Patents Assigned to Surgic-Acid, Inc.
  • Needle guard and nonreusable syringe
    Patent number: 5431630
    Abstract: A non-reusable syringe is disclosed, as well as a needle guard for use in the syringe. The needle guard is a chamber for enclosing a syringe needle and has a heat-labile material disposed on a surface thereof. The heat-labile material can melt and flow onto the needle when heated and, when cooled, the material will solidify and encapsulate the needle within the chamber.A syringe for use with the needle guard has a needle that is retractable inside the syringe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Surgic-Acid, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Leonard