Abstract: An injection device is arranged and constructed to simultaneously rotate a needle during its forward translation as a therapeutic agent such as a liquid is ejected therefrom. In one embodiment the injection device is an automatic device including a pump forcing the liquid through a tube to a hand-piece. The needle has a first position in which it is disposed within a housing of the hand-piece, and a second position in which the needle extends outwardly of the hand-piece so that it can be used to eject the liquid, with the needle being automatically uni- or bi-directionally rotated as it is advanced between the first and second positions. In an alternate positions a syringe is provided with a barrel, a plunger extending into the barrel to eject the liquid through the needle, and a plunger which is pushed into the barrel by the operator.

Abstract: A protective sheath for a winged needle, such as a fistula needle or the needle used in an IV infusion set includes a length of tube with a hollow needle at one end, and a pair of outwardly projecting flexible wings adjacent the end of the tubing where the needle is disposed on the tube and a protective sheath assembly is provided which includes a sheath adapted to be slid over the needle to cover the needle after use. The sheath includes a hollow generally tubular body having a forward end oriented toward the needle and a rearward end oriented away from the needle. The body has at least two longitudinally extending fingers separated by slots extending from the forward end of the body toward the rearward end. Each of the slots is dimensioned to receive only one of the wings to allow at least part of sheath to be slid past the wings to cover the needle after use. According to the invention, the slots are provided with a z-bend which causes an audible click as the wings pass through it.

Abstract: A device for safely recapping a hypodermic needle (24) on a syringe (22) using a one-handed operation during surgical procedures. The device includes a stainless steel housing having a tapered open proximal end and a square based open distal end. The encased, hollow shaft (20) houses the plastic elongated needle cap (26) in which the user inserts the exposed said hypodermic needle and syringe for the purpose of recapping by applying a downward pressure.

Abstract: A safety syringe for a vacuum specimen tube having a stopper. The syringe includes a shroud with a double ended needle and a sheath slidably positioned over the needle's external end. The sheath's tip can be hypodermically inserted with the needle. The sheath moves between an exposed position where the sharp point of the needle's external end is exposed and a covered position where the sharp point of the needle's external end is inside the sheath. After the needle and sheath are inserted into the patient, the vacuum tube is seated in the shroud, piercing the stopper with needle's internal end and allowing blood to flow into the tube. As the tube is seated, it will also preferably engage an arm extending from the sheath to advance the sheath into the covered position. Thus, the sheath is in the covered position before the syringe is removed from the patient.

Abstract: An automatic needle retracting mechanism (1) for a hypodermic syringe (2) comprises a body (3) which slidingly supports a needle (27). A retainer (9) for an actuator (8) and the needle (27) is kept in a retaining position by a spacer (11), which after some time in contact with an injectant loses its mechanical strength. A filing of the needle with an injectant causes a deformation of the spacer (11), a release of the actuator (8) and a retracting of the retainer (9) and needle (27) into a needle retraction chamber (4). The needle retracting mechanism may also include an inner sleeve (20) which is manually movable towards the retainer (9) for a manual release of the actuator (8). The needle retracting mechanism may be included in a needle holder (33) or integrated in a syringe (2′).

Abstract: An injection device is arranged and constructed to simultaneously rotate a needle during its forward translation as a therapeutic agent such as a liquid is ejected therefrom. In one embodiment the injection device is an automatic device including a pump forcing the liquid through a tube to a hand-piece. The needle has a first position in which it is disposed within a housing of the hand-piece, and a second position in which the needle extends outwardly of the hand-piece so that it can be used to eject the liquid, with the needle being automatically uni- or bi-directionally rotated as it is advanced between the first and second positions. In an alternate positions a syringe is provided with a barrel, a plunger extending into the barrel to eject the liquid through the needle, and a plunger which is pushed into the barrel by the operator.

Abstract: A plastic needle guard is mounted on a hub in which a needle is secured. In order to cover the end of the needle, the needle guard is slid manually off the hub and over the end of the needle to position the needle end within the guard. A washer that is loosely mounted within the guard and through which the needle passes drops off the end of the needle to block any return movement of the needle out of the guard. Other embodiments use lock-type washers to prevent a return movement of the needle.

