The first integrated plastic prefilled safety syringe
Robin Hwang
ICP Consulting Corp., USA
: J Pharm Drug Deliv Res
Abstract
PFS has many benefits but comes with the risk of needle-stick injury on its own. With the trend of global needle-stick legislation, most drug products in PFS require sharp protection devices driven by safety concerns and regulatory mandates. While the approach for making syringes safe continues to be dominated by add-on needle cover devices, integrated prefilled safety syringes (in glass and plastic) are now being developed. MCI’s MySafety Syringe is a user-activated, automatic needle-retraction safety syringe. At the end of injection, by pushing the collapsible plunger rod, the used needle retracts and is sequestered inside the syringe barrel. MySafety Syringes are already commercialized as empty PP syringes (in 1cc and 3cc) and are turned into an integrated plastic prefilled safety syringe (iPPFSS) in nested tub with COC and COP differentiated by its simple design and container closure system.iPPFSS (aka MySafill syringe) takes advantage of material design flexibility, eliminates glass breakage and provides a great life cycle management tool for drug products in PFS. It could ensure the quality of syringes before fill and would not waste the precious drugs due to assembly process which could occasionally happen to the add-on devices.Its compact design saves costs in cold storage space, transportation and waste disposable. The design of MySafill Syringe is different from all the safety syringes in the market (or under development) and is much easier to industrialize as already demonstrated by the commercialized empty PP syringes.
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