the syringe including the syringe finger flange is gripped by an elastomeric flange grip which resides within the carriage, while the syringe distal end resides in and is supported by a “syringe guide” which is attached to the carriage and thus moved with it. In another embodiment which is so made to accommodate syringes with removable needles and their safe disposal, the syringe flange at the proximal end of the cylinder is gripped by an elastomeric flange grip which resides in the carriage as described above, while the syringe distal end is supported by a needle which resides in a removable disposable needle shield. The needle guide is biased toward the carriage and thus, the syringe body is compressed and guided as the carriage moves forward and rearward. | 05-22-2014 |
20140221926 | DEVICE FOR THE PAINLESS AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS AND SAMPLING OF BLOOD - A device for invasive parenteral administration of pharmaceutical preparations and sampling of blood consists of: a cuff, a mounting frame for accommodating a sliding disc that consists of a movable front disc half and a movable rear disc half, said rear disc half being provided with a channel for accommodating a cassette cartridge for a cassette with needles; a vial of anaesthetic; and a scanning device. Upon compression of the disc halves, the scanning device locates a vein, a signal is given off, and the disc halves lock in the appropriate position. The needle is introduced into the blood stream by pressing on the lid of the cassette. The lid slides back and the tip of a syringe or of the cannula of a blood transfusion system or of the cannula of an evacuated blood sample container is introduced via a hermetic aperture situated beneath the lid. | 08-07-2014 |
20140276410 | SUBCUTANEOUS HYDRATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE - Systems, methods, and devices for providing subcutaneous hydration are disclosed. A system for providing subcutaneous hydration may include an infusion bag including a hydration fluid, a tubing removably connected to the infusion bag, a squeezable bulb at least partially encompassing the tubing for at least one of flushing and priming the tubing, and a deployment device including an integrated needle which is operative provide subcutaneous hydration through the needle. A deployment device for subcutaneous hydration includes a base may include a needle aperture, a spring-loaded barrel attached the base and including a needle, and a firing mechanism within the barrel for deploying the needle from the barrel and further operative to project the needle through the aperture only when a tent of skin has been raised within the aperture for injection. A method for providing subcutaneous hydration may include steps necessary to operate the systems and devices for subcutaneous hydration. | 09-18-2014 |
20150051545 | MEDICAL INJECTION DEVICE WITH INJECTION SITE PAIN REDUCTION DEVICE - Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a housing adapted to contain a syringe, a pain reduction device coupled to the housing, a coupling mechanism disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the pain reduction device, and a drive mechanism disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the coupling mechanism. Activation of the drive mechanism actuates the coupling mechanism to activate the pain reduction device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150094661 | Method and Apparatus for Applying an Anesthetic and Bactericide - A method and an apparatus for applying an anesthetic includes a receptacle having an upper end, a substantially hollow interior, a lower end having a tube or nozzle extending therefrom and an attachment for attaching to the barrel of a syringe or vice versa. The receptacle receives a container or canister containing an endothermic gas or vapor (propellant) that rapidly absorbs heat when released to the atmosphere. A depressible actuating member or trigger propels the gas or vapor through an outlet nozzle that is oriented to project a stream of gas or vapor along a delivery axis that intersects a delivery axis of the needle; therefore, the gas or vapor can be successively delivered to an injection site with minimal repositioning of the housing. | 04-02-2015 |
20160067424 | NEEDLE INSERTION DEVICE - The present invention generally provides a device for inserting needles and alleviating the discomfort associated with needle insertion. In certain embodiments, the device is suited for injecting butterfly needles and particularly butterfly needles that are attached to infusion tubing. The patient or caregiver loads a butterfly needle with tubing attached into the base of the drive plunger. The needle with tubing attached is retracted into the housing of the device by retracting the inner plunger. Once retracted, the device is activated and ready to administer a needle into the tissue of a patient. The device is then placed on the location of the skin where injection is desired. The surface that contacts the skin may be textured and may include a contact switch that causes the device to vibrate when slight pressure is applied through contact with the skin. Two trigger buttons in the housing of the device may be depressed to eject the needle at an angle essentially perpendicular to the surface of the skin into the tissue of the patient concurrently with the textured pads contacting the skin and vibrating, distracting the patient from the needle insertion. The inner plunger of the device is then depressed toward the surface of the skin to release the needle from the device. The wings and body of the butterfly may be secured to the skin, for example, with an adhesive such as tape. | 03-10-2016 |