PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new anesthetic needle for ophthalmology not only alleviating pain and awful feeling to a patient but also reducing the possibility of causing complications.SOLUTION: The anesthetic needle includes an outer tubular member 2 having an outer tubular part 2a formed in a hollow shape and one gripping part 2b formed in a proximal end side of the outer tubular part 2a and whose outer periphery is gripped by a user, and an anesthetic needle member 3 having a hollow anesthetic needle body 3a inserted into the outer tubular part 2a and formed longer than the whole length of the outer tubular part 2a and the other gripping part 3b formed in the proximal end of the anesthetic needle body 3a, whose outer periphery is gripped by the user, and holding the distal end side of syringe 5 for injecting anesthetic into the anesthetic needle body 3a, one curved part 2d curved in an arc shape is formed in the outer tubular part 2a, or the whole outer tubular part 2a is curved and a non-sharp face is formed in the distal end thereof, and the anesthetic needle body 3a is formed of a material bendable corresponding to the shape of the one curved part 2d or the outer tubular part 2a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】患者への苦痛や恐怖感を緩和するばかりか、合併症を引き起こす可能性を低下することができる新規な眼科用麻酔針を提供する。【解決手段】中空状に成形された外筒部2aと、この外筒部2aの基端側に形成され使用者によって外周が把持される一方の把持部2bと、を有する外筒部材2と、上記外筒部2a内に挿通され、該外筒部2aの全長よりも長尺に成形されてなる中空状の麻酔針本体3aと、この麻酔針本体3aの基端に形成され使用者によって外周が把持されるとともに、上記麻酔針本体3a内に麻酔薬を注入する注射器5の先端側を保持する他方の把持部3bと、を有してなる麻酔針部材3と、を備え、上記外筒部2aには、円弧状に湾曲してなる一方の湾曲部2dが形成されてなるか、或いは該外筒部2aは、全体が湾曲されてなるとともに、先端には非先鋭面が形成されてなり、上記麻酔針本体3aは、上記一方の湾曲部2d又は上記外筒部2aの形状に対応して湾曲可能な素材により成形されてなる。【選択図】 図3
