Removable Cover Or Protector For Body Inserted Conduit Patents (Class 604/263)
  • Patent number: 7033345
    Abstract: The present invention provides a deflectable catheter-based system for assisting in the delivery of therapeutic agents, cellular materials and the like to one or more sites in a target body tissue. The system provides for one or more injections to a predetermined needle insertion depth with a single core needle that can be advanced and retracted from the tip of the catheter. The catheter assembly includes a handle subassembly having a mechanism for setting and limiting the depth of insertion of the needle, a slide for moving the injection needle between retracted and extended positions, a return spring for biasing the needle to the retracted position, and a modified pulley mechanism for compensating for catheter shaft compression when the catheter is deflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lee, Kristian P. Kristoffersen
  • Patent number: 7008402
    Abstract: Medical needle shield apparatus for covering a needle after use. The medical needle shield apparatus is for use with a needle having proximal and distal ends, wherein the shield is slidably movable along the needle from a proximal position where the distal end of the needle is exposed, to a distal position where the shield covers the distal end of the needle. The shield comprises one or more clips having two or more apertures through which the needle passes, wherein the apertures have surfaces. A clip positioning member, in communication with at least one of the clips, positions the aperture surfaces of at least one of the clips when a portion of the clip positioning member in contact with the needle is advanced past the distal end of the needle such that at least a portion of the aperture surfaces of the two or more apertures binds to the needle with opposing binding forces so as to secure the shield to the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Specialized Health Products, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Mark Ferguson, Charles V. Owen, David L. Thorne, Craig N. Thorne, Mark Nelson, Gale H. Thorne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6997913
    Abstract: A blood collection assembly includes a needle cannula with an intravenous end and a non-patient end. The cannula is mounted to a needle holder so that the non-patient end projects into the holder. A safety shield is telescoped over the needle cannula and is movable from a proximal position where the intravenous end of the cannula is exposed to a distal position where the intravenous end of the cannula is shielded. The safety shield is configured to be passively actuated and propelled into the distal position in response to insertion of a blood collection tube into the holder. However, a slide back actuator extends from the safety shield to permit the shield to be retracted into a proximal position during use and before the safety shield is locked in the distal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 6997912
    Abstract: A hypodermic type needle cover assembly for covering a hypodermic type needle attached to a butterfly needle holding assembly as soon as the tip of the hypodermic type needle is withdrawn form the patient. To ensure the cover remains over the tip of the hypodermic type needle, the cover assembly includes a needle retaining mechanism that allows the needle to easily enter a needle receiving cavity of the cover assembly but provides resistance to the needle moving out of the cover assembly where it could prick and possibly contaminate a health care worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: Andrea Tristan
  • Patent number: 6988981
    Abstract: A protective tool for a therapeutic material delivery device prevents wrong sticking of the outer needle of the device after use and prevents dissipation of blood adhering to the outer needle and comprises a cover (8?A) and a cap (61) or stopper (65) attached to a forward end of said cover for protecting the forward end of the outer tubular needle (2A), wherein said cover (8?A) is formed of a plurality of tubes (8?A1, 8?A2, 8?A3, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Kuniharu Hamazaki
  • Patent number: 6986759
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices for protecting a needle 1 for medical use or the like and having a sharp end 2 and a base end 3. The device of the invention is essentially characterized by the fact that it comprises a sleeve 10 having a bore 11 on an axis 12 and of section not less than that of the needle to be protected, a link 13 of length “L1”, resilient return hinge means 19 for connecting one end 15 of the link 14 to the sleeve 10, the link taking up a defined equilibrium position on a direction making an acute angle ? with the axis of the bore 11, base means 21 suitable for receiving the end 3 of the needle 1, a crank arm 22 of length “K1” no greater than the length “L1” of the link, and means 28, 30 for mounting each of the first and second ends of the crank arm 22 to pivot freely respectively on the end 17 of the link 13 and on the base means 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Device Research & Development (DRD)
