US 11,938,309 B2
Hypodermic interface assembly
Gregory S. Hastings, Richmond, KY (US); Bradley E. Galbreath, Lexington, KY (US); Nicholas J. Wagner, Lexington, KY (US); Taylor Kopacka Leigh, Alpharetta, GA (US); Peter Wyndham Shipp, Jr., Woodstock, GA (US); Jason Lye, Atlanta, GA (US); Randall M. Bachtel, Lawrenceville, GA (US); Dexter E. Jacobs, Austin, TX (US); and Michael Trovato, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NEOGEN CORPORATION, Lansing, MI (US)
Filed by Neogen Corporation, Lansing, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/947,305.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031961 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/3293 (2013.01) [A61M 5/3134 (2013.01); A61M 5/349 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hypodermic interface assembly for injecting or drawing a fluid from an animalia, comprising:
a hub having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, an outer surface, a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and at least one rib projecting radially outwardly away from the outer surface of the hub, wherein the at least one rib has a longitudinal length extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hub from the proximal end portion of the hub in a direction toward the distal end portion of the hub;
a cannula having a central axis extending therethrough; and
a cannula carrier having a central axis extending therethrough, a head portion, at least one pair of leg portions, and a gap between the at least one pair of leg portions, wherein the gap has a length extending along the central axis of the cannula carrier
wherein the gap and the at least one pair of leg portions of the cannula carrier extend axially along the central axis of the cannula carrier from the head portion of the cannula carrier in a direction toward the proximal end portion of the hub,
wherein the length of the at least one rib of the hub is aligned with the length of the gap,
wherein the cannula carrier is non-removably connected to the cannula, and
wherein the at least one pair of leg portions of the cannula carrier is controllably separable from the hub when the animalia moves during the injecting or drawing of the fluid and the cannula is subjected to a radial force relative to the central axis of the cannula.