Abstract: A cap of a closure arrangement of a prefilled disposable syringe is only removed in advance of utilizing the syringe. The disposable syringe has a syringe body (2, 3) and an injection needle (4) integrated in this body. The closure arrangement includes a stiff plastic cap (5) pushed onto the syringe head (2) and includes a lining (6) in the interior thereof which seals the needle tip. In another syringe type without integrated needle, a connecting cone of a conical connection is formed on the syringe body. The closure arrangement includes an elastomeric closure cap (tip-cap) seated on the connecting cone. The closure cap is covered by a stiff plastic cap connected to the syringe body. In both types of disposable syringes, the plastic cap is welded or cemented while forming a desired break location (7) with the syringe body (2, 3).

Abstract: A medical injection device including a shield system and a syringe coupled to the shield system. The shield system includes a syringe holder, a shield telescopically received in the holder and slidably coupled to the holder and an end fitting which isolates the syringe flange from the holder, preventing damage to the flange. A spring resiliently urges the shield from a retracted position to an extended position. Stop members are provided adjacent the distal end of the holder and the proximal end of the shield for maintaining the shield in the retracted position. The syringe is slidably coupled to the holder, and extends within the shield. Axial movement of the syringe with respect to the holder causes disengagement of the stop members, allowing the spring to move the shield to the extended position. Detents are provided on the holder for maintaining the shield in the extended position.

Abstract: A dual-chamber safety hypodermic syringe. The syringe includes a barrel having a medicine chamber, a needle chamber, and a guide hole connected between the chambers. The needle assembly is moved in and out of the needle chamber between the extended position where an inlet on a neck of the needle assembly is disposed in communication with the guide hole for enabling liquid medicine to be squeezed out from the medicine chamber through the needle cannula of the needle assembly, and the received position where the needle assembly is safely received inside the needle chamber and kept from sight.

Abstract: The present invention is a safety shield assembly having a shield and a collar for connecting the shield to a fluid handling device whereby the shield may be pivoted with respect to the collar. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be used with a needle assembly, an intravenous infusion set a syringe, a catheter or other fluid handling devices or assemblies that contain piercing elements.

Abstract: The present invention is a safety shield assembly having a shield and a collar for connecting the shield to a fluid handling device whereby the shield may be pivoted with respect to the collar. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be used with a needle assembly, an intravenous infusion set a syringe, a catheter or other fluid handling devices or assemblies that contain piercing elements. The shield includes a clip with a plurality of cannula finger locks for preventing re-exposure of the used needle.

Abstract: A safety-sheathed blood sampling needle for use with a standard vacutainer. The needle is housed in a protective hollow body and held in place with a non-tensioned elastic band. The needle may be extended outside the cover for use without removing the cover assembly from the needle, and may be locked into the use position with one hand. Moving the needle into the use position tensions the elastic band. After the sample is taken, the needle is unlocked and retracted back into the cover by the elastic band. Upon such retraction, the element used to extend the needle is either concealed or disconnected to prevent accidental reuse of the needle.

Abstract: The present invention is a safety shield assembly having a shield and a collar for connecting the shield to a fluid handling device whereby the shield may be pivoted with respect to the collar. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be used with a needle assembly, an intravenous infusion set a syringe, a catheter or other fluid handling devices or assemblies that contain piercing elements.

Abstract: A safety syringe with a needle sleeve lock is provided. The needle sleeve lock is put around a cap of the syringe with radially outward projected second stoppers at rear end of the cap located between a shoulder portion and two radially inward projected first stoppers inside the needle sleeve lock, such that the cap, a hub tightly fitted in the cap, and the needle sleeve lock together form a needle sleeve lock assembly, which allows the hub to temporarily locate closely before a neck portion of a barrel of the syringe, so that the syringe may be sterilized under high temperature without stress deformation and thermal deformation. When the cap is turned to separate the second stoppers on the cap from the first shoulder portion and the first stoppers of the needle sleeve lock and then depressed, the hub and a cannula held thereto are caused to move backward and be stably retained to the neck portion of the barrel in an airtight relation.