    Inventor: Vojin Jeremijevic
  • Patent number: 6984223
    Abstract: A needle assembly includes a needle and a hub mounted to each other. The hub includes a sidewall spaced outwardly from the needle cannula and extending to a distal position between the opposed ends of the needle cannula. A housing integral with the hub defines a sidewall to partially confine a safety shield. The safety shield is slidably disposed about the needle cannula and releasably retained in a proximal position and can be moved to a distal position where the safety shield completely surrounds that portion of the needle hub projecting distally from the hub. The needle assembly includes a spring for propelling the safety shield to the distal position and a latch for releasing the safety shield from the proximal position. The latch may be passively activated by normal usage of the medical implement to which the needle assembly is mounted or alternately activated manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: C. Mark Newby, Michael Bennett, Hugh T. Conway, Bradley M. Wilkinson, John Hitchings
  • Patent number: 6979319
    Abstract: A guide catheter employs a retractable inner guide movably disposed within an open lumen of a splittable outer guide. The outer guide includes a longitudinal pre-stress line extending from distal to proximal ends. The inner guide includes an open lumen adapted to receive a payload. The inner guide is translatable and rotatable relative to the outer guide. The guide catheter further includes a proximally attached guide handle which is separable into at least two sections. Separation of the guide handle splits the proximal end of the outer guide. Proximal outer guide retraction continues the splitting of the outer guide along the longitudinal pre-stress line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank E. Manning, Charles R. Peterson, Howard P. Graham
  • Patent number: 6974444
    Abstract: The invention pertains to safety syringes and safety catheters designed to protect the operator from unintentional needle sticks and prevent fluid leakage after use. When the safety catheter is in operation, fluid passes from the flexible tubing through the hollow body, outlet portion, and out of the hollow needle. The hollow body includes a pair of wings to attach to the patient's skin. A needle shield fits slidably over the needle and a portion of the hollow body and includes a slot accommodating the attachable wings. The needle shield is a membrane sealed body. The shield includes an internal membrane sealing against fluid loss through the wing slots. The needle shield's first position permits the needle's tip to extend outward from the shield through a membrane. When in the second position, the needle shield extends beyond the needle's tip preventing any fluid loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Inventor: Joseph Von Teichert
  • Patent number: 6969376
    Abstract: The mechanism includes: an urging means for urging an inner needle (12) to the side opposite to an outer needle (11) with respect to the axial direction of a holder sleeve (1) for holding the inner needle (12); an actuator (6) which is positioned between the urging means (8) and inner needle (12), moves together with the inner needle (12) and has a puncture position retainer for keeping the inner needle (12) and outer needle (11) ready for puncture and an inner needle retraction actuating portion for allowing for the retraction actuation of the inner needle (12); and a slit (2) for assuring the path of movement of the actuator (6). The puncture position retainer has a puncture position engagement portion whereby the actuator (6) is engaged with the holder sleeve (1) at a position on the outer needle side (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Kentaro Takemae
  • Patent number: 6960194
    Abstract: A needle protecting device including a base body, a needle protecting sleeve mounted on the base body, wherein in a protective position the sleeve surrounds an injection needle and in a second position exposes the injection needle, a first block and a second block, one connected to the needle protecting sleeve and the other connected to the base body, wherein in the protective position of the sleeve the blocks engage to prevent the sleeve from moving into the second position, and a safety-release for releasing the engagement of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Edgar Hommann, Peter Hostettler
  • Patent number: 6958054
