US 12,343,039 B2
Insertion device and needle member
Takeshi Akiyama, Chuo (JP)
Assigned to TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,796.
Application 17/513,796 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/025091, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-142877 (JP), filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047304 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3468 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 2560/063 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertion device for inserting a medical device into a living body, comprising:
a needle portion comprising:
a sidewall internally defining an accommodation space configured to accommodate the medical device, and
a flap comprising a portion of the sidewall that is bent inward so as to project into the accommodation space, wherein:
the needle portion is configured to be inserted into the living body together with the medical device accommodated in the accommodation space; and
a movable portion that is movable with respect to the needle portion in the accommodation space in a direction of insertion of the needle portion, wherein:
the movable portion is configured to move in the direction of insertion with respect to the needle portion and contact the flap so as to move the flap from (i) a first position in which the flap clamps the medical device against the sidewall to (ii) a second position in which the flap does not clamp the medical device against the sidewall.