Patent ID: 6247928
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
An intraosseous delivery apparatus comprising:a housing having a delivery opening through which a fluid may be introduced, said housing being shaped to be removably coupled to a drill for providing a bone penetration force;a drilling needle shaft extending from the housing and having a cutting edge for drilling a hole in a bone, said drilling needle shaft having a passageway extending therethrough which communicates with the delivery opening for delivering the fluid introduced into the housing directly into the hole drilled in the bone; anda cap which may be liquid tightly engaged with the housing, said cap including a nozzle to which a flex tube is engageable, and said nozzle communicating with the delivery opening in the housing when the cap and the housing are engaged so as to establish a communication path from the flex tube through the nozzle into the housing and through the passageway provided in the drilling needle shaft directly into the hole drilled in the bone.