    Abstract: A catheter device is disclosed which the hypodermic needle used for insertion is retracted into a protective sheath and left in place during use. An IV fluid flow path is provided that is blocked by the hypodermic needle prior to retraction but is opened by the retraction of the needle from the catheter. The insertion hypodermic needle is not discarded separately but only after the use of the whole catheter device to inject fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: Lisa M. Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 6958055
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including an adapter, a sheath and filling spike for connecting to said adapter and an intravenous connector for intravenously administering medicine to a patient. The barrel may be connected to the adapter and the filling spike for filling the barrel with medicine. The medicine can then be injected into a patient through either the needleless intravenous injection system or through a retractable needle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: NMT Group plc
    Inventors: Jeremy Francis Donnan, David John Targell
  • Patent number: 6949086
    Abstract: Medical needle shield apparatus for covering a needle after use. In embodiments of this invention a shield with two or more segments hingedly connected to each other is movable from a retracted position where the needle is exposed, to an extended position where the shield extends beyond the end of the needle. The needle is affixed in a hub of a medical needle device, and the shield is articulated to the hub. At least one of the two or more segments has an open orifice through which the needle passes to form an axis of intersection about the needle. The shield includes a channel for covering the needle when the shield is linearly extended. One or more locks associated with one or more of the segments secures one or more of the segments relative to the shield in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: F. Mark Ferguson, Richard L. Fiser, James R. Curtis, Charles V. Owen, David L. Thorne, Mark A. Nelson, Roy L. Barrus, Gale H. Thorne, Jr., Eugene E. Weilbacher, Michael Thorne, Steven Brown, Donald Solomon
  • Patent number: 6945958
    Abstract: A safety needle apparatus having a needle is provided that includes a first cylinder extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof and defining a longitudinal axis. The first cylinder further defines at least one longitudinal keyway in a side wall thereof and at least one keyslot disposed adjacent the distal end of the first cylinder. The keyslot is rotationally spaced apart from the at least one keyway relative to the longitudinal axis. The keyway includes a raised surface relative to and disposed adjacent the distal end of the first cylinder. A second cylinder is mounted for relative movement with the first cylinder and defines at least one radially projecting key adjacent a proximal end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Sherwood Services AG
    Inventor: Bradley M. Stewart
  • Patent number: 6942642
    Abstract: There is here provided an easily operable winged indwelling needle capable of surely preventing accidental sticking. A winged indwelling needle 1 comprises a hollow needle 2 having a knife point at its tip, a hub 3 provided at a rear end of the hollow needle 2, a tub-shaped member 6 for housing the hollow needle 2 and the hub 3, a pair of wing-shaped members 7 provided on an outer surface side of a side wall of the tub-shaped member 6, protrusion maintaining means for releasably maintaining a state in which the hollow needle 2 is protruded as much as a predetermined length from a tip of the tub-shaped member 6, and housing maintaining means for maintaining a state in which the hollow needle 2 is housed in the tub-shaped member 6. The above winged indwelling needle further comprises a rack 4 provided in junction with the rear end of the hub 3, and a gear 8 engaged with the rack and supported on an inner surface side of the side wall of the tub-shaped member 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Top
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6939325
    Abstract: To protect against accidental needle prick a catheter and insertion device are provided wherein the needle is retractable within the device after insertion of the catheter. The device includes a hollow barrel or tube of semi-rigid plastic material into which the needle can be retracted after use. The barrel includes a resealable closure at the insertion that opens to allow passage of the needle and catheter and closes to reseal the barrel when the needle is retracted. A cap is provided that covers the barrel to further seal the device after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Inventor: Michael L. Haining
  • Patent number: 6939331
