Patent ID: 6485459
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A syringe having a barrel including an interior wall, one end being open and receiving a plunger, the other end having a shape for supporting a member that removably supports a needle with said needle having an enlarged end of a selected size and including a centrally located passage,said plunger including at one end thereof a stopper for sealingly engaging the interior wall of said barrel, said stopper having an end including a needle capture opening for receiving and locking said enlarged end of said needle in said opening upon engagement of said opening with the end of a needle removably supported on said member, said needle capture opening being in the shape of a curved recess having a central axis and that tapers away from said central axis so as to wedge the end of said needle in said recess and having a portion of a size to receive said enlarged end of said needle, said stopper being carried on said one end of said plunger by a severable connecting member, said barrel including at least one separating member for separating said stopper from said first end of said plunger when said one end is withdrawn from said barrel past said separating member.