Abstract: An automatically shieldable blood collection set is provided. The blood collection set includes a needle assembly having a hub to which a needle cannula is fixedly attached. The needle hub includes a fin formed with a latch. A safety shield is telescoped relative to the hub and the needle cannula and can be moved from a proximal position where the needle cannula is exposed to a distal position where the needle cannula is safely shielded. The latch on the fin releasably engages the shield when the shield is in the proximal position. A spring is provided between the shield and the hub to propel the shield distally relative to the hub and into surrounding relationship with the needle cannula in response to movement of the latch.

Abstract: An automatically shieldable blood collection set is provided. The blood collection set includes a needle assembly having a hub to which a needle cannula is fixedly attached. A safety shield is telescoped relative to the hub and the needle cannula and can be moved from a proximal position where the needle cannula is exposed to a distal position where the needle cannula is safely shielded. A spring is provided between the shield and the hub to propel the shield distally relative to the hub and into surrounding relationship with the needle cannula. A retainer is provided for releasably holding the shield in a proximal ready-to-use condition relative to the hub and the needle cannula. An actuator releases the retainer and enables the shield to be propelled by the spring. A lock may be provided for preventing inadvertent re-exposure of the needle cannula.

Abstract: A system for retaining a tip protector on a needle having a curved portion or bend adjacent the tip. A Braun clip tip protector is used in combination with a small sleeve which fits around the needle such that it is free to slide towards the needle tip until stopped by the bend. In that stopped position, the tip protector covers the tip but cannot slide off the end of the needle.

Abstract: A needle assembly includes a needle component (10) and a blunting component (26), the needle component (10) containing a needle cannula (12) mounted in a housing (16) which defines a fluid chamber such as a fluid chamber (20). The blunting component (26) contains a non-perforated, open-ended blunting probe (28) mounted in a shuttle (30). The needle cannula (12) and the blunting probe (28) are disposed telescopically one within the other without obstructing flow through the needle passageway, and are movable between a sharpened configuration and a blunted configuration. The blunting member (26) is configured to permit the open end of the blunting probe (28) to provide flow access to the fluid chamber (20) in the housing (16).

Abstract: A removal system and method to facilitate removal of a sheath from a medical device such as a hypodermic needle. The removal system comprises a sheath having an exterior housing defining an internal cavity for accommodating a hypodermic needle therein. The sheath is open at one end thereof to facilitate receiving the hypodermic needle therein. An exterior surface of the sheath supports at least one appendage comprising at least one tension leg which interconnects a pushing surface with the sheath. The at least one tension leg partially bows, once a sufficient removal force is applied thereto, facilitating removal of the sheath from a hypodermic needle via a clinician via a one handed technique.

Abstract: The needle protection holder encloses an automatically retractable safety syringe and needle within a tubular cylinder after the needle has been used. Its intended purpose is to remove a needle attached to a syringe from a patient, both human and animal, thereby containing the needle safely within the holder or cylinder. With such a construction, the holder prevents the exchange of bodily fluids caused by needle sticks which are known to cause serious illnesses including death to medical technicians and personnel.

Abstract: A safety syringe for intravenous injection includes: a syringe cylinder having a plurality of sleeve ribs formed in a sleeve portion eccentrically formed on the syringe cylinder, a needle device having a needle detachably coupled on an shank portion which is provided with a plurality of shank ribs on the shank portion to be engaged with the sleeve ribs in the sleeve portion, with the needle device retractable in and automatically biased in the syringe cylinder to prevent outward protruding of used needle; whereby upon external connecting and rotative coupling of the needle on the shank portion, the shank portion will be locked without being rotatable, thereby enhancing a smooth coupling of the needle on the shank portion of the needle device. The syringe cylinder is also formed with an annular extension for limiting a rearward releasing of the plunger once inserted in the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention provides an incinerator adapted for disintegrating metal needles and lancets such as are used in the medical profession. An incinerator is provided that includes first and second electrodes, each having a contact edge spaced apart in an overlapping relationship to one another. The second electrode is rotated relative to the first electrode so as to define a tapered gap between the contact edges. A controlled power source is selectively interconnected to the first and second electrodes, with both being supported by a housing. The housing defines an opening adjacent to the electrodes for receiving metal, such as hypodermic needles, interveinous needles, lancets, etc., to be incinerated by the electrodes. In another embodiment of the invention, a residue collection drawer is slidably mounted within the housing adjacent to the electrodes so as to capture residue from the incineration.