    Abstract: There is here provided a wing-like needle protector which can surely prevent mistaken sticking, and can safely cap a hollow needle. The wing-like needle protector for housing a wing-like needle 1 which comprises a hollow needle 2, a holding cylinder 3 for holding a rear end of the hollow needle 2, and a pair of wing pieces 4, 4 formed integrally with the holding cylinder 3 so as to freely coalesce with each other. The protector comprises a gutter-shaped member 7 for housing the hollow needle 2, the holding cylinder 3 and the coalesced wing pieces 4, 4, and a gripper 8 protruded outward from a bottom surface of the gutter-shaped member 7. The gutter-shaped member 7 has a closed tip 9a of a portion 9 for housing the hollow needle 2, an opened rear end 10a of a portion 10 for housing the holding cylinder 3, and a narrowed area 7a where the holding cylinder 3 is fitted in a bottom portion, and the holding cylinder 3 is engaged with the narrowed area 7a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Top
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ohshima
  • Patent number: 6936036
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low cost shieldable safety needle assembly. The assembly includes a needle cannula and a tip guard axially movable along the needle cannula through a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism may be interconnected between the tip guard and the needle cannula through a hub. The tip guard is axially movable along the needle cannula from a proximal position substantially adjacent a proximal end of the needle cannula at the hub, to a distal position in which the tip guard protectively surrounds the distal end of the needle cannula, thus effectively shielding the puncture tip of the needle. The drive mechanism is a unitary structure which is capable of maintaining a first self-supporting shape for maintaining the tip guard in the proximal position and is deflectable from the first self-supporting shape to a second extended shape in which the tip guard is moved to the distal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, Kirk D. Swenson
  • Patent number: 6932803
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a shieldable blood collection set and a needle assembly for use therewith. The needle assembly includes a needle cannula having a puncture tip at a distal end, a hub which supports the needle cannula, and a shield. The hub and the shield are axially movable with respect to each other between a first sampling position, where the puncture tip is exposed from the shield, and a second shielded position where the shield covers the puncture tip. A gauze pad is connected to the shield through a tether. After a venipuncture procedure, the gauze is maintained over the needle puncture tip at the puncture site, and the needle is withdrawn from the patient by pulling on the hub. This movement causes the tether to tightly extend between the gauze and the shield, which causes the needle puncture tip to be withdrawn into the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 6926698
    Abstract: A safe cover device for the needle of a syringe comprising an external sleeve, a syringe clamp, a needle cap and an annular collar, of which the syringe clamp and the annular collar are combined with each other on a syringe, and the external sleeve is slipped over the syringe to completely accommodate the needle. So that when the needle cap covers the needle, stabbing of the needle and infection of germs can be avoided; thereby, the medical staff using the syringe can be protected. The device can be easily mounted and can be repeatedly used to reduce cost and get an environmental conservative effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventor: Bih-Chern Lin
  • Patent number: 6926700
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a shieldable blood collection set and a needle assembly. The needle assembly includes a needle cannula having a puncture tip at a distal end, and a needle retraction mechanism including a hub portion at a proximal end which supports the needle cannula, a shield portion at a distal end, and an extendable member hingedly connected therebetween. The hub portion includes a lateral hub extension extending toward a distal end of the needle cannula, and the shield portion includes a lateral shield extension extending toward a proximal end of said needle cannula. Opposing lateral forces applied against the extendable member and an opposing lateral side of the needle retraction mechanism cause relative axial movement between the hub portion and the shield portion between a first sampling state with the puncture exposed, and a second shielded state with the puncture tip contained within the shield portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Peter W. Bressler, John Coleman, Mathieu Turpault
  • Patent number: 6921388
