Patent ID: 11938309
Assignee: NEOGEN CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A hypodermic interface assembly for injecting or drawing a fluid from an animalia, comprising:
a first hypodermic interface assembly portion that is defined by:
a hub having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, an outer surface, a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and at least one rib projecting radially outwardly away from the outer surface of the hub, wherein the at least one rib has a longitudinal length extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hub from the proximal end portion of the hub in a direction toward the distal end portion of the hub; and
a second hypodermic interface assembly portion that is separably-connected to the first hypodermic interface assembly portion, wherein the second hypodermic interface assembly portion is defined by:
a cannula having a central axis extending therethrough; and
a cannula carrier having a central axis extending therethrough, a head portion, at least one pair of leg portions, and a gap between the at least one pair of leg portions,
wherein the gap and the at least one pair of leg portions of the cannula carrier extend axially along the central axis of the cannula carrier from the head portion of the cannula carrier in a direction toward the proximal end portion of the hub,
wherein the at least one rib of the hub is in axial alignment with the gap between the at least one pair of leg portions of the cannula carrier,
wherein the cannula carrier is non-removably-connected to the cannula, and
wherein the at least one pair of leg portions of the cannula carrier is controllably separable from the hub when the animalia moves during the injecting or drawing of the fluid and the cannula is subjected to a radial force relative to the central axis of the cannula.