Patents by Inventor Pio Nicoletti

Pio Nicoletti 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).

  • Patent number: 5456678
    Abstract: Safety device for taking samples and performing infusions which comprises: a grip end provided with a coupling for connection to a fluid supply duct; a delivery end for a container for collecting fluid; a double-tip needle in which the tip proximal with respect to the supply duct is directed toward the grip end and the distal end is directed toward the delivery end; a needle support engaging an intermediate portion of the needle and movable from an inactive position to an active position toward the grip end in order to cause the proximal tip of the needle to penetrate the supply duct; elastic return means for said support; and an element for abutment at the delivery end for acting as a locator for a collection container, which moves with respect to the needle between a retracted needle protection position and a protruding position for insertion on the needle in order to expose its distal tip and simultaneously insert it in the collection container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Pio Nicoletti
  • Patent number: 5279588
    Abstract: The device for protecting against accidental butterfly needle punctures has a hollow body which delimits an internal accommodation seat for a butterfly needle which is connected to a flexible duct for feeding or withdrawing fluid. The seat has a proximal terminal portion, provided with two longitudinal lateral slits in each of which a respective wing of a butterfly needle can slidingly engage. The seat also has a distal terminal portion provided with retention members for engaging a butterfly needle. A butterfly needle can slide along the seat from a removal start position in the proximal terminal portion toward an irreversible complete retraction position within the distal terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Inventors: Pio Nicoletti, Renzo Cavallon