    Abstract: A needle assembly includes a needle hub with opposite proximal and distal ends and a passage extending between the ends. The needle cannula has a proximal end mounted in the passage of the hub and a distal end aligned at an angle to the proximal end. Wings project transversely from the hub to facilitate a temporary affixation of the needle assembly to a patient. A safety shield is hingedly mounted to the hub and can be rotated from an open position spaced from the needle cannula so that the distal end of the needle cannula can be used to deliver a drug to a patient. The shield also can be rotated to a closed position where the distal end of the needle cannula is safely enclosed within the shield. Locking structure on the shield prevents re-exposure of the needle cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Inventor: Kirk D. Swenson
  • Patent number: 6893428
    Abstract: A hose barb connector or sanitary adapter connector can be attached to various types of containers intended for use in sterile operations, such as in a biotechnology and pharmaceutical fluid processing container system. An over-wrap bag such as a poly-bag (ZIP-LOC® or other type) attached by heat welding to a flange formed near the middle of the connector. The over-wrap bag maintains the sterility of the enclosed end of the connector. The other end of the connector is typically attached to a piece of tubing or conduit in communication with another larger bag, which has been rendered sterile collectively with the connector. Sterile fluids pumped into the bag, either though the connector itself, or through some other opening in the larger bag, will not be contaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Benjamin R. Willemstyn
  • Patent number: 6884224
    Abstract: A needle safety and protection device that automatically caps the used tip of a needle the instant the needle is withdrawn from the patient to protect the user against infection risks. A spiral type cut safety shield remains relaxed until the device comes in contact with the patient's skin. The safety shield attaches to the patent's skin through an adhesive component creating a tensile force once the needle is withdrawn, extending the safety disk out of its relaxed position. Under tension, the safety disk creates a cone around the needle, forming a protective shield for the needle, without any assistance by the user. The tip of the needle then engages a portion of the shield, which prevents the tip from being re-inserted into the skin of the patient or the user of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Norfolk Medical
    Inventor: Michael J. Dalton
  • Patent number: 6855130
    Abstract: A passively shieldable needle assembly set is provided for use with a tube holder. The assembly includes a needle cannula, a hub mounted to the needle cannula and a tip guard slidably movable along the needle cannula. The tip guard can be slid into a distal position where the tip of the needle cannula is safely shielded. A collapsible guard drive is mounted to the hub and includes a pair of collapsible leaves extending from the hub to the tip guard. The leaves have a length that enable the tip guard to move into shielding engagement around the tip of the needle cannula, while preventing complete removal of the tip guard from the needle cannula. The leaves are resiliently deformable and can be collapsed onto themselves and onto the hub. The leaves can be retained in their collapsed condition by a packaging cover and subsequently by the grip of a medical practitioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: William G. Saulenas, Volker Niermann, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 6855129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety needle assembly for injecting a fluid into a human body comprising a cylindrical housing with a bottom surface supporting a needle cannula and a shield telescopically movable relative to the housing. A spring located within the housing urges the shield in a distal needle covering direction and a locking member also provided inside the housing moves simultaneously with the shield during injection and automatically locks the shield in a position where the sharp end of the needle cannula is concealed thereby irreversible immobilizing the safety needle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Karsten Jensen, Niels Nymark
  • Patent number: 6848157
    Abstract: A disposable syringe device auxiliary unit of the present invention for preventing iatrogenic infection through a needle includes a cap holding section for disposing and holding therein a cap which covers, when a medical treatment is performed, a needle positioned at the extreme end of a syringe barrel constituting a disposable syringe device; and a needle separating section for separating the needle, which is covered with the cap and fitted on an end of the syringe barrel, therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Inventor: Koichiro Abe
  • Patent number: 6846303
    Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial Jr.
