Patent ID: 6575942
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An injection needle unit for a portable automatic syringe device adapted to perform an injection of liquid medicine into the body of a user for a prolonged time, comprising a connector coupled to an insulin pump included in the syringe device to connect the injection needle unit to the insulin pump, and an injection needle member, the injection needle unit further comprising:a feeding tube coupled with the connector and the injection needle member at opposite ends thereof, respectively, to connect the injection needle member to the insulin pump, the feeding tube being divided into a first tube portion connected to the connector and a second tube portion connected to the injection needle member; a first head unit mounted to an end of the first tube portion opposite to the connector while communicating with the first tube portion, the first head unit including a cylindrical body defining a recess therein and having a cylindrical wall divided into a plurality of wall portions by longitudinal guide slits, and a connecting needle mounted to the cylindrical body while communicating with the first tube portion at one end thereof and extending into the recess at the other end thereof; a second head unit mounted to an end of the second tube portion opposite to the injection needle member while communicating with the second tube portion, the second head unit including a sealing member received in an end portion of the second head unit opposite to the second tube portion; and a coupling ring adapted to separably couple the first and second head units to each other and provided at an inner surface thereof with guide protrusions adapted to slide along the guide slits.