Patents by Inventor Eldridge P. Herrington

Eldridge P. Herrington has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Phlebotomist protector apparatus
    Patent number: 5188612
    Abstract: A disposable phlebotomist protector device for enclosing a used needle assembly. The device includes a pair of housing elements each having an end portion and an integral elongate portion. At least one end portion has cannula inset elements for retaining the cannula of a needle assembly when the two housing elements are in an open position relative to each other. The housing elements include locking elements designed to engage the two housing elements to form a closed housing that encloses the needle assembly. One end of the housing includes an aperture when in the closed position for inserting a sample tube that engages with the needle assembly. After the used needle is inserted, the device is closed and secured and sampling completed, the device with the enclosed needle can be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Miles Inc.
    Inventors: Eldridge P. Herrington, Jr., Richard Spielberg
  • Phlebotomist protector
    Patent number: D347280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Miles Inc.
    Inventors: Eldridge P. Herrington, Richard Spielberg