  • Patent number: 6840922
    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 adapter to interlock the shield and the handle part in a pivoted position of the shield part where the rigid needle is covered by this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Unomedical A/S
    Inventors: Jan Willum Nielsen, Bjørn Gullak Larsen, Orla Mathiasen, Marc Delzac, Claude Teisen-Simony
  • Patent number: 6837877
    Abstract: An intravenous (IV) infusion and/or blood collection assembly including a safety shield. The shield is particularly useful with winged needle assemblies. The shield is pivotally secured to the winged needle assembly to enable pivotal movement from a position away from the needle to a position enclosing the needle. The shield is lockable in a position over the used needle to prevent the user from contacting the used needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Robert Zurcher
  • Publication number: 20040267210
    Abstract: A needle assembly includes an elongate square cross-sectioned needle mount (10), a needle (12), and a sheath (14) mounted on the needle mount (10) for reciprocal axial movement between a forward position whereat the sheath (14) covers the needle (12) and a rearward position whereat the needle (12) is exposed. The sheath (14) is bifurcated at its rearward end to define opposed resilient members (30) which engage a portion (18) situated rearwardly of first ramps (24) when the sheath (14) is in a rearward injecting position. Subsequent to injection occurring, the sheath (14) is axially rotated through 90 degrees relative to the needle mount (10) to disengage the resilient members (30) from the ramps (24). The sheath (14) then automatically slides under the action of a compression spring to the forward position so that the resilient members (30) lockingly engage second ramps (26), rendering the needle (12) safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Frank Popovsky
  • Patent number: 6835190
    Abstract: A needle device, possibly in the form of a butterfly or IV needle, has a housing with an orthogonal passage to the bore of the housing. A key that has a non-uniform opening with spaces defined by the opposing inner walls of its two extending legs is inserted into the passage. By positioning the key at different placement locations relative to the passage so that the different dimensioned spaces of the opening become aligned with the bore of the housing, the needle assembly can be selectively retained at at least a first position whereby the needle is extended out of the housing, and a second position whereby the needle is permanently retracted within the housing after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Huu Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20040260250
    Abstract: An infusion device has a body, flexible wings and a needle projecting generally at right angles from one end of the body. A guard is pivoted to the one end of the body. On one side, the guard has a channel so that the guard overlies the body in a first position thereof during application of the needle to the patient. The guard is pivotable through about 180° to a position generally parallel to the body and on a side of the needle remote from the body. As the needle is withdrawn from the patient, the guard is pivoted about 90° further to receive the needle between one or more flexible contoured members along the opposite side of the guard. The needle is thus captured and encapsulated within the guard, with audible confirmation, the members precluding the guard from pivoting away from the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: R. Bradley Harris, Bret Reid
  • Publication number: 20040254543
    Abstract: A needle and hub assembly for an automatic injector and a method for making the needle and hub assembly. The needle and hub assembly comprises a cap or skirt, a forward surface of which is interposed between and reinforced by first and second engaged hub portions. A needle is received in a contiguous channel formed in the two hub portions. The method for making the assembly comprises molding the first hub portion, placing the cap over the first hub portion, inserting the needle into a channel in the first hub portion, and then overmolding or otherwise forming the second hub portion on the exterior of the cap such that it is engaged with the first hub portion. An assembly created by this “two-shot” process can be used to seal a relatively large opening, and supports the needle more effectively than a conventional assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Steven M. Griffiths
  • Publication number: 20040249351
    Abstract: In a medical needle device having a shield for reduction of needlestick injuries, a protrusion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a hub to which a needle is mounted, a height of the protrusion being set so that the protrusion protrudes beyond an inner diameter of a shield tube, and a gate groove is formed at an inner surface of the shield tube to extend from a front end to the vicinity of a rear end, dimensions of the gate groove being such that the protrusion can fit in a front end portion of the gate groove. In a state where the protrusion is exposed from the front end of the shield tube, the hub can rotate with respect to the shield tube. At a rotational position of the protrusion at which it does not face a front end of the gate groove, a position of the hub is limited so as not to move toward a rear end side of the shield tube due to engagement of the protrusion with a front end face of the shield tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Susumu Hongo, Takafumi Kiyono, Kuniharu Moriwaki
