US 7,458,931 B2
	Syringe for artificial insemination with lateral window
Bertrand Cassou, Saint Symphorien des Bruyeres (France)
Assigned to IMV Technologies, L'Aigle (France)
Appl. No. 10/497,465 PCT Filed Dec. 03, 2002, PCT No. PCT/FR02/04146 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 06, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/047458, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 12, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 01 15642 (FR), filed on Dec. 04, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2005/0107659 A1, May 19, 2005
Int. Cl. A61B 17/43 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 600—34

10 Claims

1. A syringe for injecting the contents of a straw for the artificial insemination of an animal or for embryo transfer, comprising a tubular body (12) intended to receive a straw of this kind, said body having an opening (22) at its distal end, a piston (16) sliding in said body, and a transparent sanitary sheath (19) fitting over the outside of said tubular body, characterized in that said tubular body comprises at least one lateral notch (38) formed at a location allowing reading of information carried by a straw when the latter is inserted and located in a housing (30) defined in said tubular body, said tubular body (12) has a portion (28) for guiding the piston extended axially by said larger diameter housing (30) for said straw, this housing being connected to said guiding portion by a shoulder (34) forming a locating abutment for said straw, in that said notch (38) extends along said housing, and in that it is shorter than the latter, without reaching either said shoulder (34) or said opening (22) at the distal end of said body.