Abstract: The present invention is a safety shield assembly having a shield and a collar for connecting the shield to a fluid handling device whereby the shield may be pivoted with respect to the collar. The safety shield assembly of the present invention also includes a thumb ramp for orienting a user's hand with the safety shield assembly. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be used with a needle assembly, an intravenous infusion set, a syringe, a catheter or other fluid handling devices or assemblies that contain piercing elements.

Abstract: A safety shield apparatus is disclosed which includes a needle having a distal portion defining a longitudinal axis which is angularly displaced relative to a longitudinal axis defined by a proximal portion of the needle. A shield is mounted with the needle and extensible, via a tubular needle guide movable along the needle, between a retracted position and an extended position. The apparatus may include a needle hub configured to support the proximal portion of the needle. The needle hub can include an appendage which may have at least one opening to facilitate manipulation thereof. A distal end of the shield can be attached to a planar contact surface. The shield may also include a latch engageable with the needle.

Abstract: The device is applied to a syringe for medical use, comprising a cylindrical body, on the front end portion (12) of which there is rigidly applied a hollow needle (15) having a pointed tip (17) for penetration into the patient's body. A protection member (20) is provided, to assume alternately an open configuration and a closed configuration, to enclose, when in its closed configuration, at least the pointed tip (17) of the needle; a securing means (50) is also provided separate from the syringe (10) and able to be rigidly secured to the front end portion (12) of the syringe. Said securing means (50) is joined to the protection member (20) by connection means (55) which enable the protection member (20) to be rotated such that this can be disposed relatively far from the pointed tip (17) of the needle.

Abstract: A safety syringe ensuring stable and airtight connection of a hub to a barrel of the syringe is provided. A rear portion of the hub is tightly fitted in a neck portion at a front end of the barrel, such that the hub is prevented from moving out of the barrel via the neck portion. A first airtight contact line is formed at joint of two shoulder portions separately formed on the hub and the neck portion, and a second airtight contact line is formed at a position within a contact surface between the hub and the neck portion, so that the hub is stably and air-tightly connected to the barrel. A plunger is disposed in the barrel to push medical liquid in the barrel into the hub and a cannula fixed to the hub for injection purpose. An engaging cone having a slit is forward projected from a front end of the plunger to engage into receiving holes formed on the hub when the plunger is fully push forward.

Abstract: A needle device has a needle retraction mechanism that retracts the needle upon removing the device from the skin surface (either intentionally or unintentionally). Once the needle is retracted, the device is rendered inoperative. The needle can be further made inoperative by bending it when one attempts to reuse the device. In another embodiment, a needle opening formed in the base of the housing can be covered to render the needle inoperative when one attempts to reuse the device. In another embodiment, the needle device instead has a needle shield that automatically covers the needle after use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical puncturing device comprising a rigid needle being at one end adapted for facilitating the puncturing and comprising at the opposite end a hub, the hub comprising a handle part and a shield part being pivotable in relation to the handle part and further comprising locking means on the shield part and the handle part, the locking means being adapted to interlock the shield and the handle part in a pivoted position of the shield part where the rigid needle is covered by this.

Abstract: A catheter and introducer needle assembly with needle shield that is connected to the needle hub by a pleated tether. The tether defines a plurality of holes therein to allow the introducer needle to extend through the tether. The tether prevents unwanted proximal movement of the needle with respect to the needle shield once the needle has been withdrawn into the needle shield.

