Patent ID: 7381199
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A safety hypodermic syringe comprising: a barrel, said barrel comprising a tapered protruding portion inwardly suspended at the center of a front side thereof, a tapered hollow connector suspended in said tapered protruding portion and holding a needle assembly capped with a tip protector outside said barrel, an annular flange provided at an inner side of said tapered protruding portion, and a breakable thin connecting portion connected between said annular flange and said tapered protruding portion; a hollow cylindrical plunger axially slidably inserted into said barrel, said plunger comprising a rear grip, a seal ring fastened to the periphery near a front side thereof and disposed in close contact with an inside wall of said barrel, a center guide tube axially disposed at the front side, and a front stop portion provided around the periphery of a front end of said center guide tube; and a retainer fastened to said center guide tube of said plunger to hold said hollow cylindrical plunger in a vacuum status, said retainer comprising a seal ring fastened to the periphery near a rear end thereof and disposed in close contact with an inside wall of said center guide tube, a stop flange extended around the periphery near a front end thereof, and a locating groove extended around the periphery in front of said stop flange; wherein pushing said hollow cylindrical plunger forwards to the front side of said barrel causes said locating groove of said retainer to be forced into engagement with the annular flange of said tapered protruding portion; pressing said tip protector with said needle assembly and the safety hypodermic syringe against a hard object after the service of the safety hypodermic syringe causes said breakable thin connecting portion to be broken, for enabling said needle assembly and said retainer to be sucked into the inside of said hollow cylindrical plunger by the vacuum in said hollow cylindrical plunger.