Patent ID: 7128731
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. A syringe-type container for housing liquid medicine which comprises: a barrel which defines a lumen and has a proximal end and a distal end, said barrel having a needle-connecting portion disposed at said distal end and including an easily breakable piercing needle coaxially formed at a distal end of said needle connecting portion, said piercing needle including an engaging portion which defines a proximal portion of the piercing needle; a liquid tight gasket slidably disposed in the barrel to close the lumen of the barrel at said proximal end; and a hollow guide means fitted on the needle-connecting portion of said barrel, said guide means having a fitting portion fitted on the needle-connecting portion of said barrel and a cylindrical guide portion for slidably receiving a vial inserted therein, said fitting portion containing an engaging means for engagement with the engaging portion of said piercing needle; wherein said barrel, needle-connecting portion, engaging portion and piercing needle are formed in a single piece, and wherein said piercing needle is so formed as to be breakable at a proximal end of said engaging portion, whereby the piercing needle is adapted to be broken off from the needle-connecting portion when said guide means is turned relative to said barrel.