Abstract: Safety syringe that includes a cylindrical chamber having a front end that includes a discharge end, a plunger slidably coupled to the cylindrical chamber, and a needle holder structured to receive a needle having at least a portion of which that protrudes from the discharge end. A cylinder unit is slidably arranged within the front end, and a plunger seal, coupled to the plunger, is arranged for movement relative to the plunger after medicament discharge. The plunger is arranged to slidably move the cylinder unit toward the discharge end and to slidably dislodge the plunger seal. The cylinder unit is structured to provide a protective shield around the portion of the needle protruding from the discharge end.

Abstract: A device for covering and protecting the hollow needle of a syringe after the syringe is used to inject a medicament into a patient includes a cylindrical adapter formed with a coupling. A syringe body formed with a medicament chamber is attached to the coupling. The hollow needle is also attached to the coupling in fluid communication with the medicament chamber. The adapter is formed with a plug that extends from the adapter. The adapter is disposed within a cylindrical barrel piece to allow axial movement between the adapter and barrel piece. A slot is formed in the barrel piece for engagement with the adapter plug. The specially designed slot regulates the distance the needle tip extends from the nose of the barrel piece during a sequence of steps that include filling the syringe with fluid medicament from a medicament vial and then injecting a patient with the medicament.

Abstract: A disposable double pointed injection needle has a needle hub to which a thin needle cannula is permanently fasten and which needle hub can be mounted on to a syringe comprising a dose setting and injection mechanism and a cartridge containing a liquid medicine to be injected subcutaneously into a human body. The needle hub is provided with a safety shield guided on the outside surface of the needle hub. The safety shield is urged in a direction away from the needle hub by a spring located between the needle hub and the safety shield. The safety shield has a number of protrusions guided in guiding tracks on the outside surface of the needle hub. The guiding tracks are designed such that the safety shield during injection is moved towards the needle hub, and after injection is moved away from the needle hub by the spring and locked in an irreversible position where the safety shield covers the needle cannula and prevents accidental needle stick injuries.

Abstract: A needle tip protective device for use with percutaneous entry needles. In one embodiment, the needle tip protective device includes a needle guard slidably mounted on a hypodermic needle, the latter having a needle tip located at the distal end thereof, and a change of profile formed medially there along. The needle guard is movable along the hypodermic needle and engageable with the change in profile formed thereon. The engagement with the change in profile is configured to correspond with the ability of the needle trap to entrap the needle tip once the needle trap has advanced the sufficient distance distally along the hypodermic needle. In further refinements, the needle trap may be biased toward the distal needle tip of the needle.

Abstract: A prefillable delivery device for administering intradermal injections includes a prefillable container adapted to store a substance. The substance is expelled through a needle cannula having a forward tip adapted to administer the intradermal injection. A limiter surrounds the needle cannula having a generally flat skin engaging surface extending in a plane generally perpendicular to the needle cannula. An insert is centrally located within the skin engaging surface and is piercable by the forward tip. A sleeve with a first end and a second end surrounds the prefillable container. The limiter is slidably inserted through the first end and the second end is affixed to a depressable plunger for expelling the substance from the container. The limiter is movable between a first position and a second position thereby exposing the forward tip and is selectively movable between a third position and a fourth position thereby concealing the forward tip.

Abstract: A protection device for medical needles connected to a portion of tube comprises: a protection casing (20) arranged to enclose and cover the needle after use, it being initially applied in a position to the rear of the point (11) of the needle; a front end (25) facing the point of the needle, to be rested against a foreign body (D3) for reaction in extracting the needle from the patient's body; means (30) for securing the device to the tube (15); and thrust means (21, 22) which when operated by the operator's finger (D1, D2) increase the distance between the securing means (30) and said front end (25) in order to cause the needle (10) to move towards the protection casing (20) until it lies inside the interior of this latter (20). During the extraction of the needle (10) from the patient's body (P), the device (1) is rigidly secured to the tube (15) in proximity to the needle (10), and the operator, by operating on the device, is able to direct the needle (10) as he wishes, to achieve its correct extraction.