  • Publication number: 20040249346
    Abstract: A medical needle device includes a winged shield (4) having a substantially cylindrical shaped shield cylinder (4a) and wings (5, 6) connected to the front end side thereof, a needle base (2) inserted in the shield cylinder (4a), and a needle (1). The wings have wing projections (7, 8) and the shield cylinder has through holes (9, 10) on the wall thereof. By overlaying the wings along the side surface of the shield cylinder, each of the wing projections can be inserted into the inner cavity of the shield cylinder via the through hole. Thereby, without requiring a special operation in the sticking operation, each of the wing projections can prevent the needle base from moving in the axial direction and can hold the needle base in the shield cylinder reliably in a state in which the needle protrudes from the front end of the shield cylinder by a predetermined length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Jun Kunitomi, Takeshi Doi
  • Publication number: 20040243066
    Abstract: A safety device for a syringe needle, which includes a guide and a slidable member having a first portion that is configured to be slid along the guide and a second portion having a formation for a needle, that facilitates the shielding of the sharp point within said formation. A non-reusable syringe, which includes a plunger having a first part with one or more followers and a second part housing a guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Gysbert Albertus Meyer
  • Publication number: 20040243071
    Abstract: There is provided an easily operated self-retaining needle capable of surely preventing accidental sticking of an inner needle, and touching to blood, humor or the like adhered to the inner needle. This self-retaining needle comprises an outer needle 2, an outer needle hub 4, an inner needle 3 and an inner needle hub 6. An enveloping member 8 is provided for connecting a support member 7 for supporting the outer needle hub 4 with the inner needle hub 6, and enveloping a front of the inner needle 3. In the enveloping member 8, a front portion 10 and a rear portion 12 are freely folded. When a knife point portion 5 is protruded from a tip of the outer needle 2, the front portion 10 and the rear portion 12 are folded, and the rear portion 12 is housed between the inner needle hub 6 and the front portion 10. When the inner needle 3 is retreated toward the rear of the outer needle hub 4, the front portion 10 and the rear portion 12 are expanded along both side faces of the inner needle 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20040243072
    Abstract: A cap (16) is provided for the type of injection device (1) which presents a needle assembly (11) to the exterior thereof for removal after use. The cap is of two part construction with a shell (17) of hard material, having opposite inwardly flexible tongues (19) defined by slots in the shell, and an over-mould (18) of relatively soft deformable material, extending over at least the tongues and the slots. The tongues are squeezable towards each other through the over-mould to grip the needle assembly when the cap is fitted after an injection, thus enabling the needle assembly to be removed with the cap so that the user does not come into contact with the used needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Nick Hansen, Mark Eaton
  • Patent number: 6824527
    Abstract: A sheath and needle assembly of the type including 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 with the needle and a protective sheath slidably disposed on the tube and adapted to be slid over the needle to cover the needle after use. The sheath has a hollow generally tubular body slidably received on the tube. A forward end of the body has at least two fingers defining slots extending from the forward end of the body toward a rearward end through which the flexible wings slide so that the needle after use is substantially covered by the fingers. At least one of the slots having a z-shaped bend through which at least one of the wings slides into a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventor: Peter Gollobin
  • Patent number: 6824530
    Abstract: A safety guard adapted for use with a Huber needle assembly that includes a main body, a pair of butterfly wings extending outwardly from the main body and a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Harmac Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Wagner, Carmen V. Gaines, Donald Nitsche, Robert P. Michaloski
  • Publication number: 20040236287
    Abstract: A shielding medical device includes a needle cannula, a hub, a release element, a needle shield, and a biasing member. The hub has a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway in fluid communication with the needle cannula. The distal end of the hub supports the needle cannula. The release element is fixed to the hub. The needle shield is hollow and has a proximal end, a distal end, and a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides. The proximal end of the needle shield is removably secured to the release element. The needle shield is axially movable with respect to the needle cannula from a first position in which the needle cannula is exposed to a second position in which the needle cannula is shielded within the needle shield. The biasing member is used to move the needle shield from the first to second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Becton Dickinson & Company
    Inventors: Kirk D. Swenson, Bradley Wilkinson, Volker Niermann, Jamieson Crawford
  • Publication number: 20040236289
