Needle shield
Latest West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Patents:
The broken line showing in
Claims
The ornamental design for a needle shield, as shown and described.
3434473 | March 1969 | Smith |
3865236 | February 1975 | Rycroft |
4248246 | February 3, 1981 | Ikeda |
4300678 | November 17, 1981 | Gyure et al. |
4430082 | February 7, 1984 | Schwabacher |
4636201 | January 13, 1987 | Ambrose et al. |
4735311 | April 5, 1988 | Lowe |
4747837 | May 31, 1988 | Hauck |
4964866 | October 23, 1990 | Szwarc |
4986818 | January 22, 1991 | Imbert et al. |
D320277 | September 24, 1991 | Gyure et al. |
D322671 | December 24, 1991 | Szwarc |
5085647 | February 4, 1992 | Henderson et al. |
5098400 | March 24, 1992 | Crouse et al. |
5147325 | September 15, 1992 | Mitchell et al. |
D332308 | January 5, 1993 | Imbert et al. |
D332490 | January 12, 1993 | Brown et al. |
5232455 | August 3, 1993 | Hollister |
5322515 | June 21, 1994 | Karas et al. |
5336197 | August 9, 1994 | Kuracina |
5342320 | August 30, 1994 | Cameron |
5832971 | November 10, 1998 | Yale et al. |
5941857 | August 24, 1999 | Nguyen et al. |
5980493 | November 9, 1999 | Smith et al. |
5980495 | November 9, 1999 | Heniz et al. |
5989229 | November 23, 1999 | Chiappetta |
6004296 | December 21, 1999 | Jansen et al. |
6186980 | February 13, 2001 | Brunel |
6193696 | February 27, 2001 | Jansen et al. |
D460178 | July 9, 2002 | Courteix |
D461557 | August 13, 2002 | Courteix |
D465846 | November 19, 2002 | Hwang |
6485474 | November 26, 2002 | Heinz et al. |
D469178 | January 21, 2003 | Courteix |
6551286 | April 22, 2003 | Claessens |
6595954 | July 22, 2003 | Luther et al. |
6629963 | October 7, 2003 | Prais et al. |
6648855 | November 18, 2003 | Crawford et al. |
6719732 | April 13, 2004 | Courteix |
6832992 | December 21, 2004 | Wilkinson |
6855129 | February 15, 2005 | Jensen et al. |
6984223 | January 10, 2006 | Newby et al. |
7001363 | February 21, 2006 | Ferguson et al. |
7036288 | May 2, 2006 | Vetter et al. |
7094223 | August 22, 2006 | Brunel |
7198618 | April 3, 2007 | Ferguson et al. |
20010004685 | June 21, 2001 | Jansen et al. |
20020062108 | May 23, 2002 | Courteix |
20030181859 | September 25, 2003 | Brunel |
20030208165 | November 6, 2003 | Christensen |
20030229315 | December 11, 2003 | Leong et al. |
20040186440 | September 23, 2004 | Jensen et al. |
20050038391 | February 17, 2005 | Wittland et al. |
20050096596 | May 5, 2005 | Crawford et al. |
20050137528 | June 23, 2005 | Wilkinson |
20060184114 | August 17, 2006 | Tai |
20060189933 | August 24, 2006 | Alheidt et al. |
20070016141 | January 18, 2007 | Salto et al. |
0876824 | November 1998 | EP |
1099450 | May 2001 | EP |
1208861 | May 2002 | EP |
1502616 | February 2005 | EP |
7045698 | July 1972 | FR |
2777787 | October 1999 | FR |
- Several photographs of Stelmi Trading International needle protecting device.
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 23, 2007
Date of Patent: Apr 1, 2008
Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Lionville, PA)
Inventors: Bernhard Pech (Niedernhausen), Bernd Becker (Aachen), Dirk Zölcher (Kreuzau), Hubert Jansen (Stolberg)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Assistant Examiner: Eric L Goodman
Attorney: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
Application Number: 29/279,199