Patents Assigned to Kaleva Design
  • Patent number: 5743888
    Abstract: An improved safety needle, including a needle base, for fixing therein a rigid needle containing a hollow hub at one end, a hollow needle connected thereto and a sharp needle tip at the other end, the base defined by a proximal end and a distal end spaced-apart therefrom, the distal end of the needle base having formed therethrough a first bore concentric to the needle and covering the sharp needle tip, and a cap covering the first bore and rotatably positioned thereover, having formed therethrough a second bore, wherein the cap is rotatable between a first, safe position placing the first and second bores out of alignment and preventing passage of the needle and the sharp needle tip therethrough, and a second, armed position placing the first and second bores in alignment to allow passage of the needle therethrough to expose the sharp needle tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Kaleva Design
    Inventors: Robert D. Wilkes, Paul S. Turin, Robert G. Ullrich, Brian S. Murray
  • Patent number: D368094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Kaleva Design Inc.
    Inventors: Paul S. Turin, Robert G. Ullrich, Robert D. Wilkes, Lawrence Hitchcock