    Abstract: A medical needle shield apparatus is provided that includes a needle hub having an outer needle cannula extending therefrom. An inner needle is disposed for slidable movement with the outer needle cannula. At least one shield is extensible from a retracted position to an extended position to enclose a distal end of the inner needle. The shield includes a binding member disposed within the shield and defines binding surfaces that form an aperture configured for slidable receipt of the inner needle. The binding member includes at least one drag inducing member that engages the inner needle during slidable receipt to create a drag force. The drag force facilitates rotation of the binding member such that the binding surfaces engage the inner needle to prevent slidable movement. The binding member further includes a needle communicating surface extending therefrom that is engageable with the inner needle to prevent rotation of the binding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: F. Mark Ferguson, Jeremy W. Snow, B. Chance Bagley, Daniel K. Smith, David L. Thorne
  • Publication number: 20040236288
    Abstract: A needle shield assembly with a needle having a distal tip and a static feature is provided. The needle shield assembly includes an adapter having an open distal terminus and an open proximal terminus to allow passage of the needle and a needle shield slidably associated with the adapter having an open distal end and an open proximal end where the open proximal end is sufficiently narrow to restrict proximal movement of the needle static feature causing the shield to move in a proximal direction when the needle is pulled proximally after the static feature has established contact with the needle shield proximal end. The assembly includes a canting plate having an unactivated first position and an activated second position that restricts needle movement. The canting plate is activated via a canting plate retention system in communication with the canting plate and responsive to proximal movement of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Glade H. Howell, Weston F. Harding, Christopher N. Cindrich, Ralph Sonderegger, Joseph Frodsham
  • Patent number: 6821267
    Abstract: A tip cap for a luer of a polymeric medical solution container. The tip cap has an integral body having an outer portion and a cavity extending to an inner portion. The cavity has a frustoconical inner surface and an annular ring extending from the inner surface radially toward a centerline of the tip cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Baxter International
    Inventors: Joseph N. Veillon, Jr., Jennifer J. Boesch, Edwin Chim, Derek Walsh, Robert Passaglia, Erin Lundtveit
  • Patent number: 6814717
    Abstract: A protecting cap structure for the needle of a syringe, wherein, the structure is provided with a protecting sleeve having a receiving space for receiving a needle. The protecting sleeve is comprised of a foldable cover and a cylindrical extendible member connected with each other; the cylindrical extendible member is a hollow cylinder, the shank of the cylindrical extendible member has a compression portion; a pair of foldable portions are provided in neighboring to the compression portion; the foldable cover is in the shape of a semi-cylinder, one end of the foldable cover is connected with the cylindrical extendible member, in order that when the cover is folded to close, it cooperates with the cylindrical extendible member to envelop and fast envelop the needle to prevent the needle from accident stabbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Future Top Medical Environmental Technic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bih-Chern Lin
  • Patent number: 6811545
    Abstract: The safety needle employs a manually operable actuator that can be depressed into a housing in order to release a spring-biased slider that carries a hollow needle. Upon release, the slider moves into a position to retract the needle over a blunt cannula so that the blunt cannula protects against cutting by the needle. An actuator guard may also be employed to prevent inadvertent actuation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Vincent L. Vaillancourt
  • Patent number: 6811547
    Abstract: A needle holder for use with a needle assembly for blood collection is provided. The needle holder includes a generally tubular housing having a needle shield at a first end thereof, and a cutaway notched portion at the other end thereof. A plurality of such needle holders can be stacked in a nested fashion within each other with the cutaway notch of one needle holder accommodating the needle shield of another needle holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Company
    Inventor: Bradley Wilkinson
  • Patent number: RE38996
    Abstract: A needle and a cover with a needle having an elongate shank and a tip with a sharpened point. The cover is coaxially associated with the elongate shank for movement therealong toward the tip and includes a part for extending beyond the sharpened point when the cover is positioned near the tip. A lock associated with the needle and cover cooperates with and holds the cover to prevent axial movement relative to the needle tip after positioning the cover near the tip. A retaining member on the adapter and on the cover releasably attach the cover to the adapter while on the elongate shank of the needle allowing the needle and cover to be disengaged from the catheter and adapter after placement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Crawford, Timothy J. Erskine, Gerald H. Peterson