Abstract: A retracting needle assembly for use with a syringe barrel having a cylindrical collar and a plunger having a release element with a sharp distal end includes an outer hub having a passageway therethrough and an inner hub having a proximal end, a distal end and a conduit therethrough. The proximal end of the inner hub has an inner portion and a dissociable outer portion connected to the inner portion. The dissociable outer portion is further connected to the outer hub. The distal end of the inner hub is smaller than the W o passageway of the outer hub at the distal end of the outer hub and projects distally outwardly therefrom. A needle cannula having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen therethrough is connected to the inner hub so that the lumen is in fluid communication with the conduit. An energized spring is contained between the inner and outer hub. Structure is provided for connecting the outer hub to the collar of the syringe barrel.

Abstract: A shielding apparatus for preventing accidental contact with a sharp object such as a needle. The apparatus comprises a hinged shield, a barrel and a locking mechanism. The apparatus is attached to an existing needle via a barrel or may be manufactured into the base of the syringe needle. Connected to the barrel is a hinge, a shield and a locking mechanism. The shield may pivot, via the hinge, in a direction away from needle so as to expose the needle for use. Upon completion of the use, the shield is pivoted so as to cover the needle, the shield being either permanently or temporarily locked in place via the locking mechanism, thereby preventing accidental contact.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for the registration of the setting of a medical device, the setting of which implies a mechanical adjustment of at least two relatively moveable elements of the device. The invention is characterized in that the apparatus is intended for disconnectible engagement with the medical device, and that it has detector means for detecting the mechanical adjustment and has information means arranged for providing information related to said mechanical adjustment.

Abstract: A protective sleeve and adaptor hub combination for retrofitting conventional medical syringes so that the syringe needle may be completely enclosed in the protective sleeve following use of the syringe. The protective sleeve is typically made of polypropylene plastic whereas the adaptor hub which fits in the protective sleeve is made of a harder material Such as polycarbonate. The adaptor hub has internal male threads of hardness suitable for penetrating and cutting female thread grooves in the relatively soft material of a nozzle end of a medical syringe during relative rotation of the protective sleeve and adaptor hub combination and the syringe. Once connected, the hub and sleeve cannot be removed from the syringe. The protective sleeve also has internal spiral tracks and the hub has external follower projections engaged in the tracks for guiding movement of the adaptor hub in the protective sleeve.

Abstract: A hypodermic-needle sample collection device includes an elongated, generally cylindrical barrel forming an aperture at the distal end of the barrel and opening into the interior of the barrel, and a needle bolder mounted for longitudinal movement within the barrel The needle holder includes a pin projecting laterally therefrom. A hollow needle carried by the needle holder projects from the holder along the axis of the barrel. The pin is guided by longitudinal linear and helical guide surfaces extending along at least a portion of the length of the barrel for moving the needle longitudinally within the barrel in response to relative rotational movement between the linear and helical guide surfaces.

Abstract: A safety needle cap assembly for needles automatically caps the used needle the instant the needle is withdrawn from a patient. An elastic compressible sheath is attached to a safety needle cup shaped cap and is under compression with the cap in a retracted position exposing the needle tip for use. The cap is restrained in a rearward needle exposed state by one or more extension members extending rearwardly from the cap over the syringe hub. The extension may be a thin film, a string, a flexible rod or an articulated rod which are pressed against the hub by an outer packaging enclosure to retain the cap in the needle exposed state during shipping and handling prior to use. During removal of the enclosure for use of the needle, the extension is then pressed against the hub by the user in one embodiment, or a syringe grip or catheter body in other embodiments, holding the needle exposed ready for use.

Abstract: A retractable and extendable medical needle protective shield which provides opportunity for accessing and reaccessing a medical needle and associated sharpened needle tip and recovering the needle and tip for safety between accesses. The shield includes a needle guide which assures the needle tip is untouched by any part of the shield as the shield is displaced to cover and uncover the needle. A releasible latch is provided to guard against inadvertent removal of the protective shield between accesses. An unreleasible latch is also provided to secure the shield relative to the latch preparatory to final disposal. In combination with the protective shield, a plurality of adapters are disclosed which provide examples of passively operated, protected access to membrane pierceable fluid sources such as a “Y” connection site of an IV set line, a drug vial, a vacuum sample tube, an umbilical cord holder and a hypodermic site.

Abstract: A retractable multi-piece cover for use in removal of a needle delivery system over a central venous access port which is subcutaneously implanted into a patient. The multi-piece cover extends to surround the intravenous therapy needle during its removal from the port so that the person removing the needle is protected from the possibilities of spattering blood and needle stick resulting from needle rebound. The multi-piece cover may have an upper slit in its extendable upper portion, or a larger opening in its extendable upper portion covered with flexible material through which an intravenous therapy needle may access the port. The multi-piece cover may also have a clamp for securely attaching the multi-piece cover to the intravenous therapy needle. Applications may include, but are not limited to, use over subcutaneously arm-implanted ports and subcutaneously chest-implanted ports.

Abstract: A device for winding and storing a used needle of an injector. The device includes a needle-hub assembly, a cylindrical container and a needle winding axle. A hub of the needle-hub assembly is arranged through a bottom wall of the cylindrical container at an eccentric position relative to a longitudinal axis thereto. After using the injector, the cylindrical container is rotated about the needle winding axle, whereby the used needle is wound and finally stored within the cylindrical container.

Abstract: A dual use needle cap having a before use portion and an after use portion. The before use portion including an outer surface and an interior surface defining a chamber sized to enclose a needle of a syringe. The after use portion includes a clamp and a hood attached to the outer surface of the before use portion at opposite ends thereof. The clamp is configured to fit on to at least one of a barrel of a syringe or a needle assembly connected to the syringe and the hood is configured to cover a tip of the needle.

Abstract: This invention includes protective devices for protecting against needle-stick injury by a medical catheter or needle. More particularly, the invention is concerned with guards for use with wingless needle assemblies of the type used by blood banks. However, it is also applicable to winged needle assemblies used for other medical purposes, such as the intravenous (IV) infusion of fluids. The needle or catheter assemblies of the type concerned here, comprise a needle, a needle mount or block, and a flexible tube, which are connected at one end to the needle via the needle mount and at the other end to a blood collection bag or to an IV fluid source. A winged catheter or needle assembly is one having a pair of flexible wing-like protrusions extending laterally from its mount, the wings being taped to the user's skin to keep the needle in place over the long periods of time often needed for IV infusions.

Abstract: A clipping device for a cap needle or the like is disclosed. The device comprises a main body and a pushing block, wherein a cylindrical insertion hole is formed at one end of the main body and a rectangular slot is formed adjacent to and overlapping with the edge of the insertion hole. The pushing block is slidably mounted within the slot, which comprises a lower section and an upper section and is formed integrally as a block body. One end of the lower section is a clipping section, which is used to clip and hold the syringe cap. The pushing block is pushed away with a finger, and a syringe cap can be clipped and held by means of the clipping section when the syringe cap is within the insertion hole.

Abstract: A needle guard assembly is provided for mounting to the hub of a needle assembly. The needle guard assembly includes a guide that is engageable on the hub. An elongate U-shaped cover is hingedly mounted to the guide and can be rotated from a first position where the needle cannula is substantially surrounded by the U-shaped walls of the cover into a second position where the needle cannula is exposed for use. The needle guard assembly further includes a slide that is slidably engaged in the guide and movable from a first position where the slide cooperatively engages the cover for completely surrounding the needle cannula to a second position where the slide is spaced proximally from the cover, thereby permitting the cover to rotate into its second position.

Abstract: A pre-filled syringe comprising, as common prior art syringes have, a partially open end, a neck extending therefrom, a needle, a needle cover plus a new type of attachment for storing and using the syringe needle. Prior to using the pre-filled syringe, the needle and needle cover are attached to the inside surface of the syringe neck, with the needle puncture end (and the respective needle cover end) within the syringe body surrounded by the pre-filled solution, while the needle attachment end (and the respective needle cover end) is exterior to the syringe body. To use the syringe, the needle cover and needle are removed from the syringe body interior and are attached at the needle attachment end to the outside surface of the syringe neck. The needle cover is then removed from the needle, and the needle is now primed for use. In one embodiment, the storage attachment comprises mating threading on the needle cover and the body neck.